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Woodstock Poetry Society featuring Darcy Smith and Dennis Wayne Bressack

Woodstock Poetry Society (www.woodstockpoetry.com) is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events.Poets Darcy Smith and Dennis Wayne Bressack 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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry/) on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern). WPS meetings are held the 2nd […]

The Journey of Making a Book: UAlbany Faculty Author Showcase

Join us for a conversation with two members of the University at Albany faculty discussing the “journey” of making a book, including the joys and challenges of conducting research, making time to write, organizing content, editing, revising, and finding a publisher.4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 Campus Center West Boardroom (1st Floor) University at Albany 1400 […]

Novelist Gish Jen: Annual McKinney Contest Guest Speaker

Gish Jen, one of America’s greatest storytellers, is the author of the new book, Thank You, Mr. Nixon (2022), a collection of stories that, together, constitute “a fictional journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change.”7 p.m. Wednesday April 12 Reading and McKinney Writing Contest Awards EMPAC […]

Front Parlor Series

Storytelling Open Mic Hosted By Mike De SocioTheme: Justice The idea of justice has been getting a lot of attention lately: Social justice, climate justice, economic justice—worthy causes, all. But justice also has a pretty elemental meaning to most of us. Getting even, righting wrongs, standing up. These are forms of justice, too, that might […]

Wallace Stevens: Reading Poetry with Evan Craig Reardon on Zoom

Celebrate Poetry month and Eastertide by joining Evan Craig Reardon and friends for the poetry of Wallace Stevens on Zoom. The course includes two sessions: April 18 and 25. The workshop is free, but you can show your support for the Cathedral Arts mission by making a donation HERE.   For registration please visit this […]

A Different Take on Mysteries

If you’re looking for something a little different to read, Author Jeri Westerson probably has it: Medieval, Tudor, LGBTQ mysteries, Historicals, and Paranormal. Her Crispin Guest Medieval Noir Mysteries have been nominated for thirteen awards. The Los Angeles native currently writes a Tudor series, the King’s Fool Mysteries, and a Sherlockian series, The Irregular Detective […]

Free your Inner Poet, a Writing Workshop

Whether you’ve never written a poem, or published your third collection, this workshop is a treat for your inner-poet. Come and learn how to use a variety of simple prompts in a safe, fun environment, where you’ll transform memories, impressions and sensations into powerful poems. Sharing is optional and encouraged.Led by Rhonda Rosenheck, a published […]

Award-winning Fiction Writer and Essayist Peter Orner

Join us for a conversation with award-winning fiction writer and essayist Peter Orner, whose work often celebrates the joy and necessity of reading. His new essay collection, Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin (2022), is “a unique chain of essays and intimate stories that meld the lived life and the reading life.” […]

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Next Year’s Words: A New Paltz Reading Forum

Next Year’s Words: a New Paltz Reading Forum and Elting LibraryCelebrate National Poetry Month with featured readers Myra Shapiro, Cynthia Manick, and Timothy Liu on Wednesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. LIVE at the Elting Memorial Library’s Steinberg Room and via ZOOM. For National Poetry Month, Next Year’s Words presents the noted and well-published poets […]

Third Thursday Poetry Night featuring Ellen White Rook

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

Local writer Ellen White Rook will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Ellen White Rook was born in Germany to American parents, but was raised in Rhode Island. For the majority of her adult life, […]

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Enjoy a live performance of poems by members of the capital region’s poetry troupe, A Cauldron of Crones. Each member will share selections from her recent and forthcoming poetry collections. The audience will be invited to participate in community poetry-making.You will hear poems written by participants in the Free Your Inner Poet workshop on April […]

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