News
Karen Chase has a new memoir, Polio Boulevard, coming out September 1st.
Marcus Jackson has a poem, “Pardon My Heart”, published in the July/August issue of The American Poetry Review.
Marcus Jackson on Judging NJ Poetry Out Loud
My experience judging the NJPOL Finals was a very rewarding. Hearing wonderful poems read aloud is always a pleasure, but witnessing such a remarkable group of high school students bringing their own lively interpretations to the stage was quite a treat.
The participants poured every gram of their brains and hearts into reciting the poems they were dealt, and their commitment translated into a valuable interaction with language for the listeners in attendance.
Even more pleasing was the tangible connection each reader seemed to have with each poem. It was obvious that the works they were delivering had gotten inside of them and had sung notes the students could not have otherwise encountered.
News and Events: Week of November 12th
Events
Judith Hannan, Concert Artists Guild and LWC present: Words and Music (New York, NY)
Monday, November 12th at 6pm
Concert Artists Guild and LWC (Lisa Weinert Consulting) present a night of music and literature featuring award-winning cellist Sebastian Bäverstam performing the Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 between selected readings from Judith Hannan’s critically-acclaimed memoir Motherhood Exaggerated.
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Kevin Carey, Walnut St Cafe (Lynn, MA)
Wednesday 14th, Nov 14th at 7:30
Kevin will be the featured reader “Speak Up”
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Baron Wormser, Alice Ashley Jack Room, Smith Memorial Building, Randolph College (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Wednesday, November 14th at 8pm
Baron will be reading from his memoir and recent nonfiction pieces.
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Richard Jeffrey Newman, Boundless Tales @ Waltz-Astoria (23-14 Ditmars Blvd, Astoria, NY)
Thursday, November 15th 7:30-9:30pm
Richard will be reading from new work and from The Silence of Men
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Marcus Jackson, The New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)
Saturday, November 17th at 4:00pm
A SEASON IN POETRY: Toi Derricotte, Marcus Jackson, and Brenda Shaughnessy
To welcome the arrival of Fall, poets will read classic favorites as well as their own work at the largest botanical garden in the United States
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Judith Hannan, Miami Book Fair, Miami-Dade College (N.E. 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL)
Saturday, November 17th at 4:30 pm
Reading from Motherhood Exaggerated and panel with the author Melanie Neal
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