The Richard Fox Poetry Series: John Hodgen

Now, the 1st Tuesday of every month, The Richard Fox Poetry Series is an open- mic with a featured reader. It honors the memory of the iconic Worcester poet and human-being extraordinaire Richard Fox.
Our next Featured Poet will be the iconic John Hodgen on April 1st. That’s no joke! 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. Sign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Limited spots available. Sponsored by the ‘Fox Fund’ (Worcester County Poetry Association).

John Hodgen is Writer-in-Residence at Assumption University in Worcester, MA, and Advisory Editor at New Letters at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He is author of six poetry collections: In My Father’s House, winner of the Bluestem Award; Bread Without Sorrow, Winner of the Balcones Poetry Prize; Grace, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry; Heaven and Earth Holding Company, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award, The Lord of Everywhere and his latest book, What We May Be, from Lynx House Press/Washington State University. Hodgen is also recipient of numerous other honors and awards, including the Grolier Prize, the Foley Poetry Prize, the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize, an Arvon Foundation Award, the Chad Walsh Prize, the Collins Prize, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in Poetry, and inclusion in the 2017 Scribner’s Best American Poetry.