Marcelle Kasprowicz was born in France during WWII and has been an Austin resident since 1977. She writes in English and French. In 2001 she won first prize for her poem House of Bones in the Austin International Poetry Festival Anthology. Her poems have been published in poetry magazines (Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Rio Grande Review, Iodine Journal, Mobius, Gival Press Anthology 2008 and others). Her first book, Organza Skies, was published in 2005.

Ralph Hausser received a bachelor's degree in English from California State University, Northridge and was a graduate student in library science at the University of Texas, Austin. His work has appeared in Texas Poetry Calendar, Diverse City, the Enigmatist, Environmental Quality Magazine, Big Land Big Sky Big Hair anthology of the Texas Poetry Calendar, and the anthology of the Texas Poetry Society. He is currently the historian of APS and chair of the Katherine Anne Porter Poetry Award for undergraduate poets in Austin area colleges and universities.

Cindy Huyser is co-editor of the Texas Poetry Calendar. Her poetry can be found in The Comstock Review, Borderlands, and Wild Plum, as well as numerous anthologies.
Every second Thursday. Bring some poems to share or just come and enjoy!