----2018 Robert Frost Poetry competition has begun!----
To enter, check this out:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES
Poems should be postmarked between
September 1 (2017) and February 15 (2018)
to be considered for the yearly award.
History of the Frost Prize:
Frost Foundation Poetry Prize: history
2016. [ No competition]
2014. "Roadsiding Hay" by Franklin Zawacki
2013. "November Guest" by Alfred Nicol
2012. [No competition this year.]
2011. "Constellation" by Sally Albiso
2010. "The Great Disappointment" by Adam Tavel
2009. "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle
2008. "Double Wedding Ring" by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck
2007. "Henry Jones of Wales" by Barbara Adams
2006. [poem] by Rob Smith
2005. "The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body" by Susan Somers-Willett
2004. "To do to Beans" by Megan Grumbling
2003. "Aristaeus" by Ned Balbo
2002. "Sheepdog Trials at Bleanau Feistenog" by Deborah Warren
2001. "First Light" by Vivian Shipley
2000. "Overheard" by Len Krisak
1999. "Echolation" by Diane Thie
1997. "Visiting Frost's Grave" by Patricia Fargnoli
Activities of the Robert Frost Foundation in Lawrence Massachusetts, and nearby town organizations.
Friday, September 29, 2017
.......UPDATE ON THE RIVER BARDS..........
at Battle Grounds Coffee Company,
39 Washington street, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01832
I went to the event ( Friday, September 29th, from 7pm to 9pm..
Awesome....very nice Coffee shop, right on the main drag in Haverhill,
good PA equipment and hosting, some great local flavor, and some
familiar faces were there ...T.Cremin and S.Lafortune..
I had heartburn when I got there, and their
whole-wheat / ricotta / crisp-pear-slice / honey open sandwich
was a miraculous fix.....they have various pastries and treats there.
Richard Smyth is rallying the series. They don't have a regular monthly
schedule, there are two more in this series!
OCTOBER 20th, another reading/open-mic, featuring our friend
Tim Cremins (also at the Battle Grounds, a peacable place)
NOVEMBER 3rd another reading/open-mic, featuring Charles Coe
(also at the Battle Grounds)
--------------------------"
The River Bards are back with three events this fall
at our favorite downtown coffee joint!
Come down to Battle Grounds Coffee Company on
Friday, September 29th to hear our featured poet,
Elizabeth Wolf! After Elizabeth's segment,
the mic will open up to anyone else who would like to share.
All ages/abilities welcome! Sign ups are first come first
served on the night of the event. Readings should be limited to 3-5 minutes each.
---------------------------"
RIVER_BARDS_FACEBOOK
at Battle Grounds Coffee Company,
39 Washington street, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01832
I went to the event ( Friday, September 29th, from 7pm to 9pm..
Awesome....very nice Coffee shop, right on the main drag in Haverhill,
good PA equipment and hosting, some great local flavor, and some
familiar faces were there ...T.Cremin and S.Lafortune..
I had heartburn when I got there, and their
whole-wheat / ricotta / crisp-pear-slice / honey open sandwich
was a miraculous fix.....they have various pastries and treats there.
Richard Smyth is rallying the series. They don't have a regular monthly
schedule, there are two more in this series!
OCTOBER 20th, another reading/open-mic, featuring our friend
Tim Cremins (also at the Battle Grounds, a peacable place)
NOVEMBER 3rd another reading/open-mic, featuring Charles Coe
(also at the Battle Grounds)
--------------------------"
The River Bards are back with three events this fall
at our favorite downtown coffee joint!
Come down to Battle Grounds Coffee Company on
Friday, September 29th to hear our featured poet,
Elizabeth Wolf! After Elizabeth's segment,
the mic will open up to anyone else who would like to share.
All ages/abilities welcome! Sign ups are first come first
served on the night of the event. Readings should be limited to 3-5 minutes each.
---------------------------"
RIVER_BARDS_FACEBOOK
Friday, September 22, 2017
Other important Frost / nearby / Internet links:
FROST_AT_WILLIAMS
(Williams College / Prof. Stephen F. Brumberg on Rodert Frost:)
...some fascinating philosophy and politics from the poet's POV!
FROST_WILLIAMS_TUTORIAL
(more and more interesting)
Thanks, Karen K!
And we have the first web interlink across the continent,
Rick Lupert's organization in LA!
A rather large and well-run place, with weekly call-ins, podcasts,
a huge contest with sponsors...awesome.
RICK_LUPERT <---Yes, it even has some wresting with the Torah!
PSH_CONTEST_HUB <----the PSH prize hub
POETS_OF_THE_WEEK <----and a feature for their busy crowd!
Thanks, Rick!
Thursday, September 21, 2017
You can also see the Frost Competition in the grand list
of writing contests at New Pages:
GRAND_CONTEST_LIST
Thursday, September 14, 2017
2018 Robert Frost Poetry competition has begun!
To enter, check this out:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES
Poems should be postmarked between
September 1 (2017) and February 15 (2018)
to be considered for the yearly award.
History of the Frost Prize:
Frost Foundation Poetry Prize: history
2016. [ No competition]
2014. "Roadsiding Hay" by Franklin Zawacki
2013. "November Guest" by Alfred Nicol
2012. [No competition this year.]
2011. "Constellation" by Sally Albiso
2010. "The Great Disappointment" by Adam Tavel
2009. "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle
2008. "Double Wedding Ring" by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck
2007. "Henry Jones of Wales" by Barbara Adams
2006. [poem] by Rob Smith
2005. "The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body" by Susan Somers-Willett
2004. "To do to Beans" by Megan Grumbling
2003. "Aristaeus" by Ned Balbo
2002. "Sheepdog Trials at Bleanau Feistenog" by Deborah Warren
2001. "First Light" by Vivian Shipley
2000. "Overheard" by Len Krisak
1999. "Echolation" by Diane Thie
1997. "Visiting Frost's Grave" by Patricia Fargnoli
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
--OTHER POETRY ORGANIZATIONS--
Mass Poetry:
This is a busy organization run mainly out of Salem and Boston Mass.
MASSPO
They have a yearly festival in May, in Salem:
MASSPO_FESTIVAL
....and keep an extensive list of events statewide..
MASSPO_STATE_EVENTS
With the many colleges in Worcester, the local scene
is quite busy, with hundreds of open mics per year.
Here is one local organization:
W_C_P_A
Their contests require local current or former residence:
WCPA_CONTESTS
MAny open mics are listed individually, but here are a few:
WCPA_VENUES
There is a lot of activity around the Colleges near
Northampton Mass:
NORTHAMPTON_PO
AMHERST_PO_FESTIVAL
UMASS_MFA
Newburyport is a busy hub:
NBPT_EVENTS
And is home to the Powow River Poets:
POWOWS
Porstmouth NH has the busy hoot the Frost hoots were modeled after:
PORSTMOUTH_HOOTS
-----FROST/NEARBY VIDEO----
FROST_READING
PILAR_QUINTANA_2011
MARK_SCHORR_ON_PROSE_POEMS
MATT_K_TACKLE_BOX
JIM_K_ROAM
FROST_READS_AFTER_APPLE_PICKING
JANUARY_ONEIL_2017
ROAD_NOT_TAKEN_HDFROST_RECITAL_2016_WETHERBEE_POETRY_BEE
AWESOME_SAGE_DOES_STOPPING_BY_THE_WOODS
MEGAN_GRUMBLING_ANNOUNCES_2009_PRIZE
RAY_LANDRY_PEAPOD_MAGIC
MARK_SCHORR_TO_BE_OR_NOT
STEVEN_S_PULP_FICTION
MARY_ELLEN_D_WHERE_THERES_SMOKE
KENADINE_BOOGY_WOOGY_DEATH
PILAR_Q_THE_SPRING
TIM_C_HIS_TRUMPET
---LOCAL HISTORICAL POETS--
More On Robert Frost (Lawrence, Methuen, Londonderry, NH and Francinia, NH):
THE_WIKI
ACAD_OF_AMERICAN_POETS
AT_THE_POETRY_FOUNDATION
ROBERT_FROST_ORG_INFO_AND_POEMS
FROST_COLLECTION_AT_BARTLEBY
Anne Bradstreet, the first great American poet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672)
...by a long shot!
ANNE_AT_THE_ACAD
ANNE_AT_POETRY_FOUNDATION
ANNE_BRADSTREET_ORG
ANNES_MOST_FAMOUS
John Geenleaf Whittier (assoc: Haverhill)
JGW_WIKI
JGW_POETRY_FOUNDATION
--BOOKS BY LOCAL POETS--
--------------------------------------
Linda Flaherty Haltmaier:
ANDOVER_POET_LAUREATE
BOOK__ROLLING_UP_THE_SKY
----------------------------------------
Matt Kraunelis:
MATTS_BOOKS
-----------------------------------------
Susan Lafortune:
TALKING_IN_MY_SLEEP
------------------------------------------
GREY COURT POETS:
SONGS_FROM_THE_CASTLES_REMAINS
-------------------------------------------
Jim Knowles:
GREY_BERET
REVIEW_OF_GREY_BERET
NIGHTHAWKS
TAHKI
PECULIAR_PAIR_A_DICE
FOUR_MASS_POETS_IN_ENGLISH_AND_DANISH
(Robert Frost , Emily Dickinson , Adelaide Crapsey , Jim Knowles)
---------------------------------------------
Helena Minton:
RAINCOAT_COLORS
------------------------------------------------
Tim Cremins:
THE_WAY_YOU_RUN_IN_DREAMS
--------------------------------------------------
Kathleen Aponick:
BRIGHT_REALM
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The Write Group:
WRITE_GROUP_ANTHOLOGY
-----REGULAR NEARBY EVENTS-------
------------------------------------------------------
NAME: Robert Frost Hoot
LOCATION: Cafe Azetca , 180 Common Street , Lawrence , MA
PATTERN: Second Tuesdays, September thru Jume, skip December : 7pm
DATE EXAMPLES:
Septemberr 12,2017
October 10, 2017
November 9, 2017
January 9, 2018
February 13, 2018
March 13, 2018
April 10, 2018
May 8, 2018
June 12, 2018
WHAT IS IT?: Featured Reader Plus open microphone
LINKS: SOMOS_LAWR
cafe_azteca
FROST_FACEBOOK
--------------------------------------------------
NAME: Grey Court Poets
LOCATION: Nevins Library, 305 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844
PATTERN: First Mondays , all year , 7pm
DATE EXAMPLES:
October 2 , 2017
November 6 , 2017
December 4, 2018
January 1, 2018
February 5, 2018
WHAT IS IT?: Poetry Share/Read/Critique workshop
LINKS: NEVINS_LIB , GREY_COURTS ,
--------------------------------------------------
NAME: Tuesday 4 Poetry
LOCATION: Stevens Memorial Library , 45 Main St., North Andover
PATTERN: Forth Tuesdays , all year
DATE EXAMPLES:
September 26 , 2017
October 24 , 2017
November 28 , 2017 (check)
December 26 , 2017 (check)
January 23, 2018
February 27 , 2018
WHAT IS IT?: Open Hoot , Readers have 5 minutes each
LINKS: STEVENS_LIB , STEVENS_FACEBOOK
--------------------------------------------------
NAME: Merrimack Mic
LOCATION: Merrimack Public Library, 56 W Main St, Merrimac, MA
PATTERN: 4th saunday of the month , 10:30am
DATE EXAMPLES:
Sept. 24 , 2017
Oct 22, 2017
Nov 26 , 2017
Dec 24, 2017 (call/check)
Jan 28 , 2018
WHAT IS IT?: Sometimes a feature, always an open microphone
LINKS:
MERR_MIC_FACEBOOK
MERRIMACK_LIB
--------------------------------------------------
NAME: Ipswich Poetry Open Mic
LOCATION: 40 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 , 6-8pm
PATTERN: Third Saturdays
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?: Feature and poetry open mic
LINKS:
ZUMIS_COFFEE_HOUSE
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NAME: Frost Farm Poetry
LOCATION:
PATTERN:122 Rockingham Rd (Rt. 28), Derry, NH.
DATE EXAMPLES: Asst: (see links)
WHAT IS IT?: featured readers
LINKS:
READING_SERIES
FROST_FARM_POETRY
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NAME:
LOCATION:
PATTERN:
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:
LINKS:
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NAME:
LOCATION:
PATTERN:
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:
LINKS:
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
----EVENTS ARTHER AFIELD-------------
(poetry events from now to haloween 2017)
Subject: poetry readings thru Halloween [7]
From our friend
Daniel Bouchard
Senior Production Coordinator
The MIT Press Journals
One Rogers Street
Cambridge MA 02142-1209
bouchard@mit.edu
To wit:
Thursday, September 14, 7 pm
Caroline Smith
Grolier Book Shop
Plympton Street
Cambridge
Saturday, September 16, 2 - 5 pm
Regie Gibson and Leylani Moniz
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Driscoll Gallery, Main Branch
Brockton Public Library
204 Main Street
Brockton
Saturday, September 16, 3 - 5 pm
Wendy Sloan and James B. Nicola
Powow Poetry reading series
Newburyport Public Library
94 State Street
Newburyport
Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Louise Berliner, Zachary Bos, Lucinda Bowen, Polly Brown, Heather Corbally Bryant, Helen Marie Casey, David Davis, Linda Fialkoff, Lynn Horsky, Terry House, Lawrence Kessenich, Joan Kimball, William Lenderking, Moira Linehan, Greg Loweberg, Deborah Melone, Franny Osman, Dawn Paul, Cheryl Perreault, Mary Pinard, Joanne DeSimone Reynolds, Susan Edwards Richmond, Hilary Sallick, Georgia Sassen, bg Thurston
Plein Air Poetry Walk
Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio
38 Eldridge Rd
Harvard
Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Natalie Shapero and Dan Tobin
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline
Tuesday, September 19, 7 – 8:30 pm
Arvind Mehrotra
Poetry Center
Smith College, Northampton
Tuesday, September 19, 7 pm
Richard Waring, Ben Berman, and Clara Silverstein
Newton Free Library
330 Homer St.
Newton
Thursday, September 21, 5:30 pm
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Saturday, September 23, 2 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Mattapoisett Public Library
7 Barstow Street
Mattapoisett, MA
Saturday, September 23, different times
3rd Annual New Hampshire Poetry Festival
readings, talks and workshops with Gregory Pardlo, Oliver de la Paz, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Michael Dumanis, Elizabeth Powell, Richard Waring, Eileen Cleary, Robbie Gamble, and Barbara Helfgott Hyett, and others
Manchester, NH
Sunday, September 24, 4 pm
Lisa Breger, Moira Linehan, Carla Schwartz, and others
Art on the Trails exhibit closing Ekphrastic Poetry Reading
Beals Preserve, Route 30 (opposite Chestnut St)
Southborough, MA
Sunday, September 24, 6:30-9 pm
Richard Waring, Charles Coe, David Gullette, and others
A Celebration of Leonard Cohen
In Song, Dance, & Poetry
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville
Monday, September 25, 12 pm
Joanna Klink and Monica Youn
Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University
Cambridge
Monday, September 25, 5:30 pm
Anne Waldman
Granoff Center
154 Angell St.
Providence
Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 – 9 pm
Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown
Alumnae House Conference Hall
Smith College, Northampton
Wednesday, September 27, 6:30 pm
Richard Hoffman, Fred Marchant, and Jill McDonough
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Kerri French, Jennifer Militello, and Sarah Sweeney
Trident Booksellers and Cafe
338 Newbury St.
Boston
Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Michelle Hoover, Patricia Horvath, and Sam Witt
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge
Thursday, September 28, 7 pm
Tribute to Marc Widershien
Music by D'Anna Fortunata, Greg Hall
Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic
120 Poplar Street
Roslindale
Thursday, September 28, 7:30 pm
Wendy Drexler and Susan Donnelly
Cervena Barva Press Studio
At The Arts for the Armory
Basement, Room B8
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville
Saturday, September 30, 9 am - 5 pm
4th Annual Haiku Gathering at Wild Graces
Featuring Stanford M Forrester, Jeannie Martin, Brad Bennett and Hannah Mahoney
Jamie Lowe on the Japanese Shamisen.
111 Nottingham Rd.
Deerfield, NH
Saturday, September 30, 4 pm
Jim Dunn and John Mulrooney
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge
Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Michael Holley, Gish Jen, Barbara Lynch, Stuart Weitzman, and Lawrence Summers.
introduced by Robert Pinsky
Favorite Poem Project Reading
Tsai Performance Center
685 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University
Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Fran Lunney, Karen Sharpe, and Open Mic
Workshop for Publishing Poets: PoemWorks
Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd.
Newton
Tuesday, October 3, 7 pm
Gail Mazur and Lloyd Schwartz
77 Nason St.
Maynard Public Library
Maynard
Wednesday, October 4, 7 pm
Susan Donnelly, Wendy Drexler, and Holly Guran
Suffolk University Poetry Center
73 Tremont Street
Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd floor
Boston
Wednesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
Preston Hood and Dorothy Shubow Nelson
Gloucester Writers Center
126 East Main Street
Gloucester
Thursday, October 5, 5:30 pm
Frank Bidart
Moris Gray Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University
Wednesday, October 11, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge
Thursday, October 12, 5:30 pm
Gregory Pardlo
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Thursday, October 12, 6 pm
Lillian Yvonne Bertram, Susan Barba, Michael Franco and Andrew K. Peterson Set Two (7:15pm): Adrienne Raphel, Jennifer Tseng, Jon Woodward and Carol Weston
Boston Originals Series
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge
Friday and Saturday, October 13-14
Forrest Gander, Cole Swensen, Evie Shockley, Simon Pettetk, Kate Rushin, Michael Heller, Pamela Stewart, Joseph Donahue, Timothy Liu, Basil King, Martha King, Gerrit Lansing, and Joseph Massey
First Annual Festival of Major American Poets
Pioneer Valley Poetry Productions, Inc.
Co-sponsored by the Amherst College English Department
Fayerweather Hall
Amherst College
Amherst
Saturday, October 14, 2 - 4 pm
Susan Donnelly, Miriam Levine, Steven Ratiner, Cathie Desjardins, Ruth Lepson, Julia Lisella, Kathleen Aguero, and Denise Bergman
Lyons Hearing Room (2nd floor)
Arlington Center for the Arts Open Studios
Arlington Town Hall
730 Mass Ave
Arlington
Saturday, October 14, 3 - 5 pm
The Powow River Poets celebrate Rhina P. Espaillat
Powow Poetry reading series
Old South Church
29 Federal Street
Newburyport
Sunday, October 15, 1 pm
Michael Daley, Kevin Gallagher, Gloria Mindock, Tim Suermondt, Susan Cook Thanas, and Pui Ying Wong
12th Poetry Showcase in conjunction with 50th Juried Annual Art Show
Plymouth Center for the Arts
11 North St
Plymouth
Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Kimiko Hahn and Krysten Hill
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline
Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Robert Pinsky and Stephen Dobyns
introduction by David Blair
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Norman Fischer and Michael Franco
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville
$5
Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Nicole Terez Dutton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge
Monday, October 16, 8 pm
David Ferry
introduced by Gail Mazur
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Monday, October 16, 8 pm
John Skoyles and Matthew Olzmann
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
Fanny Howe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge
Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
David Blair, Fred Marchant, Dean Rader
Suffolk University Poetry Center
3rd Floor, Sawyer Library
73 Tremont Street
Boston MA
Wednesday, October 18, 2 pm
Jill McDonough
Campus Center Building - Café East
Middlesex Community College
591 Springs Road
Bedford
Wednesday, October 18, 6 pm
Filip Marinovich and Mitch Manning
Occupy Poetics: Reading and Activist Think-Tank
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge
Wednesday, October 18, 6:30 pm
Steph Burt and Dean Rader
Reading and Discussion
Cambridge Public Library Community Room
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Wednesday, October 18, 7 pm
Elizabeth Willis
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Thursday, October 19, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Thayer Public Library
798 Washington Street
Braintree, MA
Friday, October 20, 7:30 – 9pm
Robert Hass
Weinstein Auditorium
Smith College, Northampton
Saturday, October 21,
Georgia Sassen
Ancient and Contemporary Women of Harvard: Poems in their Voices
Sponsored by the Harvard Cultural Council
Harvard Public Library
5 Pond Rd
Harvard MA
Monday, October 23, 8 pm
Stuart Dischell and Kelle Groom
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Tuesday, October 24, 6 pm
Susan Howe and Susan Stewart
Introduction by Prof. Stephanie Sandler
Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library
Harvard University, Cambridge
Wednesday, October 25, 6 pm
Kathy Fagan
Rabb Room
Tufts University
Wednesday, October 25, 7 pm
Paul Keineg, with translations read by Rosmarie Waldrop
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Thursday, October 26, 6:30 pm
Myronn Hardy and Miller Oberman
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Thursday, October 26, 7:30 pm
Mark Doty and Tomas Unger
The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Series
Photonics Center, 8 St Mary's St
Colloquium Room, 9th floor
Boston University
Boston
Saturday, October 28, 4 pm
Ben Mazer and Stephen Sturgeon
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge
Sunday, October 29, 3 pm
Patricia Pruitt: A Celebration
with readings by Michael Franco, Ruth Lepson, Isabel Pinto Franco, Ros Zimmermann, Ed Barrett, Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, Lisa Bourbeau, and Ed Foster
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville
Monday, October 30, 7 pm
Renee Gladman
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Monday, October 30, 8 pm
Dennis Nurkse and Karl Kirchwey
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Tuesday, October 31, 7:30 – 9 pm
Steve Bradbury
Helen Hills Hills Chapel Sanctuary
Smith College, Northampton
The 2017 Robert Frost Poetry Award competition has begun:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES
(poetry events from now to haloween 2017)
Subject: poetry readings thru Halloween [7]
From our friend
Daniel Bouchard
Senior Production Coordinator
The MIT Press Journals
One Rogers Street
Cambridge MA 02142-1209
bouchard@mit.edu
To wit:
Thursday, September 14, 7 pm
Caroline Smith
Grolier Book Shop
Plympton Street
Cambridge
Saturday, September 16, 2 - 5 pm
Regie Gibson and Leylani Moniz
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Driscoll Gallery, Main Branch
Brockton Public Library
204 Main Street
Brockton
Saturday, September 16, 3 - 5 pm
Wendy Sloan and James B. Nicola
Powow Poetry reading series
Newburyport Public Library
94 State Street
Newburyport
Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Louise Berliner, Zachary Bos, Lucinda Bowen, Polly Brown, Heather Corbally Bryant, Helen Marie Casey, David Davis, Linda Fialkoff, Lynn Horsky, Terry House, Lawrence Kessenich, Joan Kimball, William Lenderking, Moira Linehan, Greg Loweberg, Deborah Melone, Franny Osman, Dawn Paul, Cheryl Perreault, Mary Pinard, Joanne DeSimone Reynolds, Susan Edwards Richmond, Hilary Sallick, Georgia Sassen, bg Thurston
Plein Air Poetry Walk
Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio
38 Eldridge Rd
Harvard
Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Natalie Shapero and Dan Tobin
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline
Tuesday, September 19, 7 – 8:30 pm
Arvind Mehrotra
Poetry Center
Smith College, Northampton
Tuesday, September 19, 7 pm
Richard Waring, Ben Berman, and Clara Silverstein
Newton Free Library
330 Homer St.
Newton
Thursday, September 21, 5:30 pm
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Saturday, September 23, 2 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Mattapoisett Public Library
7 Barstow Street
Mattapoisett, MA
Saturday, September 23, different times
3rd Annual New Hampshire Poetry Festival
readings, talks and workshops with Gregory Pardlo, Oliver de la Paz, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Michael Dumanis, Elizabeth Powell, Richard Waring, Eileen Cleary, Robbie Gamble, and Barbara Helfgott Hyett, and others
Manchester, NH
Sunday, September 24, 4 pm
Lisa Breger, Moira Linehan, Carla Schwartz, and others
Art on the Trails exhibit closing Ekphrastic Poetry Reading
Beals Preserve, Route 30 (opposite Chestnut St)
Southborough, MA
Sunday, September 24, 6:30-9 pm
Richard Waring, Charles Coe, David Gullette, and others
A Celebration of Leonard Cohen
In Song, Dance, & Poetry
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville
Monday, September 25, 12 pm
Joanna Klink and Monica Youn
Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University
Cambridge
Monday, September 25, 5:30 pm
Anne Waldman
Granoff Center
154 Angell St.
Providence
Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 – 9 pm
Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown
Alumnae House Conference Hall
Smith College, Northampton
Wednesday, September 27, 6:30 pm
Richard Hoffman, Fred Marchant, and Jill McDonough
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Kerri French, Jennifer Militello, and Sarah Sweeney
Trident Booksellers and Cafe
338 Newbury St.
Boston
Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Michelle Hoover, Patricia Horvath, and Sam Witt
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge
Thursday, September 28, 7 pm
Tribute to Marc Widershien
Music by D'Anna Fortunata, Greg Hall
Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic
120 Poplar Street
Roslindale
Thursday, September 28, 7:30 pm
Wendy Drexler and Susan Donnelly
Cervena Barva Press Studio
At The Arts for the Armory
Basement, Room B8
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville
Saturday, September 30, 9 am - 5 pm
4th Annual Haiku Gathering at Wild Graces
Featuring Stanford M Forrester, Jeannie Martin, Brad Bennett and Hannah Mahoney
Jamie Lowe on the Japanese Shamisen.
111 Nottingham Rd.
Deerfield, NH
Saturday, September 30, 4 pm
Jim Dunn and John Mulrooney
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge
Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Michael Holley, Gish Jen, Barbara Lynch, Stuart Weitzman, and Lawrence Summers.
introduced by Robert Pinsky
Favorite Poem Project Reading
Tsai Performance Center
685 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University
Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Fran Lunney, Karen Sharpe, and Open Mic
Workshop for Publishing Poets: PoemWorks
Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd.
Newton
Tuesday, October 3, 7 pm
Gail Mazur and Lloyd Schwartz
77 Nason St.
Maynard Public Library
Maynard
Wednesday, October 4, 7 pm
Susan Donnelly, Wendy Drexler, and Holly Guran
Suffolk University Poetry Center
73 Tremont Street
Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd floor
Boston
Wednesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
Preston Hood and Dorothy Shubow Nelson
Gloucester Writers Center
126 East Main Street
Gloucester
Thursday, October 5, 5:30 pm
Frank Bidart
Moris Gray Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University
Wednesday, October 11, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge
Thursday, October 12, 5:30 pm
Gregory Pardlo
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Thursday, October 12, 6 pm
Lillian Yvonne Bertram, Susan Barba, Michael Franco and Andrew K. Peterson Set Two (7:15pm): Adrienne Raphel, Jennifer Tseng, Jon Woodward and Carol Weston
Boston Originals Series
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge
Friday and Saturday, October 13-14
Forrest Gander, Cole Swensen, Evie Shockley, Simon Pettetk, Kate Rushin, Michael Heller, Pamela Stewart, Joseph Donahue, Timothy Liu, Basil King, Martha King, Gerrit Lansing, and Joseph Massey
First Annual Festival of Major American Poets
Pioneer Valley Poetry Productions, Inc.
Co-sponsored by the Amherst College English Department
Fayerweather Hall
Amherst College
Amherst
Saturday, October 14, 2 - 4 pm
Susan Donnelly, Miriam Levine, Steven Ratiner, Cathie Desjardins, Ruth Lepson, Julia Lisella, Kathleen Aguero, and Denise Bergman
Lyons Hearing Room (2nd floor)
Arlington Center for the Arts Open Studios
Arlington Town Hall
730 Mass Ave
Arlington
Saturday, October 14, 3 - 5 pm
The Powow River Poets celebrate Rhina P. Espaillat
Powow Poetry reading series
Old South Church
29 Federal Street
Newburyport
Sunday, October 15, 1 pm
Michael Daley, Kevin Gallagher, Gloria Mindock, Tim Suermondt, Susan Cook Thanas, and Pui Ying Wong
12th Poetry Showcase in conjunction with 50th Juried Annual Art Show
Plymouth Center for the Arts
11 North St
Plymouth
Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Kimiko Hahn and Krysten Hill
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline
Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Robert Pinsky and Stephen Dobyns
introduction by David Blair
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Norman Fischer and Michael Franco
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville
$5
Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Nicole Terez Dutton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge
Monday, October 16, 8 pm
David Ferry
introduced by Gail Mazur
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Monday, October 16, 8 pm
John Skoyles and Matthew Olzmann
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
Fanny Howe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge
Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
David Blair, Fred Marchant, Dean Rader
Suffolk University Poetry Center
3rd Floor, Sawyer Library
73 Tremont Street
Boston MA
Wednesday, October 18, 2 pm
Jill McDonough
Campus Center Building - Café East
Middlesex Community College
591 Springs Road
Bedford
Wednesday, October 18, 6 pm
Filip Marinovich and Mitch Manning
Occupy Poetics: Reading and Activist Think-Tank
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge
Wednesday, October 18, 6:30 pm
Steph Burt and Dean Rader
Reading and Discussion
Cambridge Public Library Community Room
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Wednesday, October 18, 7 pm
Elizabeth Willis
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Thursday, October 19, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Thayer Public Library
798 Washington Street
Braintree, MA
Friday, October 20, 7:30 – 9pm
Robert Hass
Weinstein Auditorium
Smith College, Northampton
Saturday, October 21,
Georgia Sassen
Ancient and Contemporary Women of Harvard: Poems in their Voices
Sponsored by the Harvard Cultural Council
Harvard Public Library
5 Pond Rd
Harvard MA
Monday, October 23, 8 pm
Stuart Dischell and Kelle Groom
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Tuesday, October 24, 6 pm
Susan Howe and Susan Stewart
Introduction by Prof. Stephanie Sandler
Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library
Harvard University, Cambridge
Wednesday, October 25, 6 pm
Kathy Fagan
Rabb Room
Tufts University
Wednesday, October 25, 7 pm
Paul Keineg, with translations read by Rosmarie Waldrop
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Thursday, October 26, 6:30 pm
Myronn Hardy and Miller Oberman
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge
Thursday, October 26, 7:30 pm
Mark Doty and Tomas Unger
The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Series
Photonics Center, 8 St Mary's St
Colloquium Room, 9th floor
Boston University
Boston
Saturday, October 28, 4 pm
Ben Mazer and Stephen Sturgeon
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge
Sunday, October 29, 3 pm
Patricia Pruitt: A Celebration
with readings by Michael Franco, Ruth Lepson, Isabel Pinto Franco, Ros Zimmermann, Ed Barrett, Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, Lisa Bourbeau, and Ed Foster
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville
Monday, October 30, 7 pm
Renee Gladman
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence
Monday, October 30, 8 pm
Dennis Nurkse and Karl Kirchwey
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5
Tuesday, October 31, 7:30 – 9 pm
Steve Bradbury
Helen Hills Hills Chapel Sanctuary
Smith College, Northampton
The 2017 Robert Frost Poetry Award competition has begun:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES
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