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NEPC December Reading at Fruitlands Museum
December 11, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Free
Chris O’Carroll, Kathleen Aguero, Anastasia Vassos
Sponsoring poetry in New England since 1915, the New England Poetry Club presents readings by poets with ties to the New England states and annual poetry contests. Members of the NEPC benefit from being part of a community of poets, gathering for readings by members with new books, and participating in monthly writing workshops.
These poetry readings will be held in the Fruitlands Museum Art Gallery exhibition “Wind from the Hills.” Drawn from Fruitland’s permanent collection, the selection of artworks in this exhibition is inspired by select poems from Fruitlands Museum Founder, Clara Endicott Sears’ 1935 anthology “Wind from the Hills and Other Poems.” The galleries feature nineteenth century landscape paintings, folk art, Shaker textiles, and Indigenous artworks, revealing the complexities of Sears’ artistic interests while reviving her words through highlights of the collection.
Readings are free with admission to the Museum: $5 for nonmember adults, seniors, students, and children ages 5-13. There is no charge for Trustees Members or children under age 5. Please be sure to check in at the Museum Shop (white building) for your admission sticker before proceeding to the Art Gallery.
Chris O’Carroll is the author of two books of poems, The Joke’s on Me, and Abracadabratude. He has been Light magazine’s featured poet, and his work appears in New York City Haiku, Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle, Extreme Sonnets, and The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology, among other collections. Chris has performed widely as a stand-up comedian, and is also a member of Actor’s Equity. His favorite roles on stage have included Frank in Educating Rita, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh.
Kathleen Aguero’s most recent book of poetry is World Happiness Index from Tiger Bark Books. Her other poetry collections include After That, Investigations: The Mystery of the Girl Sleuth, Daughter Of, The Real Weather, and Thirsty Day. She has co-edited three volumes of multi-cultural literature for the University of Georgia Press (A Gift of Tongues, An Ear to the Ground, and Daily Fare) and is consulting poetry editor at Kenyon Review. She teaches in the Solstice low-residency M.F.A. program and in Changing Lives through Literature, an alternative sentencing program. Kathleen has received grants from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and the Elgin Cox foundation.
Anastasia Vassos was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of Nike Adjusting Her Sandal (Nixes Mate, 2021). Her chapbook Nostos will be published by Kelsay Books in 2023. Her work has been named a finalist in Two Sylvias’ and Headlight Review’s Chapbook Contests. Her poems appear in Thrush, RHINO, SWWIM, Comstock Review and elsewhere. She is a reader for Lily Poetry Review, speaks three languages, and is a long-distance cyclist. She lives in Boston with her husband.