CPS to Sponsor Poetry Lectures
by Gray Jacobik
Poet Gray Jacobik, former professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, will give two lectures on poetry for CPS members. The first, “Metaphor and Poetic Genius,” will take place in Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 2-4pm at the Hamden Public Library.
The second, The Poetry of Wallace Stevens, will take place in March of 2012 in Hartford, CT. and will be co-sponsored by The Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens.
Check our website for further details.
For a great place to find up to date poetry events, try the Connecticut Poetry Calendar website: http://poetz.com/connecticut . To have two weeks' worth of poetry events appear in your email box every week, subscribe to CTPoetNews, by sending an email to
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To submit a poetry event for listing in both the Connecticut Poetry Calendar and CT Poet News, send an email with the "who-what-when-where" to either
John Jeffrey at connecticut@poetz.com
or
Terri Klein at ctpoetnews@yahoo.com
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WordForge Reading Series
Monday February 13, 7pm
Two Poets from Capital Community College
Antoinette Brim, author of Psalm of the Sunflower, is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her poetry, memoir and critical work has appeared in various journals and magazines including Tidal Basin Review, Critical Insights: Alice Walker and anthologies including 44 on 44: Forty-Four African American Writers on the 44th President of the United States, The Book of Villanelles, Not A Muse and Just Like A Girl: A Manifesta. Antoinette Brim teaches African American Literature and Creative Writing at Capital Community College.
Kenneth DiMaggio recently had a chapbook titled Poems and Stories from the Blue Collar Book of the Dead (CC&D Press). Ken has a poem in the anthology, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and has had poems published in the journals, Sierra Nevada Review, Illuminations, Willard & Maple, Plainsongs, Tribeca Poetry Review, Italian Americana, Quercus Review. He recently had an academic article on Rilke's theories of creativity (based on his Letters to a Young Poet). Ken is Professor of Humanities at Capital Community College in Hartford.
Plus Open Mike
Location: The Studio @ Billings Forge
563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Parking available next to Firebox restaurant or along Broad Street.
Free event.
For more information, contact:
Jim
JforJames@aol.com
860-508-2810
http://wfreadings.blogspot.com/
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AND NEXT UP>>>
Mon. March 12, 7pm—
David Cappella
Maria Frank
Mon. April 16, 7pm—
Catherine Hoyser
Kate Rushin
Mon. May 14, 7pm—
Ben Grossberg
Sherri Beddingfield
Mon. June 11, 7pm—
Christine Beck
Cynthia Peck
WORDFORGE READING SERIES Location: The Studio @ Billings Forge, 563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06106
This is a poetry reading series featuring local poets along with an open mike. Many readings will have a theme. All events will be scheduled for Monday nights, with a 7:00 p.m. start time. . Parking is available next to Firebox restaurant or along Broad Street. "http://www.thisenduringgift.com" www.thisenduringgift.com.
More Info: Contact
Jim, JforJames@aol.com
860-508-2810
Antrim House is pleased to announce that Hill-Stead Museum will feature an Antrim House poet in next summer’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. This year the poet will be Elizabeth Thomas. She will read before CT Poet Laureate Dick Allen on Wednesday, July 6. The museum will also offer two workshops conducted by Antrim House poets. The first, on poetry inspired by works of art, will be led by Rennie McQuilkin and will occur from 5:30–9:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, March 23. It will involve readings, a slide show, discussion, a guided tour of the museum’s collection, and a writing assignment (based on a work in the collection) with feedback. The second workshop (led by poet/environmentalist David K. Leff) will occur from 2:00–6:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, and will be focused on “nature poetry.” It will feature readings, discussion, a guided field-and-wood nature walk on the museum’s grounds, and a writing assignment with feedback. To learn more about David Leff, visit www.davidkleff.com, and to read about Rennie McQuilkin’s most recent book, winner of the CT Book Award, see www.antrimhousebooks.com/weathering. The fee for each workshop is $25. Space is limited, so register early by contacting Sunken Garden Artistic Director Mimi Madden at maddenm@hillstead.org.
Speaking of Hill-Stead Museum, you will be pleased to know that in addition to presenting Elizabeth Thomas, next summer’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival will feature poets the likes of Mark Doty, Tony Hoagland, Patricia Smith, and Dick Allen, along with student poets and a host of fine musicians. For details, visit http://www.hillstead.org/activities/poetry_performseries.html.
Antrim House is pleased to announce that Hill-Stead Museum will feature an Antrim House poet in next summer’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. This year the poet will be Elizabeth Thomas. She will read before CT Poet Laureate Dick Allen on Wednesday, July 6. The museum will also offer two workshops conducted by Antrim House poets. The first, on poetry inspired by works of art, will be led by Rennie McQuilkin and will occur from 5:30–9:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, March 23. It will involve readings, a slide show, discussion, a guided tour of the museum’s collection, and a writing assignment (based on a work in the collection) with feedback. The second workshop (led by poet/environmentalist David K. Leff) will occur from 2:00–6:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, and will be focused on “nature poetry.” It will feature readings, discussion, a guided field-and-wood nature walk on the museum’s grounds, and a writing assignment with feedback. To learn more about David Leff, visit www.davidkleff.com, and to read about Rennie McQuilkin’s most recent book, winner of the CT Book Award, see www.antrimhousebooks.com/weathering. The fee for each workshop is $25. Space is limited, so register early by contacting Sunken Garden Artistic Director Mimi Madden at maddenm@hillstead.org.
Speaking of Hill-Stead Museum, you will be pleased to know that in addition to presenting Elizabeth Thomas, next summer’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival will feature poets the likes of Mark Doty, Tony Hoagland, Patricia Smith, and Dick Allen, along with student poets and a host of fine musicians. For details, visit http://www.hillstead.org/activities/poetry_performseries.html.
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