RBF 2025 Featured Readers

Room 310

2:00 PM Isle McElroy

3:00PM Donna Minkowitz

5:00 PM A Tribute to Felice Picano

Room 203

1:30-2:45 Queer Resistance

3-4:15 Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution

4:30-5:45 Artists as Writers

All-Day Poetry Marathon: Poetry Schedule

[List as of April 15, 2025]

12PM

Regie Cabico                  

Lonely Christopher 

Steven Cordova 

Bakar Wilson             

Chauncey Dandridge

Geoffrey Bridgman 

Davidson Garrett

1PM

Drew Pisarra

Daniel Meltz 

Pamela Booker 

Jerome Ellison Murphy 

Joey De Jesus 

Lee Jeong Koh 

Celine Lowenthal

2PM

Casey Catherine Moore

Mariah “Beyond Your Definition” Barber

Aurora Hatchel

Micah the Poet

Amuche the Poet

Jason Schneiderman 

Ishanee Chanda 

3PM

Malcolm Tariq

Nancy Huang

Brionne Janae

Asia Letlow

Ken Meyers

TA Penny

4PM-5PM  

Tim Stobierski

Anna Lemoitas-Salisbury 

Bonnie Rose Marcus

Rosalind Aparicio Ramirez 

tash nikol 

Al Salwen 

Nathaniel A. Siegel 

Bella Noche is a mermaid-fabulous drag queen, a New York native, and a founder of Drag Queen Story Hour of Long Island. When she’s not reading her favorite picture books, she’s a freelance writer and multi-talented performer. She loves Disney, My Little Pony, and traveling, and her mission is to bring more love, drag, and glitter to everyone’s lives! Join us with the little ones in Room 310!