Peter V. Dugan, Nassau County Poet Laureate (2017-19). He was born and raised on Long Island and a graduate of The New School in New York City. He has authored five collections of poetry and over the years, his poetry has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines both online and in print. Most notably of these are Grub Street Literary & Arts magazine, Soul Fountain , and Reckless Writing: The Modernization of Poetry by Emerging Writers of the 21st Century, 2012 and 2013. Mr. Dugan co-edited and formatted the Writing Outside the Lines, a poetry anthology, Wyld Syde Press 2012 and co-edited LI Sounds 2015,  a poetry anthology, Wyld Syde Press. In 2017 two of his poems were nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize, in 2014, he was awarded the LI Bards Poet Mentor Award by the Bards Initiative and in 1993 received Honorable Mention from the American Academy of Poetry.  Mr. Dugan also hosts a reading series at the Oceanside Library, NY and an open mic at Sip This Café in Valley Stream, NY.