Summer Festival at the Longfellow House

Join us for the Golden Rose reading with this year’s recipient Rhina P. Espaillat!

Register in advance here: https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm

This year’s annual Golden Rose Award will be presented to Rhina P. Espaillat. Espaillat has published twelve full-length books, four chapbooks and a monograph on translation.

Espaillat is noted for her English translations of Saint John of the Cross, as well as her book of Spanish translations of Robert Frost, Algo hay que no es amigo de los muros/Something There Is that Doesn’t Love a Wall, and her bilingual collection of Richard Wilbur translations, Oscura fruta/Dark Berries.Her work, which comprises poetry, essays and short stories in both English and her native Spanish, and translations from and into both languages, appears in numerous journals, anthologies and websites. She has received many national and international awards.

A founding member of the Melopoeia trio, Espaillat performs with poet Alfred Nicol and guitarist John Tavano, as well as with the quintet known as The Diminished Prophets.

Join us for poetry at the Longfellow House Sunday, July 11, 3 pm!

Portrait of Alondra Bobadilla (left) wearing a coral colored shirt and a black and white portrait of Porsha Olayiwola (right) in a black shirt and light colored jacket
Photo credit: (right) Carlie Febo

July 11 Porsha Olayiwola & Alondra Bobadilla

Porsha Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the author of i shimmer sometimes, too forthcoming with Button Poetry. She is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.

Alondra Bobadilla‘s poetry demonstrates how creative expression can be a powerful tool for youth to examine feelings around issues, find their voice, and speak up about the changes they want to see for their future. She was named Boston’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate in January 2020.

Register today!

Each reading takes place at 3:00 PM. Events are free and open to all, but require advance registration. Please click here to register for one or more readings.

Register today for the free virtual Summer Poetry Festival at the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historical Site!

The New England Poetry Club, Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters, and Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site are pleased to announce the 2021 Virtual Summer Poetry Festival: Poetry as a Voice for Activism. This year’s festival, which begins Sunday, June 27, will take place live online and connect poetry lovers across the country with remarkable poet-activists who will read and discuss their work.

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The New England Poetry Club, National Park Service, and Friends of the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters present the

2021 Virtual Summer Poetry Festival:
Using Poetry as a Voice for Activism


Readings will take place via Zoom from 3:00-4:00 PM EDT.

Details about the readings can be found here: https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm

Virtual Reading: Afaa Michael Weaver, Sunday, July 26, 3 pm

Please join us this Sunday, July 26, 3 pm, for a poetry reading by Afaa Michael Weaver.

This reading is hosted by the New England Poetry Club and the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters (LHWH) National Historic Site, sponsored by the Friends of LHWH.

Registration is free and easy! https://bit.ly/afaa-michael-weaver

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90160/the-little-rock-9

Summer Poetry Festival!

Please join us for these virtual readings! Free and open to the public.

Easy registration:

July 12, 3 pm
Poet Wrestling in the Land of a Thousand Dances: Rosebud Ben-Oni
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July 26, 3 pm  
Spirit Boxing: Afaa Michael Weaver
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August 9, 3 pm
Poetry in Translation: Maria Luisa Arroyo and Peter Covino
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