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Woodstock Poetry Society Reading featuring Jerrice J. Baptiste and Mary K O’Melveny

Woodstock Poetry Society (www.woodstockpoetry.com) is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events.Poets Jerrice J. Baptiste and Mary K O’Melveny will be featured, followed by an open mike when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom (and streamed live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry) on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern). WPS […]

The House of Poetry is a Hotel

Tom Corrado will discuss “The House of Poetry is a Hotel,” as part of the Rensselaerville Library Thursday evening Talk Series.I’ll be talking about poetry, specifically, Contemporary American Poetry – with examples – what it is, its vast inclusivity of voices, styles, & subjects, all of which works to dispel the mystique of the masterpiece […]

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Third Thursday Poetry Night featuring Alan Catlin

Social Justice Center 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY, United States

Local writer Alan Catlin will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets. Alan Catlin has been published in parts of six decades now which basically makes him as old as dirt. During his publishing career, he has […]

A Panel of Possibilities

If you’re interested in how authors keep their series going—how they track characters, plot lines, locations and more—you’ll enjoy the next meeting of the Upper Hudson Sisters in Crime, Saturday, May 20, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm EDT.Lori Duffy Foster (NEVER LET GO) will chat with three other authors about how they write more […]

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Rooted Revision: How To Grow Your Poems Strong

In this workshop, renowned poet Annie Finch shares her trademark technique of Rooted Revision, developed over a lifetime of writing and teaching poetry. Based in fundamental principles of poetic structure, the principles of Rooted Revision apply to poems of all aesthetics and shapes—formal, free verse, performance, or exploratory.Bring one of your unfinished poems and we […]

$150.00

Annie Finch Live!

Come hear how this poet weaves words into spells! Annie Finch is one of our most vital and important American poets and performers. She is the author of six books of poetry, most recently Spells: New and Selected Poems. Her other works include influential essays, books, and anthologies on poetics, feminism, and women’s earth-based spirituality. She […]

$6.00

Roots, Shoots, and Leaves

It’s spring, roots are stretching, shoots are popping, leaves are returning from the south . . . and poets are served al fresco. This event will require a short walk (golf car assistance available), as it will take place at one or more locations on the grounds of The Mount. BYOC – bring your own […]

Writing Your Life Stories

Part 2 of 2 (You must have taken Part 1 in April to register for Part 2)We will continue our Life Writing work in this 90-minute workshop by looking at the turning points in our life and figuring out if there is a pattern or theme that has emerged that we want to write about. […]

Author Reading—Shena McAuliffe

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 […]

Free

Walt Whitman Birthday Reading of “Song of Myself”

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 & […]

Poetry Reading Featuring Ellen White Rook

Join author Ellen White Rook for a reading from her newly released collection of poetry Suspended, which was selected by Cathexis Northwest Press as winner of their Unpublished Author Contest. Everyone is welcome to share a poem or short prose piece. This event is free (though donations gladly accepted).Local poet Susan E. Oringel, author of […]

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Prose Writers Showcase

The Hudson Valley Writers Guild will resume the Prose Writers Showcase on Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 1-3 pm at the Albany Public Library Washington Ave Main Branch in the large auditorium.This event will feature selections from writers Richard Matturro, Mary Murphy, and Heather Schwartz, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Light refreshments will […]

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