Ilsa Gilbert

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Known as the "Poet of Bleeker Street," Ilsa Gilbert is the founder and director of the PEN Women's Literary Workshop. She has lived at Westbeth, the renowned artists housing complex at Westbeth and Bethune Streets near Washington Square in New York City since 2002. Her poetry has formed librettos for numerous operas and song cycles, notably performed by Mimi Stern-Wolfe.