Hi everyone! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Here is a recap of all member news announced in December 2025. Remember, if you are an NEPC member, you can submit your news, and we will mention it across our social media channels!
NEPC Member Jason O’Toole read alongside Portsmouth Poet Laureate Lauren WB Vermette on Dec. 17 for Beat Night at the Press Room.
NEPC member Thomas DeFreitas’s poem “A Blessing for Kat” appeared in the latest issue of Nixes Mate Review, published Thanksgiving 2025. It is Thomas’s début appearance in Nixes Mate! Read the poem in this post or online here: https://loom.ly/biBGvWQ
NEPC Advisory Board member and Massachusetts State Inaugural Poet Laureate Regie Gibson read in person on Dec. 18 as a featured poet in the Open Mic series hosted by Vijaya Sundaram, Medford Poet Laureate at the Emerita at Arts Collaborative.
We announced a movie trailer produced by Olivia Huang! It featured Somerville and other area poets. Some of the movie was filmed on NEPC board member Doug Holder’s porch last summer. Lloyd Schwartz, former co-president of the New England Poet Club, Denise Provost, and others are in the movie. There are also scenes from the Summer series at the Longfellow House.
Watch the trailer here! https://loom.ly/9Iq6mwo
NEPC Member Jennifer Militello’s book “Identifying the Pathogen”, published by Tupelo Press, is now available for preorder! Congrats Jennifer! Get your copy here: https://loom.ly/Yp3mzBs
NEPC Board Member Doug Holder highlighted the work of poet Vijaya Sundaram in a recent blog post. Read it here: https://loom.ly/CrCK0FI
NEPC Member Richard Jordan’s chapbook, “Spotting the Rise”, published by Rockwood Press, is now available! Get your copy here: https://loom.ly/NZjfW8o
NEPC board member Doug Holder talked with Salem Poet Laureate J.D. Scrimgeour about his new book, Poet in High Street Park: Prose & Poetry for Modern Salem. The conversation explored Scrimgeour’s writing, his connection to Salem, and how everyday city life shapes the work. Read the interview: https://loom.ly/jdtbfkU
See you next month!