Please join us during Short Story Month for a reading from a new collection, We Are a Teeming Wilderness by local prize-winning Novelist and Essayist, Shena McAuliffe. McAuliffe is the author The Good Echo: A Novel (Black Lawrence Press 2018), and a Glass Light Electricity: Essays (University of Alaska, 2020). Her short stories and essays have been published in Conjunctions, Black Warrior Review, Alaska Quarterly […]
Poets & other citizens will gather on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 6:00 PM at the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park in Albany, NY to celebrate the birthday of the quintessential American poet, Walt Whitman, with a reading of his poem “Song of Myself”. The event is sponsored by the Poetry Motel Foundation, & the Hudson Valley Writers Guild. It is free & […]
6PM Doors // 7PM ShowtimeJoin us for an evening of poetry and performance to celebrate the release of Sierra DeMulder’s fifth book Ephemera. Directly following the reading, a facilitated Q&A will be hosted by author Caitlin Conlon. $15 Advance // $20 at the Door // $5 Student & Sliding Scale Sierra DeMulder is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion, […]
Robert Gould is the author of thirteen collections of poetry including Day True, Woven Lightening, To The Dogs, In Houses with Ladders, Three Windows, Only Rock and Other Poems, Dream Yourself Flying, Writing Air, Written Water, Not By Blood Alone, Esta Naranja, Louder Than Seeds, What History Trammels, and Pacing the Wind.Gould taught Romance languages […]
Poets in the Park is celebrating over 30 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY. The series was started in 1989 by the late Tom Nattell and is now run by Albany poet & photographer Dan Wilcox. This year the readings are on Saturdays, July 15 […]
Poets in the Park is celebrating over 30 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY. The series was started in 1989 by the late Tom Nattell and is now run by Albany poet & photographer Dan Wilcox. This year the readings are on Saturdays, July 15 […]
An evening of poetry, song, and performance to celebrate the release of Sierra DeMulder’s fifth collection of poetry, Ephemera.Sierra DeMulder is an internationally-recognized poet, educator, and podcast host. She is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion, a five-time published author (The Bones Below, New Shoes on a Dead Horse, We Slept Here, Today Means Amen, […]
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild presents a special night of poetry and spoken word at The Linda, featuring writers from Trailer Park Quarterly & Hobo Camp Review!Trailer Park Quarterly envisions itself as a place for real writing, something an actual human might want to read. Editor Dan Crocker and Rebecca Schumejda met in the 90s […]
Richard Matturro, author of eight novels, is this year’s invited speaker at the annual celebration of Herman Melville’s birthday at his Lansingburgh home. His talk is entitled “Herman Melville: When in Doubt, Speculate.” He will also read one of his short stories dealing with Melville. There will be refreshments and time for Q&A. All are […]
St. Rocco’s Reading for the Dispossessed invites you to a celebratory reading in honor of Douglas Rothschild’s birthday. Aimee Wright Clow & other St. Rocco’s founders will read from their own work as well as Douglas Rothschild’s poems. Friends and guests are also invited to read a poem of Douglas’s. Hosted by Joe Elliot. Pausing […]
River Poems 3 – a poetry reading benefit for the Lansingburgh Historical SocietySat., Sept. 9, 2023, Noon Herman Melville House, 2 114 th Street, Troy, NY Handicapped accessible Poets James Duncan Scott Laudati Carson Pytell Darcy Smith Please bring a blanket or a chair on which to sit. Poets will read from the porch, while […]
Pierre Joris, avant-garde poet, and winner of major prizes from PEN for his poetry translations, returns to UAlbany, where he taught poetry for more than 20 years (1992-2013).4:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 19 Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center West University at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue Albany NY 12222 Free and open to the public A native of […]
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
