Open Mic Café @ Guilderland Public Library

Open Mic Café @ Guilderland Public LibraryIn celebration of National Poetry Month, we’re offering an Open Mic Café! Everyone is welcome to read their own work, or something they enjoy from […]

Free

DiBiase Contest Reading

DiBiasepoetry.com and the Hudson Valley Writers Guild will sponsor a reading on Saturday, May 13, for winners and finalists in the annual DiBiase Poetry Contest. The reading will be heldfrom […]

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 – […]

Free

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. […]

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, […]

Free

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, […]

$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 […]

$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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Free