Join us for an autumn tradition - Uncloistered Poetry featuring hats and scarves made by Susan Lime! And enjoy our incredible featured artists, Jennifer Moore and Eileen Trauth. Features are followed by open mic (5 minutes each).

Jennifer Moore was born and raised in Seattle. She is the author of Easy Does It (2021) and The Veronica Maneuver (2015), both from the University of Akron Press, and a chapbook of centos, Smaller Ghosts (Seven Kitchens Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Bennington Review, 32Poems, Tupelo Quarterly, and elsewhere, and she is the recipient of fellowships and residencies with the Jentel Arts Foundation, the Leña Artist Research and Residency Centre, and the Ora Lerman Charitable Trust. A professor of creative writing and Director of the Honors Program at Ohio Northern University, she lives in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Eileen Trauth is a poet, playwright and author. She has published several nonfiction books, a play, and is working on her debut novel. Her poetry appears in Ordinary Time (Kelsay Books, 2023) and We Came & Gullah (Kelsay Books, 2027, with Blanche Kabengele), as well as in venues such as Common Threads, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Persimmon Tree, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Sheila-Na-Gig, and Verse-Virtual, and in several anthologies including For A Better World, InsideOut, Tributaria, and Within Us. She is the recipient of several poetry awards from Ohio Poetry Day 2025. Eileen is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Writers League, Ohio Poetry Association, Fourth Friday International Poetry Group, Sisters in Crime, and Queer Crime Writers. She and her spouse, Kathy Driehaus live in Cincinnati, Ohio.