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2019 Archive

January 14, 2020 by TrigonAdmin

A summary of the year. Content needed.

WCPA Annual Meeting and Board Elections

On February 24, 2019, we held our annual meeting in the Bancroft Room at the First Unitarian Church in Worcester (our regular venue was unavailable due to construction). After a short business meeting, where we discussed the past year and elected a new board of directors, we held an open poetry reading since our scheduled feature, Sebastian Lockwood, could not join us due to bad weather near his home in New Hampsire.

If you’d like to learn about what the WCPA did in 2018 please take a look at our Annual Report.
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Photos by Robert Steele

2019-2020 WCPA Board

Elizabeth Bacon
Robin Boucher, Treasurer
Therese Carr
Jim Cocola
Robert Cronin
Bob Gill, VP Programming
Carle Johnson
Jay Lavelle
Ann-Marie Lucci
Rodger Martin, President
Laura Menides
Kate McIntyre, Editor, The Worcester Review
Diane Mulligan, Secretary
Chris Reilley
Susan Roney-O’Brien
Karen Sharpe
Robert Steele

12th Annual College Poetry Competition Finalists’ Reading

Saturday, April 6, 2019
Worcester Popup, 20 Franklin Street, Worcester

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 College Poetry Contest Reading

Etheridge Knight Performance Prize
Kate Brice of Assumption College
Amber John of the College of the Holy Cross (runner-up)

Elizabeth Bishop Manuscript Prize
Dani Black of Clark University
Ariele Lee of Fitchburg State University (runner-up)

The Nominees

Paula Kneeland, of Anna Maria College and Worcester, MA
Kate Brice, of Assumption College and Colchester, CT
Dani Black, of Clark University and Middleboro, MA
Amber John, of the College of Holy Cross and Austin, TX
Ariele Lee, of Fitchburg State University and Beverly, MA
Jesse Madore, of MCPHS and Salem, NH
Erica Gilman, of Worcester State University and North Brookfield, MA
Michael Clements, of WPI and Exeter, NH

Judges
Susan Roney-O’Brien
Ashley Wonder

Contest Chair
Craig Blais, Anna Maria College

Congratulations to Fran Quinn, Winner of the 2019 Stanley Kunitz Medal

Presented on Thursday, July 25, 2019
at the Worcester Historical Museum
30 Elm Street, Worcester

Photos courtesy of John Gaumond.
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Winners’ Reading for the WCPA’s Annual Poetry Contest The Frank O’Hara Prize

Sunday, September 29, 2019, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street, Worcester

Featuring readings by the contest judge, Rachel McKibbens, and the 2019 contest winners

Congratulations to the 2019 Winners

First Place
Carolyn Oliver

Second Place
Jacqueline Morrill

Third Place
Jennifer Freed

Honorable Mention
bg Thurston

A Reading of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Performed by Sebastian Lockwood

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Worcester Art Museum
Renaissance Court
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA

A Tribute to Elizabeth Bishop

Forty years ago American-poet, and Worcester-native, Elizabeth Bishop died. Bishop, an only child, was born in Worcester in 1911. Through twists and turns, she lived in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Key West, Brazil, and San Francisco. Her early life influenced her poetry, as did her interaction with poets Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell.

We paid tribute to Bishop on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, with a reading of her work at Bedlam Book Cafe by Therese Carr. The reading started with a short open poetry reading.

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Thanks to John Gaumond for these photos.

11th Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading featuring Patrick Donnelly

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 – 7:30pm
Anna Maria College, Zecco Performing Arts Center
50 Sunset Lane, Paxton

Each year the Worcester County Poetry Association partners with a local college or university to present a poet who had a connection to poet Stanley Kunitz. This year we welcomed Patrick Donnelly as our reader at the 11th Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading on Wednesday, October 16th. The reading was hosted by Anna Maria College in Paxton and started at 7:30pm.

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Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop.

Noted Elizabeth Bishop biographer, Tom Travisano, joined us in Worcester for a presentation from his new book, Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop.

Writing Elizabeth Bishop:
A Biographer’s Journey

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Worcester Historical Museum
30 Elm Street, Worcester
6:00 to 7:30 pm

Writing Elizabeth Bishop A Biographer’s JourneyDownload
Thanks to 
Root & Press Bookstore
for making copies of Travisano’s book available for sale.
Photos courtesy of Bob Gill

For all the Tea in Zhōngguó – a Dual Language Reading

For all the Tea in Zhōngguó a dual language reading with Rodger Martin and Ann Shi

Saturday, November 16 @ 2:00pm
Worcester Pop-up at JMAC
20 Franklin Street, Worcester

For All the Tea FlyerDownload
Photos courtesy of Bob GIll

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