An Afternoon of Poetry with Rebecca Watkins and Juan Mobili

Rebecca Watkins and Juan Mobili are both local poets whose work demonstrates their commitment to be citizens, rather than tourists, of this beautiful and troubled world. 

Their poems honor their origins, address the injustices they have witnessed, and celebrate our common humanity. 

Rebecca will read from her new chapbook Field Guide to Forgiveness (Finishing Line Press) and Juan Mobili from his collection Contraband (Poetry Box). Please stay for a Q & A and book signing after the reading. 

Rebecca Watkins is the author of the forthcoming poetry chapbook Field Guide to Forgiveness (Finishing Line Press September 2023) and the full-length poetry book Sometimes, in These Places (Unsolicited Press 2017). Her creative nonfiction has been shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s Open Season Awards. Rebecca has also been published in Sin Fronteras, New Feather’s Anthology, The Roanoke Review, Anderbo, and The Red Mesa Review among other literary journals.

Juan Pablo Mobili was born in Buenos Aires. His poems appeared, among other publications, in The American Journal of Poetry, Hanging Loose Press, Paterson Literary Review as well as publications in Europe, Asia and Australia. He received multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize, and his chapbook,  “Contraband,” was published in 2022. Most recently, he has been the Guest Editor for The Banyan Review’s Spring 2023 issue.