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September 2020
The Thirsty Lab with Heather Macpherson
The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th Tuesday reading. Please join a virtual Thirsty Lab on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 7:00 pm. Heather Macpherson will be the feature. Register for the reading and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. Heather J. Macpherson is an essayist, educator, and PhD student at the University of Rhode Island. Her focus in Literature includes Creative Nonfiction, Essaying, and…
Find out more »October 2020
Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic – virtualized
Bedlam Book Cafe will host a virtual version of their monthly Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic. A group of wordsmiths, poetry aficionados, and lovers of semantic bedlam get together on the 1st Friday of every month to create a little bedlam in the virtual world. Register for the event and Zoom will email you all the details.
Find out more »The Power of My Voice
Guardians of Traditions / Guardianes de Tradición is hosting an online event with Worcester's first youth Youth Poet Laureate, Amina Mohammed, called The Power of My Voice on Tuesday, October 6th. Amina will be joined by Dominican writer and anthropologist Leonardo Nin. You can learn more about the event at their Facebook event page or visit http://bit.ly/thepowerofmyvoice to register for the Zoom online meeting.
Find out more »October 2020 Board Meeting
Join the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association for our monthly board meeting. This will once again be a virtual meeting due to the continued need for social distancing. This is a working meeting, not a poetry reading. We welcome to the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This is a great opportunity to learn more…
Find out more »Zoom into Poetry with Doug Holder
The WCPA is thrilled to present a virtual poetry reading with Ibbetson Street Press founder Doug Holder on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Holder served as the judge for our 2020 Annual Contest: the Frank O'Hara Prize. Registration is needed to join the event. Visit the Zoom registration link and fill in the form. A meeting link will be e-mailed to you. Doug Holder is a recipient of the Allen Ginsberg Award, teaches writing at Bunker Hill Community…
Find out more »a virtual Thirsty Lab with Jamie Samdahl
The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading. Please join a virtual Thirsty Lab on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 7:00 pm (Eastern). Jamie Samdahl will be the feature. Register for the reading, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. Jamie Samdahl is a poet and naturalist from Princeton, Massachusetts. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, Washington Square Review, Mountain Record:…
Find out more »November 2020
November 2020 Board Meeting
Join the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association for our monthly board meeting. This will once again be a virtual meeting due to the continued need for social distancing. This is a working meeting, not a poetry reading. We welcome to the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This is a great opportunity to learn more…
Find out more »Zoom into Poetry with Meg Kearney
Photo by Gabriel Parker Meg Kearney is the next reader in the WCPA's virtual poetry reading series, Zoom into Poetry. The next installment takes place on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Registration is needed to join the event. Visit the Zoom registration link and fill in the form. A meeting link will be e-mailed to you. Meg Kearney is author of two full-length poetry collections, An Unkindness of Ravens and Home By Now, winner of the PEN New England L.L. Winship Award; a heroic…
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