Paula Curci is the Nassau County Poet Laureate Emerita, for the tenure years of 2022–2024. She is a founding member of Poetry! It’s a “SHORE” Thing! open mic, at the Long Beach New York Public Library. Paula is the brainchild of the Micro-Memoir project — an anthology of mini-recollections written by members of Nassau County’s South Shore poetry community. For nearly two decades, Paula has hosted and produced Calliope’s Corner – The Place Where Poets and Songwriters Meet, on 88.7FM Radio Hofstra University. Her radio show is a Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) and Gracie Award-winning poetry and arts program, which has featured a wide variety of both national and local figures. Paula has also won several PCLI accolades for What’s the Buzz®, an informational radio broadcast.