Dear friends, Thank you for a great event last night. Thank you, D. E. Spikes, for being our featured reader! It was a perfect night to close our beloved reading series. Yes, I am shutting down Words on the Verge. Since 2012 I’ve brought community literary events to the beautiful space at 27 Market St., but it is time to say goodbye. I’m proud that for seven years both established and emerging writers have taken the mic here in Brockport. Through your support I was able to pay my readers starting in 2016, something that many reading series are unable to do. I feel a rush of joy knowing that this community came together to make this happen. But the funds are gone now, and I admit that I am tired. I wanted to do so much--buy or rent my own space, get a 501 c3 non-profit status, hire paid staff, host free community workshops ...for a variety of reasons it just was not possible to make these dreams a reality. But that’s ok, because new and exciting adventures await! If you are look
Words on the Verge ~A Westside Literary Salon~ We're back! Join us on October 5th for a very special literary salon and party. At 5pm enjoy drinks, appetizers, and some poetry prompts as we celebrate a new season at Words on the Verge. Then the dynamic, D. E. Spikes will take the stage at 6pm. You absolutely do not want to miss this event! "D. E. Spikes is a lifelong learner who loves to read everything and anyone. She finds her hope in smaller, better versions of herself - who show her how wonderful the world can be, even with the darkness which can lurk at every corner. She is ever curiouser and curiouser about the world, which she often finds to be stranger than fiction, indeed." Learn more on her poetry page . Words on the Verge is an intersectional literary reading series featuring women & femme writers (BIPOC, queer, non-binary, & trans woman to the front!) in a safe, welcoming envi