April was National Poetry Month and an exciting month of announcements for NEPC members! Remember, if you are a member, you can submit any publication, book release, or event news to our member news form and have it posted on the NEPC socials. If you aren’t a member, join now!
Here is a recap of the member news from April 2025!
NEPC Board Member Doug Holder sits down with poet Steven Ratiner for a thoughtful conversation about his new collection, Grief’s Apostrophe. They explore how poetry gives shape to loss and why grief remains one of our most deeply shared human experiences. Read the full interview at: https://loom.ly/t172xGU
NEPC member Carla Schwartz’s poem “Snow Keeper” was published in the Silver Birch Press “My Favorite Things”
series in March 2025. You can read the poem here: https://loom.ly/jh0n6O8
NEPC Member Carla Schwartz’s three haibun poems, “Missing,” “Kintsugi,” and “Learning to Pose,” were published in MacQueen’s Quinterly MACQ-27, in March 2025. Select “Carla Schwartz” from the list to read them: https://loom.ly/CTi0sSk
NEPC Lifetime Member Alfred Nicol’s After The Carnival, published by Wiseblood Books, is available now at https://loom.ly/2_HmQpU. Alfred will read in person on Saturday, April 26, 2:30 PM, as part of The Newburyport Literary Festival, at the Central Congregational Church, 14 Titcomb St. See attached flyer for more details!
NEPC Member Cindy Ellen Hill’s “Love in a Time of Climate Change,” published by Finishing Line Press, is available now. This is the poet’s fourth published poetry collection. Purchase a copy at: https://loom.ly/niTPrHo
Check out NEPC Member Daniel Freedman’s collection “Giants: A Book of Poems.” This collection blends “imagination and reality, offering readers of all ages a poetic journey that’s as grand as a giant’s chair—and as tender as his tears.” Available now on Amazon: https://loom.ly/y40yMdE
See you next month!