Worcester poet Curt Curtin has a new book, Kerry Dancers, and is holding a virtual book tour during March 2021 in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Annie’s Book Stop kicks off book sales by interviewing Curt about his early background as a first-generation Irish-American and the stories that helped shape some of the poems in […]
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 the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Registration is required; visit this […]
As part of a virtual book tour, the Worcester Public Library hosts a live reading with Curt Curtin and his wife Dee O’Connor. Curt is a first-generation Irish-American poet who lives in Worcester. Both his parents emigrated from County Kerry at the beginning of the 20th Century, and their experiences inspired Curt’s latest collection, Kerry […]
The WCPA is excited to present a virtual poetry reading with Jeff Walt on Sunday, March 14, 2021, 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. Register Jeff Walt won the 2018 Frank O'Hara Prize […]
Retired Professor Curt Curtin will be joined by three current students and three alumni from Westfield State University in a reading in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Students and alumni will read from their own work; Curt and his wife Dee O’Connor (also a WSU alum) will read selections from Kerry Dancers, Curt’s latest collection. […]
The Worcester Senior Center celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and the Worcester County Poetry Association’s 50th anniversary with a reading from Kerry Dancers, Curt Curtin’s newest poetry collection. Curt, his wife, and fellow poets/friends will read selected poems. You’ll meet Da, Ma, Aunt Nora, and the rest of the family, dance a reel in Boston’s Hibernian […]
Musicians from Worcester’s Pakachoag Music School provide fiddle music to accompany Curt Curtin’s reading of selected poems from Kerry Dancers. Though the collection focuses on Curt’s Irish-American heritage, it is a more generic immigrant’s tale dedicated to “immigrants from around the world who chased their dreams to the American shores.” Pre-recorded by Pakachoag Music School; […]
Join Worcester Black History Project, Worcester County Poetry Association, and Worcester Historical Museum for an evening of Worcester Black Women creating poetry. Download a PDF of the event flyer. 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. Register […]
The Working Writers Series at College of the Holy Cross is presenting a virtual poetry reading by Joy Priest. 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. Register Joy Priest is the author of Horsepower (Pitt Poetry Series, […]
Register here: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-o-brien-syllabics-from-basho-to-yeats-and-beyond/ Do you remember clapping out the syllables of your name in first grade? Pure syllabic poetry is common in languages like Japanese but rarer in English, which counts both syllables and stresses. Starting with haikus, we will try our hands at writing tankas, nonets, roundels, cinquains, and diamantes. And as we go […]
