Richard Fox Poetry Series: Paul Szlosek

The Richard Fox Poetry Series is a monthly poetry open- mic with a featured reader. It honors the memory of the iconic Worcester poet and human-being extraordinaire Richard Fox.

This month’s Feature poet will be the iconic Paul Szlosek
Free admission.

On-the-street parking.

Root and Press Books and Cafe has an awesome array of food and beverages and an expanded book selection at their new location.
Signup for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Limited spots available.
Sponsored by the ‘Fox Fund’ (Worcester County Poetry Association)

Paul Szlosek is a poet born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, but currently residing in the nearby metropolis of Worcester. The recipient of the 2023 Stanley Kunitz Medal as well as the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry in 2001, he was co-founder and host of the long-running Poet’s Parlor poetry reading in Southbridge and Sturbridge. In May 2019, Paul started a brand-new open mic and featured poetry reading series with poet Ron Whittle called The Poetorium at Starlite (also in Southbridge) which closed in March 2020 due to COVID, but reopened in June 2022 (in the two-year interim, he ran an online print version entitled The Virtual Poetorium). His poetry has appeared in various local & national print & online publications including The Worcester Review, Worcester Magazine, Radius, Sahara, Concrete Wolf, Soul-Lit, Diner, & Silkworm. Paul is probably best known in the Central Massachusetts poetry community for his fanatical obsession with obscure poetry forms. He has invented his own including the ziggurat, the streetbeatina, the hodgenelle, the lux, and the singsangsong which he often shares on his blog, Paul’s Poetry Playground.