Poetry News

*****POETRY NEWS*****

Here is your Poetry News for the week of March 22, 2010.
The Ides of March bring much poetry in the Pioneer Valley and beyond, so beware! Scroll all the way down for more poetry in CT, Boston and other areas. Check out all our links to the right for poetry events everywhere!

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THIS WEEK in Western MA check out:
Thu. March 18 - Stephen LIndow & Frankie White at Green St. Cafe, Northampton, 7:30pm
Sun. March 21 - Dave Brinks & Nate Pritts at jubilat/jones reading, Jones Library Amherst, 3pm

Tue. March 23 - Tracy K. Smith and H.S. Prize Winners at Smith Poetry Center, 7:30pm
Thu. March 25 - Tory Rosen & Diana Alvarez at Green St. Cafe, Northampton, 7:30pm

There are many other poetry events in Western MA, CT and beyond this week - Please scroll down!



WORD IN WESTFIELD

A Night of Poetry and Music in celebration of National Poetry Month
with Lori Desrosiers, CT and WSC student poets, musicians and friends,
April 21, 2010, 7pm, Westfield Athenaeum.
Part of the Westfield Athenaeum Spring Lecture Series.



Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry

Billy Collins "America's Poet"
United States Poet Laureate 2001-2003
New York State Poet Laureate 2004-2006
Friday, April 16, 2010
11:15am
Scibelli Hall TheaterS
Springfield Technical Community College
Armory Square, Springfield MA


María Luisa Arroyo's popular poetry workshops
have been scheduled through June, 2010. Dates include: March 20th, April 17th, May 15th, June 19th
In the Springfield City Library Community Room, 220 State St., Springfield times: 9:30 am - 11:30 am - March 20th, April 17th, May 15th, June 19th Preregistration required. Check out the poetry page @ the Library: www.springfieldlibrary.org Need more info?: E-mail [email protected]


New Writing Group
Brown Bag Lunch Poetry Writing Group at Apremont Productions, Springfield, Thursdays, from 11 am to 1:30 pm, for 16 weeks, starting March 4 and ending on June 17. Limited to 10 women. No teaching or criticism of writing, just writing poems from prompts provided by leader trained in the Amherst Writers and Artists methodology. $10 weekly fee covers rent, copies, and light refreshments. Please call for more info or to register: 413-531-5023.


New Poetry Reading/Open Mic
Friday Nights at 8pm
Boriquen Y QuisQueya
326 St. James Ave.
Springfield MA


Starving for Art Presents open mic Tuesdays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille 487 St. James Ave Springfield, MA doors open at 6pm for social hour. Showtime is 7-9pm All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome. This event is free. For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/




WORD IN THE VALLEY AND BEYOND

Bread Poetry Contest
To celebrate the sixth anniversary of Hungry Ghost Bread -the bakery that sells poetry with bread attached- we are opening our sticky, dough-encrusted literary arms for our first ever bread poetry contest.

Selected winners will read their works at our anniversary event on Saturday, April 10th at the bakery itself (62 State Street, Northampton). Grand prize will be a $30 gift certificate to Hungry Ghost Bread.

Momentarily dropping the front of a vanity press, we are asking for our customers, our non-customers, bread-eaters, celiac sufferers, anyone; to write and submit poems about bread.

Direct any questions to [email protected] or to the shop owners
Deadline is April 3, drop off poems at the shop or send them in to: [email protected].



Diane Gilliam Fisher Reading
Wednesday, March 31
Holyoke Community College
Time: 11:00 AM
PeoplesBank Conference Room
Kitteridge Center (Room 301)
Holyoke, MA
Free and open to the public



SMITH COLLEGE POETRY

Tracy K. Smith and High School Prize Winners
Tuesday, March 23, 7:30 pm, Smith Poetry Center

Tracy K. Smith’s poems treat grief and loss, historical intersections with race and family, and the threshold between childhood and adulthood, prompting Yusef Komunyakaa to write, “Here’s a voice that can weave beauty and terror into one breath.” Joy Harjo has called her work “a true merging of the ancient roots of poetry with the language of an age of a different kind of sense.” Author of two collections, The Body’s Question and Duende, and recipient of many honors, Smith teaches creative writing at Princeton.

Supported by the Program for the Study of Women and Gender



jubilat and the historic Jones Library present
A jubilat/Jones Poetry Reading

Featuring Dave Brinks and Nate Pritts
3:00 PM Sunday, March 21st
Trustees Room, Jones Library
43 Amity Street, Amherst

The reading will be followed by a Q & A session with the poets.

At 2 PM, Dara Wier, Ben Kopel, and Zach Savich will host a poetry swap in the Trustees Room. Bring a poem--your own or someone else's--to share and discuss. All events are free and open to the public.

Dave Brinks was born and still lives in New Orleans, LA. He is the editor of YAWP: A Journal of Poetry and Art, publisher of Trembling Pillow Press, and a founder of The New Orleans School for the Imagination. Brinks' poetry has been published in dozens of magazines, journals, and anthologies throughout the US and abroad, and his works have aired on NPR's All Things Considered and on PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Brinks is the author of 12 books of poems, including Caveat Onus: The Complete Poem Cycle (Black Widow Press, 2009).

Nate Pritts is the author of The Wonderfull Yeare (Cooper Dillon Books, 2010), Honorary Astronaut (Ghost Road Press, 2008), and Sensational Spectacular (BlazeVOX, 2007). His poetry and prose have been published widely in journals such as The Southern Review, Gulf Coast, DIAGRAM, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Forklift, Ohio, and Octopus. The founder and principal editor of H_NGM_N, Pritts lives in Syracuse, NY, where he teaches poetry for the Downtown Writer's Center/YMCA and works online with gifted students through Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Jones Library, jubilat, the Juniper Initiative of the UMass MFA Program for Poets & Writers, the Amherst Cultural Council, and Factory Hollow Press, the jubilat/Jones Series showcases established and emerging poets in six readings each year.

If you have questions, please contact the jubilat office at (413) 577-1064.



GREEN ST. POETRY SERIES
Green Street Café
Northampton, Massachusetts

The Green St. Poetry Series showcases the voices of emerging and noted poets from the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts and beyond.

Future Readers Include:
March 18 – Stephen Lindow & Frankie White
March 25 – Tory Rosen & Diana Alvarez
Wednesday March 31– David Giannini & Gary Metras
April 8 – Jono Tosch & Matt Suss
April 15 – Anne Holmes & Christie Crutchfield
April 22 – Richard Michealson & Daniel Hall

If you are a poet and would like to read at Green Street, please contact Maria Williams-Russell at [email protected].

"In Our Nature", a poetry/multimedia presentation by Susan Middleton and Ann McNeal,
Sunday April 11, 4 PM, Blue Guitar Studio, 186 Northampton St (Rte 10), Easthampton,
$5 donation suggested, 413-247-9454 for more information



"Growing younger toward death every day: finding insight and inspiration in poetry, prose, and music". These groups meet twice a month in Noho and Greenfield.
New participants are welcome to join this year-old group that gathers in one of their homes twice monthly to share and discuss poems, prose, and songs—original or created by others-- that move them deeply and inspire them to live fuller, more authentic lives.

Particular focus will be given to listening to the recorded work of contemporary poet David Whyte, reading his own and other's poetry and offering his insightful and often amusing commentary; his best-known poem “The Faces at Braga” contains the phrase “Growing younger toward death every day”.

Group members will also read aloud and discuss poems by renowned American poet Mary Oliver; poems by others along with accompanying commentary by Roger Housden, editor of a series of books including “Ten Poems To Change Your Life”; poems by Irish poet John O'Donohue in his book “A Book of Blessings”; and selections from other poets, writers, and musicians.

Two separate groups will meet from 6 to 9pm, one in Greenfield on Tuesday Feb. 16, the other in Northampton on Monday, Feb. 15. (This group rotates between Mondays and Tuesdays.) Participants are encouraged to bring their own supper and/or dessert to share. Copies will be available of all poems, prose, and song lyrics read and discussed in each group.
For more information, contact John Berkowitz at 413-625-6374 or [email protected]



Advanced Poetry Critique Group
Established peer group seeks a few new members who take poetry (but not themselves) seriously. We meet on Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. – ? at restaurants & homes throughout the Pioneer Valley for dinner, social time, and poetry critique. Our leaderless group has existed for over 20 years through a mixture of humor, humility, and commitment to the craft of writing. To apply, please send a short statement of interests/experience and 2-3 poems in the body of an email to [email protected]. If our group agrees that your poetry may fit with ours, we will invite you to visit and see if the “chemistry” is right.



SUSAN HOWARD CASE MEMORIAL POETRY CORNER

The Forbes Library in Northampton, MA has created a new collection of the works of local poets named the Susan Howard Case Poetry Corner. This collection has been named in memory of a local poet who contributed to the library's rich poetry community through her volunteer service. The non-circulating collection consists of poetry books and chapbooks by Pioneer Valley poets, and locally published literary journals. "The idea for this collection developed in response to the abundance of many gifted poets in our area," said D.M. Gordon, Forbes Library Writer-in-Residence who created the idea for this new collection.

The collection will be housed in the Arts & Music magazine lounge on the library's second floor. The items in the collection are to be read in the library and comfortable seating is available nearby. The library hopes to grow the collection through donations. Anyone interested in donating to the collection should contact Lisa Downing, Assistant Director, at 413-587-1017 or [email protected].



FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY

Next business/sharing meeting Thursday April 15, 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM


WRITING GROUP
Martina Robinson and friends meet every 3rd Thursday at Lilly Library community Room at 6:30 PM. See Rich for details, this group is currently open to join.

LASTLY PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY. THE FEE IS $15.00 FOR THE YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST. Your membership supports our Fall festival,
SILKWORM our annual journal, (these first two items also are supported in part by the Northampton Arts Council via a grant) our website http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/,, our po box, the annual contest, the JAN SLAM, our spring art gallery reading. and our summer reading at William Cullen Bryant homestead.

For more information: Email us at [email protected] or check out our web page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/


Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub"
now Weekly! Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now with improved streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people! WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/. Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!

All events are free and open to the public except as noted For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914 or email at: [email protected] or: [email protected] or visit: http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/



POETRY A LA CARTE RADIO SHOW
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM 5pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesdays this Summer, streamed live at http://www.wmua.org/.
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias, includes reading aloud from past and contemporary poets, and occasionally features live interview and poetry-reading with a local poet.


Poetry at the Leverett Library

6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, Poetry reading at the Leverett Library. 75 Montague Rd. Leverett, MA. Area poets are invited to read. For more information contact Petriana at 413. 549.9336 or by email at [email protected]




GREENFIELD, SHELBURNE FALLS AND NORTH


Bart’s Bards

Second Thursdays Open Microphone for Writers Bart’s Café of Greenfield 286 Main St. Greenfield, MA
7:00-9:00 P.M. (Sign up to Read at 6:45)

April 8: Kerry O'Keefe

Kerry O'Keefe has been writing poems for twenty years. Her work has appeared in the Massachusetts Review, canwehaveourballback, Paragraph, The Atlanta Review, and The South Dakota Review. Her chapbook, From a Burning Building was published in 2005 by March Street Press. She also assisted in assembling the manuscript for Jack GIlbert's Refusing Heaven, Knopf 2006. Kerry lives with her glorious daughter, Grace, in Northampton, where she can occasionally be caught also singing a blues...

2010 Featured Readers:
January 14: Janet Aalfs
February 11: Julie Payne Britton
March 11: Maureen Moore
April 8: Kerry O’Keefe
May 14: Wyn Cooper
June 10: Lori Desrosiers
July 8: Janet MacFadyen
August 12: Marie Gauthier
Sept. 10: Lesle Lewis
October 14: Susie Patlove
November 11: Laura Rodley

For More Information, Please Contact: Larry Fader (413) 475-3321 (Open Microphone Readings are 5 Minutes or Less) Free to All



Swirl and Swing, a private online poetry critique group, has a few open slots. For more information, visit http://swirlandswinginformation.wordpress.com/. If you’re interested in joining, send a brief bio and two samples of your work to swirl.and.swing [at] verizon.net.


Greenfield Spoken Word

Always the third Tuesday of the month
This month it is April 20th.

9 Mill St, Greenfield, MA, Doors open at 7:00, Open Mic starts at 7:30
Open Mic will be 10 - five-minute slots
Donation - Sliding Scale $1 - $5
Book signing and selling of local writers works will be available. Come up to read
Bring your chapbooks to sell. We will have tables at no cost. Hope to see you there


Memorial Day PARTY!!
May 31st
Wendell Spoken Word is the Last Monday of the month from Sept to April
We decided to throw a party, barbque at the Deja Brew Pub & Cafe
A few hours of readings
We are inviting you
We would like to have representation from Northampton, Florence, Greenfield, ....Western MA
Each area be responsible for 30 to 50 minutes
A possible slam at the end
Still being formulated
Save the date
If you want to be a part of this celebration email [email protected]


Perugia Press News:

Diane Gilliam Fisher, Author of "Kettle Bottom"
Reading
Tuesday, March 30
Mount Wachusett Community College
12:30 and 2:00 PM
444 Green Street, Gardner, MA
North Cafeteria
Free and open to the public


Diane Gilliam Fisher Reading
Wednesday, March 31
Holyoke Community College
Time: 11:00 AM
PeoplesBank Conference Room
Kitteridge Center (Room 301)
Holyoke, MA
Free and open to the public



ARMS LIBRARY READING
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings. 7 p.m. at The Arms Library, Corner of Main and Bridge Streets,
Shelburne Falls, Mass. 413-625-0306.

Held in the upstairs Reading Room, readers should arrive a couple of minutes early to sign up for a reading slot, and then have five minutes to share their work. The building is accessible by entering at lower level and taking the elevator upstairs.



Collected Poets Series

Here's a look at who's joining the CPS next month. In honor of National Poetry Month, the CPS will be holding TWO events in April!

On Thursday, April 1, Lawrence Raab and Regie O'Hare Gibson will be reading from their work.

Thursday, April 15, Adrian Blevins and James Haug will read at a second CPS event.
*Both events will take place at 7pm at Mocha Maya's Coffee House in Shelburne Falls, MA.

$2-$5 sliding scale. Mocha Maya's Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, 413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com for more information.

(Please contact [email protected] for more information).

2010 Series

January 7 - Nancy Pearson and Afaa Michael Weaver
February 4 - Meg Kearney, Christopher Merrill, and Rhett Iseman Trull
March 4 - Joan Houlihan and Deborah Bernhardt

National Poetry Month
April 1 - Lawrence Raab and Regie O'Hare Gibson
April 15 - Adrian Blevins and James Haug

May 6 - Margaret Lloyd and Sarah Browning
May 16 - Special Appearance by Maxine Kumin at the Buckland- Shelburne Community Center. Sunday, May 16, at 3:30 pm.
June 3 - Mihaela Moscaliuc and Nickole Brown
July 1 - Kristin Bock and Lee Sharkey
No CPS Readings in August or September
October 7 - Josephine Dickinson and Sharon Dolin
November 4 - Barbara Ras and Jennifer Sweeney
December 2 - Aracelis Girmay and Ross Gay

The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent.



ALL SMALL CAPS

Monday, March 29th, is our next reading for the All Small Caps series.
Please bring your work, work you admire and want to share, or just
come listen to the outstanding featured readers.

The featured readers:

Joshua Harmon & Gina Myers

The reading will be held, as usual, at the Deja Brew (57 Lockes
Village Rd, Wendell). Doors will open at 7 and the open mic portion of
the reading will begin at 7:30, followed by a short break, followed by
the featured readers. There will be food and drink available. If you
need directions, a peek at upcoming readings, etc., please look-see
our blog: allsmallcaps.blogspot.com

We will also have copies of our third ASC Anthology available for
purchase, so you will be able to read work from Season 3 featured
readers. If you pay the upper end of our sliding scale, $5, you will
receive a copy of the Anthology.

Hope to see you there.
Jess, Stephen, Paul, Charles



Slate Roof Press Seeking New Members

Local poetry cooperative, Slate Roof Press, will be reading
chapbook manuscripts in the spring for potential new
members. For consideration, please submit a 28-page poetry
manuscript by April Fool's Day.

Slate Roof publishes limited-edition, art-quality chapbooks
featuring western Massachusetts poets. This year, Slate Roof
was one of 24 presses featured at the Massachusetts Poetry
Festival's Small Press Fair in Lowell. Our members
participate in all aspects of the publishing process from
concept to marketing. We publish 1 to 2 chapbooks per year.
Membership requires a $500 investment (which can be paid in
installments) and a 3-year work commitment, including
monthly meetings in Greenfield.

For more information, visit our website:
www.slateroofpress.com.

If you are interested in joining, please submit three copies
of 28 pages of poems, plus a brief bio. The bio should
include any experience you've had with collective or group
process, and any special skills related to publishing.

Send all materials no later than April 1, 2010, to:
Slate Roof Press
15 Warwick Avenue
Northfield, MA 01360-9638
If you have questions, please contact Janet MacFadyen at
[email protected]



Announcing The Woven Word Summer Creative Writing Workshop
for Middle and High School Age Writers

For the third summer the Woven Word is offering week long creative writing workshops for middle and high school age writers. We use the Amherst Writers & Artists workshop method as a design to create safe space among peers so that young writers may explore the development of their own unique voice. The program includes 2-3 writing and sharing sessions, afternoons on a houseboat on the Connecticut River, and one ½ day creating hand made books of each individual selected writings.

Three week long sessions are offered: July 19-23, August 2-6, August 9-13. Sessions run 9 AM – 3:30 in Hadley and cost $200 per week.

Program Director Lynn Bowmaster is a published poet with more than 10 years experience leading writing workshops in her home, R.K. Finn Ryan Road Elementary, PVPA, Hilltown Cooperative Charter School, the Springfield Library, Soldier On, and Holyoke Community College.

For info. And a link to a slideshow of program, contact Lynn at 584-3373, [email protected].



Sanctuary for Writing Practice
WEEKLY WRITING GROUPS IN FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
NEW TEN-WEEK SESSIONS BEGIN April 1st and April 7th 2010
The next 10-week Thursday afternoon session will span April 1st to June 3rd, meeting from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The next 10-week Wednesday evening session will span April 7th to June 9th, meeting from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m

Effective for both experienced writers and those who have not yet fully discovered their talents, these writing groups focus on developing and maintaining a writing practice using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, which simultaneously offers writers creative freedom and personal safety.

Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your art - the foundation is the same: the claiming of yourself as an artist/writer and the strengthening of your writing voice through practice, study, and helpful response from other writers.

--Pat Schneider, AWA founder, from her book Writing Alone and With Others, Oxford University Press, 2003

Coffee, tea, full meal, and dessert (usually nourishing, sometimes frosted cupcakes) provided at the break.
Because deep writing tends to emerge in consistent groups where writers have the chance to continuously work together, participants are asked to personally and financially commit to the entire ten-week session. In other words, you are irreplaceable.

Cost of 10-week workshop: $450. Includes: all meals, writing and response time, optional private consultation, optional group manuscript review, and the ongoing support of a community of writers.

For more information, please call Joan at 413-586-3344 or email her at [email protected].

Joan Barberich is a trained Amherst Writers & Artists writing group leader, veteran bookseller, and Smith College graduate who has lived in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts since 1987.





WORD IN THE BERKSHIRES

upstreet reading during Pittsifeld Poetry Week
April 10-18 will be Pittsfield Poetry week, and there will be a reading at Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield, at 6pm on Friday, April 16. The readers, all upstreet poets from Massachusetts, will be:

Aaron M. Beatty, Becket
Lisken Van Pelt Dus, Pittsfield
Howard Faerstein, Florence
Michelle Gillett, Stockbridge
Paul Hostovsky, Medfield
Jendi Reiter, Northampton

Hosted by upstreet Editor/Publisher Vivian Dorsel
Refreshments will be available. Free and open to the public.



Power of Words, Open Mic

Third Tuesdays 7pm to 8:30 pm Hosted by Garfield Reed.
This is an open opportunity to share poetry, readings, music and other spoken word.
Free and open to the public at Berkshire South Regional Community Center , Crissey Rd.,Great Barrington, MA Every third Tuesday of the month. Please call Garfield at 528 4127 for more information.



In Words, Out Words in Housatonic

In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at the Deb Koffman Gallery 137 Front Street, Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.” is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity. There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them. The sign up technically is at 6:30 however the way it works is a lottery system. If you go to check it out once, then you can put your name on the contact email list. The following month you get an email reminding you of the upcoming event. If it’s your first time performing at In Words, Out Words, you are guaranteed a spot on the roster as long as you reply to the reminder email. If you’ve performed there before then you are put into the lottery system and randomly names are selected. Sometimes there are still slots open at the door.
The open mic begins at 7 and the featured performer goes on for about 20 minutes. It usually lasts until between 9 and 9:30.



Zeitgeist Gallery Pittsfield

Monday Poetry Nights 6 to10pm 648 North Street in Pittsfield call Alan Nidle, the Director at (857) 991-8448 for detail



Lee Writers Group
(every 2nd Tuesday of the month) at the Lee Library Conference Room.
Develop and hone writing skills through constructively critiquing others as well as receiving helpful hints and suggestions. This forum will host a variety of short stories, poetic compilations, insightful and original essays, and other varieties of writing similarly tangible in length. The purpose of this group is to embody character and narrator through obsessive directive fervor with written and spoken words. The group will meet every second Tuesday sharing original works via recitation and distribution and should be prepared to accept constructive feedback and be able to, in return, deliver such feedback in a respectable and deliberate manner.
Contact [email protected] or call 413 243-8116 for further information.




WORD IN WARE/PALMER

Carpe Stylum! (Latin for Seize the pen!)
meets every Wednesday 6-8pm, usually at the Ware Library but some meetings are held elsewhere. This group includes poets, short story writers and novelists. All are welcome. Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.



WORD IN WORCESTER

This Week in Worcester:
Thursday, Mar. 18
8:00 p.m. Sarah Guimond @ the Little "a" Poetry Series
Thursday, Mar. 18 8:00 p.m.
Sarah Guimond @ the Little "a" Poetry Series
Friday, Mar. 19
10:00 a.m. Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
7:00 p.m. Shira Erlichman @ the Worcester Youth Slam
Saturday, Mar. 20
2:00 p.m. Mr. Mum's the Word @ the That's Entertainment
Sunday, Mar. 21
2:00 p.m. Alex Charalambides @ the Poets' Asylum
Monday, Mar. 22
9:00 p.m. Shane Hall @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show
Thursday, Mar. 25
3:00 p.m. Activism & Poetry @ WPI, Higgins Lab, Room 116 (100 Institute Road, Worcester)
7:00 p.m. Anne Waldman @ WPI, Salisbury Lab, Room 115 (100 Institute Road, Worcester)
8:00 p.m. The Little "a" Poetry Series



The Little "a" Poetry Series
at the Q Cafe, 362 Chandler St in Worcester, MA. We run the reading every Monday night, the sign-up list for the open mic goes up at 7:00pm and we get started shortly thereafter.

Worcester Storytellers meets on the second Friday of each month at the Village Arts Gallery (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature. Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please contact [email protected]


The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
takes place at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library on the third Friday of each month during the academic year. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then 2 featured poets.. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. and typically runs for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Readings run throughout the school year.


The After Nine Poetry Series
Every Thursday Night The The After Nine Poetry Series, formerly The Spot, is a weekly poetry reading in the Ship Room at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester).

The reading is held in the Ship Room of the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester). The official start time is 8:00 p.m. but honestly, things get going closer to 9. Maybe this week will be different. 21+ and proper id is required


Poets Asylum

Sunday March 21
The Poets' Asylum continues its 20th anniversary celebration of local poets with a feature by Alex Charalambides. Charalambides is a connoisseur of poetry related hats these days. From organizing the Worcester Poetry Collective Sampler last fall to winning the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam their first WCC Grant, from curating & co-hosting the weekly Monday Night Dirty Gerund Series at Ralphs Diner to co-judging the recent WoMag Poetry Contest, from setting up fundraisers, running weekly workshops, gigging wherever, Alex still tries to write poetry between dizzy fits. Charalambides was the Worcester iWPS rep in 2008, he's been on Worcester, Boston & Providence slam teams and he's a damn fine writer to boot.

Simply put, poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious, sometimes all in the same poem. If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words.

Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.


The Dirty Gerund
There's a new poetry reading in town! The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show will be held every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. There will be an open mic every week with a mix of poetry s lams and featured poets. No cover; donations accepted. 21+ Please join us at our new home,


Shakti Women's Writing Pact
The Shakti Women's Writing Pact meets every Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Java Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester). Shakti was created with the intention of enhancing women's sense of belonging within the poetry community through the an unmoderated writing circle. For more information please contact Sou MacMillan at [email protected].


THE ECLECTIC WORD, Radio Show
Poet and journalist Victor D. Infante hosts The Eclectic Word, an Internet radio show that will delve into literature's fringe with poets, satirists, alternative journalists and even (gasp!) bloggers. We'll be stepping off the beaten path of literature, taking a close look at the odd, the eccentric and the cutting-edge. Should be fun.
The show will run at 7 p.m. EST the first and third Friday of every month, as part of The World Wide Word Radio Network. You can listen to the shows live, or you can download it later for your listening convenience.
So give it a listen! It's going to be a blast!




CT POETRY

News and Events from Antrim House Books

On Thursday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m., as part of the Wintonbury Branch Library poetry series, 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT., members of Partners in Poetry will read their work. The group consists of eight poets: Christine Beck, Sherri Bedingfield, Ginny Connors, Tere Foley, Pat Hale, Bob Jacob, Nancy Kerrigan, and Elaine Zimmerman. There will, as ever, be an open mike and refreshments. The event is free and open to the public. For more information: www.prosserlibrary.info or 860-243-8855.

The opening of an exhibit of photography from Homeless Souls by Jake Anderson will occur at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 19 at the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, 77 Buckingham St., Hartford, CT. Jake will no doubt read sections of the book, which includes his own poetry and statements by the homeless. The book is a “startling and stunning” photographic essay on homelessness. The event will be free and open to the public. All proceeds from sales of photographs and the book itself will benefit the CT Coalition to End Homelessness. You can read about the book, a recent release from Antrim House, at www.antrimhousebooks.com/anderson.

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Poetry at Broad Street Books
First Tuesday in April
Tuesday, April 6th at 7:00pm Featuring Melissa J. Varnavas!

On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic. All are welcome to come and read, recite, perform their work!

Melissa J. Varnavas is a graduate of Pine Manor College, Solstice MFA program in creative writing, poetry. Currently employed in heathcare publishing, editing books, newsletters, online media, she is the Associate Director for the 2,000-plus membership of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists.

Her journalistic endeavors as editor of the Beverly Citizen newspaper and freelancer for publications such as Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Danvers Herald, and Boston Now, earned her awards from New England Press Association, Massachusetts Press Association, and the Specialized Information Publishers Association. Her poetry has appeared in the literary journals Oberon and Margie.

Come help us welcome Melissa J. Varnavas to the store on April 6th and share some of your own poetry too!

Broad Street Books
45 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457

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Tune in to J-Cherry Presents every Tuesday night at 6:30 PM on 88.1 FM WESU in Middletown to hear from local artists from across all genres. On the first Tuesday of every month, J-Cherry hosts our featured poet on the show!! Tune in on Tuesday, April 6th at 6:30 PM to hear Melissa J. Varnavas!!




Meet the Authors
Saturday, March 20th at 3:00PM
Broad Street Books, 45 Broad Street, Middletown, CT, (860)685-7323
Come to Broad Street Books on Saturday, March 20th at 3:00pm to see Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch read/perform with Matvei Yankelvich!

Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch are the authors of Ten Walks/Two Talks (Ugly Duckling Press, 2010), a book which Time Out New York describes as "philosophical, formally innovative and fascinating." In 2009 they co-edited Interdisciplinary Transcriptions—a 1,036-page digital anthology containing poets, critics, anthropologists and visual artists. Other publications include Animal Shelter, Brooklyn Rail, Denver Quarterly, Electric Literature, Hotel Amerika, LIT, n+1, and UbuWeb. Cotner and Fitch have performed their dialogic improvisations at festivals and conferences across the United States, as well as in Toronto and Berlin. Cotner lives in New York City. Fitch is an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s MFA Program.

Matvei Yankelevich is the author of Boris by the Sea (Octopus Books, 2010). His writing has appeared in Boston Review, Fence, Open City, Tantalum, Typo, Zen Monster, and other little magazines. His translations from Russian have cropped up in Harpers, New American Writing, Poetry, The New Yorker, and in some anthologies including OBERIU: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism (Northwestern, 2006) and Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky (FSG, 2008). His translations of Daniil Kharms were collected in Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms (Ardis/Overlook, 2009) and received praise from the TLS, The Guardian, The New York Times, and elsewhere. Yankelevich lives in Brooklyn, where he edits and designs books for Ugly Duckling Presse. He teaches at Hunter College and Columbia University School of the Arts.

See a description of their works:
Ten Walks/Two Talks
http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781933254678/ten-walkstwo-talks.aspx

Boris by the Sea
http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9780980193824/boris-by-the-sea.aspx

For more information contact: Brian Mitchard (860)685-7323



Guilford Poets Guild, Guilford, CT.
We look forward to our next reading at the Greene Art Gallery, Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m. which will feature local poet Tony Fusco. Fusco is President of the Connecticut Poetry Society and has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Southern Connecticut State University as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. He works at Yale University where he is also editor of Caduceus, the poetry anthology of the Yale Medical Group Art Place Poets. He has been editor of The Connecticut River Review and Long River Run, the journals of the Connecticut Poetry Society. He was editor in chief of the Southern News and the poetry anthologies High Tide and Sounds and Waves of West Haven. He is the author of Jessie’s Garden published in 2004 by Negative Capability Press and of three chapbooks. His newest book Droplines was published in 2009 by Grayson Books. There will be an open reading from 7-7:30 p.m. and there will be refreshments. Please join us. Refreshments will be served. For more information see our website http://guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.



Open Mic at Broad Brook Books & Stuff
Broad Brook Books & Stuff, 100 Main St. Broad Brook Ct. www.broadbrookbooks.com, is hosting a poetry open mic and a reading by the wonderful local poet Dawn Avallone on March 31 @ 6:30 pm.



Calling All Poets (and Poetry Lovers) 2010
Hosted by Victoria Muñoz
First Wednesdays - 6:30 - 8:00pm sharp
Silas Bronson Library
Open mike sign up 6:20

April 7th Marianela Medrano-Marra – Theme: Favorite poems in Spanish or English (please include translations) -
National Poetry Month Celebration!!!

Dominican writer and psychotherapist, living in Connecticut since 1990. Ph.D. in psychology.
Poetry books: Oficio de Vivir (1986), Los Alegres Ojos de la Tristeza (1987), Regando Esencias/The Scent of Waiting (1998) and Curada de Espantos (2002). Offers workshops and readings, combining literature, psychology, and her research on the Sacred Feminine to help others find new ways of knowing the wholeness of human beings.

May 5th Theme:“Given that I am going to die, what do I want to do with the rest of my life?” Read your original poem based on this year’s Big Read selection, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. This program is presented in conjunction with the citywide Big Read project. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity.

June 2nd Mother Tongue - World travelling trio in search and support of the written and spoken word
Theme: Slam poetry welcome!
Mother Tongue – a trio of women poets who have traveled the world in search of and in support of the written and spoken word. Valerie Lawson, Elizabeth Thomas, and Faith Vicinanza have been on various and multiple national poetry slam teams and stages, visiting artists in schools, competed side by side in the first Women of the World international poetry slam in Detroit in 2008, are widely published, and occasionally perform together as Mother Tongue. For more information about each of the poets in this troupe, go to their websites at http://www.upwordspoetry.com http://faithvicinanza.net ; & http://poetsforhumanrights.ning.com/profile/ValerieLawson.

Host: Victoria Muñoz, B.A. in music from Western Illinois University. Singer/songwriter, poet, flutist, music therapist, carries on the poetic tradition of her parents. Her work can be found in her Chapbooks: During Your Reading; and Scenes From Nature/Five Poems, translations of her father’s poetry; A collaborative CD, Revelation, by the Not Just Any Tom, Vic and Terri poetry ensemble. Other poems can be found in Appleseeds, Songs from the Meadow: An Anthology from the Wood Memorial Library, Stories from the Other Side, 5th ed., a text from Gateway Community College, poetz.com, and bentpinquarterly.net. She is also currently a member of Greystone Arts and runs the Poetry Salon at the Freight Street Gallery (Waterbury). The Bronson is please to welcome back Victoria Muñoz and all the outstanding poets who participate in this series.
Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT, Parking free after 6:30pm, Handicap Accessible
For more information: www.bronsonlibrary.org



Freight Street Gallery Salon Night of Plays and Poetry
Friday April 23rd, 7:00pm -10:00pm: Freight St. Gallery presents Poetry, Plays and Potluck

Poetry Salon’s Victoria Muñoz and Terri Klein present a night of plays and poetry featuring the Naugatuck Valley Community College Theater Department and Dada Vita Inspired Improv and the Spoken Word of Sympetalous in performances inspired by A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Sign up for the open mic and share your original poem or present a short original play based on the book; or write on the following theme: "Given that I am going to die, what will I do for the rest of my life." Join the fun and don’t forget to bring a Cajun dish for the pot luck at the Freight Street Gallery, Freight St., Waterbury.

Call for information: 203 -993-2685 and/or Email: www.freightstreetgallery.com to sign up for the open mike. So get a head start, find the book (also in audio) at your local library or book store, read it and write! We'll see you there! A National Endowment of the Arts BIG READ EVENT



Poetry/Reading Series at Billings Forge

The Studio @ Billings Forge is pleased to introduce to its programming a new poetry/reading series entitled,WordForge. WordForge is a series of readings featuring local poets along with an open mike component.

All events will be scheduled for Monday nights, with a 7 p.m. start time.

WordForge is curated and organized by local poet, Jim Finnegan. Harvest Reading, is the first reading in the series, scheduled for Monday, November 16th, and participants are asked to bring a canned good or small donation that will be contributed to a local food bank. Many of the readings will have a featured theme in addition to featured invited poets.

For further information about the WordForge series and to participate, please contact: Jim Finnegan at 860.508.2810 or at [email protected].

The Studio @ Billings Forge is a program of Billings Forge Community Works, a non-profit organization focused on reinvestment in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford. The Studio offers programs that bring vitality and arts to the neighborhood and include jazz and world-class music series, artistic and educational workshops and classes, family film series and more.

Billings Forge Community Works (BFCW), located in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford, is a nonprofit organization committed to revitalization in the community. At the forefront of the project is the award winning Firebox Restaurant.

For further information about The Studio @ Billings Forge contact Janice La Motta,

Program Coordinator, 860.548.9877 or [email protected].



Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike

My time my place my creativity Third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Fall 2009 Hosts: Marilyn Johnston/Tom Nicotera. You're invited to evenings of poetry to stir your heart, soul, and your creativity!
An open mike and light refreshments follow the featured poet at each event.

Wintonbury Branch Library 1015 Blue Hills Ave
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855
www.prosserlibrary.info

Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series

at Manchester Community College, Great Path Academy,
Community Commons (Use Parking Lot B), Manchester, CT 06040
Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
2rd Thursday of each month; 7-9 p.m. Free and Open to the Public

For more information and directions: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php
or call (860) 512-2824.

April 8, 2010

“Come Celebrate National Poetry Month” with James Haug, author of Legend of the Recent Past from National Poetry Review Press and Spring 2010 poet-in-residence at the University of Massachusetts M.F.A. Program, along with a special TBA guest. The featured music will be provided by the Norman Johnson Jazz Duo, with Johnson on guitar and Don Wallace, bass.

Wednesday Night Poetry Series at the Blue Z
The Wednesday Night Poetry Series (WNPS or Wedpoetry) meets at the Blue Z Coffeehouse, 127 South Main Street (Route 25) in Newtown CT. For 14 Years and counting: poets, spoken-word artists, monologists and storytellers, acoustic performances by songwriters and musicians are welcome! Read your own work or works by your favorite writers. OPEN MYK SIGN-UP starts at 7:30 PM / OPEN MYK – 7:45 PM /FEATURED READING – 8:45 PM We are a warm, friendly environment for 1st-time readers!

March 24, 2010 Features Marianela Medrano-Marra & Spring Open Myk

Marianela Medrano-Marra was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, and has lived in Connecticut since 1990. A poet and a writer of non-fiction and fiction, she holds a PhD in psychology, a professional counselor’s license and certification as a poetry therapist.

Medrano offers workshops and readings in various venues in Connecticut, New York and other parts of the country. Her poetry, rich with imagery and metaphor, often deals with women’s issues. In her workshops, she combines literature, psychology and spirituality to help others find new ways of knowing the wholeness of human beings.

Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines in Latin America, Europe and the United States. The following are her individual publications: Oficio de Vivir (1986). Santo Domingo: Editorial Buho, Los Alegres Ojos de la Tristeza/Happy Eyes of Sadness (1987). Santo Domingo: Editorial Buho. Regando Esencias/ The Scent of Waiting (1998). New York: Alcance, Curada de Espantos/One Who Has Seen It All (2002). Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Torremozas.

For more information and future features go to http://wedpoetry.wordpress.com/




BOSTON AREA/CAPE COD POETRY INFO:

NIKKI GIOVANNI READS POETRY IN HARVARD SQUARE

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010 AT 6PM
The Cambridge Center for Adult Education is celebrating Poetry Month in Harvard Square with a special event featuring world-renowned poet, writer, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni on Sat April 10th in Harvard Square.
"CCAE has a long tradition of outstanding poetry programs," says executive director Susan Hartnett. "Our Blacksmith House Poetry Series was founded in 1973 by Cambridge poet Gail Mazur, and is a nationally recognized treasure."

In addition to Ms. Giovanni's special reading on Saturday, April 10th at 6:00 pm, the Blacksmith House Poetry Series is presenting Todd Hearon and Anne Sanow on Monday, April 5th at 8:00 pm; Don Bogen and Frannie Lindsay on Monday, April 12th at 8:00 pm; and Katie Peterson and Sarah London on Monday, April 26th at 8:00 pm.

For detailed information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.ccae.org.

CANTAB LOUNGE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – Central Square’s world-famous Cantab Lounge presents weekly performances from local and national poets, as well as a chance to present your own work in the open mic or poetry slam. DJ Muse spins before the show and between poets. Upcoming features include:

• Wednesday, March 24
Grand Slam Champion of the famed Long Beach/Orange County Poetry Slam, Mindy Nettifee has coached and competed with five National Poetry Slam teams... And also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from Chapman University and served for five years on the Five Penny Poets advisory board of literary nonprofit Tebot Bach. Think that makes her fascinating and charismatic? Wait until you hear her poetry. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series: LAST CHANCE to qualify for the 2010 Cantab Slam Team.

• Wednesday, March 31
Cantab Team Selection Preliminaries! The absolute biggest poetry slam of the year. Top poets will advance to semi-finals on April 21, with hopes to travel to the National Poetry Slam with the 2010 Cantab Slam Team. Qualified to slam so far: Maxwell Kessler, Kevin Spak, Vinh Hua, Megan Thoma, Steve Subrizi, David Wayne, Georgie Delgado, Michael Monroe, Sean Conlon, April Ranger, Carrie Rudzinski, Melissa Newman-Evans, Patrick S., Erin Jackson, John Survivor Blake, Sam Teitel, plus all open slam winners through March 24. $5 cover charge tonight.

• Wednesday, April 7
NO SHOW TONIGHT. Instead, check out College Nationals (CUPSI) over at Emerson College, going on all this week!

• Wednesday, April 14
Writer, teaching artist, Hedgebrook alumnus, and Writer-in-Residence at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle, the much-lauded Karen Finneyfrock is long overdue for a visit to the Cantab scene. A member of three National Poetry Slam Teams and two-time Seattle representative to the Individual World Poetry Slam, Karen was published in two poetry slam anthologies created by Poetry Slam, Inc. and honored as a Legend at NPS in 2006. She is currently touring to support her second full-length book of poetry, Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, now out on Write Bloody.

Doors for the show open at 7:15. The open mic begins at 8:00, the feature performs at approximately 10:00, and an open poetry slam follows. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3 unless otherwise noted.

Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster
The Boston Poetry Slam at The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.
http://www.slamnews.com
[email protected]


Last Thursday Open Mic
at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod

307 Old Main St.,
S. Yarmouth, MA
co-hosts Joe Gouveia and Barry Hellman:
The last Thursday of every month, 7pm.
Open mic and featured poet.
Bring your own refreshments.
Arrive early to sign up for open mic.
For updated info on this and other Cape activities go to:
http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman

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The Chapel In The Pines in Eastham presents "Memory & Desire" :
Barry Hellman's Annual Poetry Open Mic in celebration of National Poetry Month. Sunday afternoon, April 11, 2010, 2-4 PM, at The Chapel In The Pines, 220 Samoset Rd., Eastham, MA. Advance online signup to read is recommended by email to: [email protected]. Free Admission. Coffee will be provided, and readers and audience are welcome to bring something to go with it. Readers: bring a favorite and/or original poem on the theme of 'Memory and/or Desire' - however you choose to define these terms - as well as some original poems on subjects of your choice. We'll want to hear as many poems as possible during this 2 hour event ! For further event information, see Barry Hellman's Poetry Website at
http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman .

CHECK OUT http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT CAPE COD POETRY AND ALL OF THESE EVENTS.

Lowell Poetry Slam and Open Mic
Every FIRST Thursday at Brew'd Awakening! Only poets can compete in the slam and win the prize... but the mic is open to musical performers as well. Whether you come to perform, compete or just enjoy some coffee and great local talent, don't miss this event! 7:00pm - 9:30 pm *Sign-up between 6:30-7:00* The event is free and open to the public—so come on down for an evening of good company and some terrific regional voices!
Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus
61 Market Street
Lowell, MA 978-454-BREW
For more info, please email [email protected]


OPEN BARK
meets @ the Out Of The Blue Art Gallery, 106 PROSPECT ST. (the home of Stone Soup) CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE. SIGN-UP AT 8:00pm OPEN MIC STARTS @ 8:15pm,
FEATURE @ 9:00pm Come and perform or listen!


Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Cambridge Common 1667 Mass. Ave., Cambridge $5 Cover Every Sunday Poetry Slam: 8:00 pm,
Feature: 9:30 pm, Open Mike: 10:30 pm 617-547-0759 http://poetryjam.org/


Stone Soup Poetry
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery (located on 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge) with an open mike si gn-up at 7:30 p.m. http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/


Newton Free Library Poetry Reading Series
The series meets the second Tuesday of every month open mic after features. Starts 7PM For complete information go to http://newtonfreelibrarypoetryseries.blogspot.com/ Director: Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder

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Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO: [email protected]
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LETRA Poetry Nights
in LAWRENCE MASS Every TUESDAY at Julio's 99 Club 99 Essex Street Lawrence, MA
Doors open at 7pm open mic starts at 8pm Admission $3.00 For more information or for directions please call
Michelle Richardson at 978-423-7045



NH/VT POETRY
For VT poetry events calendar go to: http://www.phayvanh.com/

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News for Poetry News should be sent to [email protected]. Please send your announcements in text only format - do not format (no special fonts, colors, etc.) Send by Wednesday for Thursday publication. Thank you , Lori Desrosiers - Publisher.