May 2018
Literature for All of Us Poetry Bash
Literature for All of Us brings the rewards of reading and writing through book group discussions to teen mothers and other participants in underserved neighborhoods. Join Literature for All of Us book group participants for an end of the school year celebration. Students come together to share their perspectives on the world in poetic verse. Enjoy poetry of peace, of protest, and of community. Learn more here and here.
Find out more »September 2018
Forms & Features: Process
All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney, Library Coordinator. In this third installment of the Forms & Features series on process, we continue to explore revision practices, with a focus on endings and the “finished” poem. Participants should bring one original poem-in-progress to practice revision strategies. Learn more here.
Find out more »March 2020
Poetry off the Shelf: Jane Hirshfield
Join the Poetry Foundation for a reading with Jane Hirshfield, whom the Washington Post describes as belonging “among the modern masters.” Her nine poetry collections include Ledger; The Beauty; Given Sugar, Given Salt, a finalist for the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award; and After, winner of a T.S. Eliot Prize. Hirshfield’s honors include a Poetry Center Book Award and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Academy…
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