
May 2019
Andrea Cohen & Maggie Dietz
Andrea Cohen’s collections include Unfathoming (Four Way Books, 2017), Furs Not Mine (Four Way, 2015), Kentucky Derby (Salmon Poetry, 2011), Long Division (Salmon Poetry, 2009), and The Cartographer’s Vacation (Owl Creek Press, 1999). Her new book, Nightshade will appear this year from Four Way Books. …both gut-wrenching and paradoxically delightful about her work is the element of surprise; the poems feel effortless to the reader…The brevity of these poems allows the reader to devour them quickly, only to pause and then go back, and then go…
Find out more »November 2019
Ellen Doré Watson & George Kalogeris
Ellen Doré Watson previous director of the Poetry Center at Smith College and named one of “24 Poets for the 21st Century” by the Library Journal has written five books of poetry and many translations from Portuguese. Robert Pinsky described her work as “interrogative, tender, wildly inventive.” Gerald Stern echoed, writing “The poems are wild, delirious…yet the (smart) organizing principle is this mind, ever alert, choosing and sorting.” Her most recent book is pray me stay eager (Alice James Books,…
Find out more »March 2020
2020 Favorite Poem Event
It’s almost time to come together for the second year, to hear about 15 favorite poems presented by members of the community. To submit your favorite poem, download the submission form now to get started. Choose a poem (not one written by you or a family member, that’s the only rule,) and talk about its significance to you, personally. Send your submission in by FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2020. You can look up videos at www.favoritepoem.org for examples.
Find out more »April 2020
November 2020
Jennifer Militello & Chen Chen
Follow the link below to learn more.
Find out more »