Around 200 people showed up at Freeport Memorial Library for the first in a series of islandwide poetry readings by contributors to the anthology Toward Forgiveness, edited by Nassau County Poet Laureate Gayl Teller. The book includes pieces by 99 LI poets, including five local poet laureates. http://www.gaylteller.com.

Gayl Teller, Nassau County Poet Laureate and editor of Toward Forgiveness

Gayl Teller

Paula Camacho, President of the Nassau County Poet Laureate Society

Kenneth Speiser, Myrna Braverman, Michael Teller