walking through the
red light district
i forgot about chocolate chip cookies
— Vincent Zepp
Vincent Zepp lives in North Oakland in the neighborhood known as The Fringe. He is the current chair for the Szep Foundation. He has served as poetry director for the Three Rivers Arts Festival and director of the Fourth River Poetry Festival. His work has appeared locally in such memorable publications as The Exchange, Membrane Envelope, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and City Paper. 2009 will see the publication of a selected collection entitled Vinification.
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This article appears in Dec 4-10, 2008.
Mr. Zepp’s kind demeanor shows in the humor of many of his poems. He pays keen attention to the incredulity of life and can state in a minimalist format. Pittsburgh is lucky to have him.