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  • Poetry at the Old Manse – May

    Old Manse 269 Monument St, Concord, MA

    Join the New England Poetry Club outdoors in the open air tent at the Old Manse for free poetry readings on select Sunday afternoons. Extend your visit by signing up ... Read more

  • Longfellow Student Poetry Awards

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Kick off the summer with a celebration of emerging poets! The Longfellow Student Poetry Contest is an annual competition of original poetry, with categories for high school, middle school, and ... Read more

  • Poetry Reading: Sam Cornish Award with Harris Gardner & Ruth Lepson

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    The Sam Cornish Award is given in recognition of a poet of long-standing artistry, literary advocacy, and generous mentorship who has made a significant impact on the literary communities of New ... Read more

  • Poetry in Translation: Dzvinia Orlowsky & Nidia Hernandez

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Dzvinia Orlowsky is a Pushcart prize poet, an award-winning translator, and a founding editor of Four Way Books. She’s published six poetry collections by Carnegie Mellon University Press including A ... Read more

  • Poetry Reading: Enzo Silon Surin & Joan Houlihan

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Enzo Silon Surin is a Haitian-born, award-winning poet, educator, librettist, publisher and social advocate. He is the author of three previous collections of poetry, including When My Body Was A Clinched Fist, ... Read more

  • 2023 Golden Rose Award with Afaa M. Weaver

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Afaa M. Weaver (formerly Michael S.Weaver) is the author of sixteen collections of poetry, several plays, and some short fiction. As a journalist in Baltimore, where he was born in 1951, ... Read more

  • Poetry Reading: Laura Budofsky Wisniewski & Rajiv Mohabir

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Laura Budofsky Wisniewski is the author of Sanctuary, Vermont which won the 2020 Orison Poetry Prize and the New England Poetry Club’s 2022 Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize. She is also author of ... Read more

  • Nature Poetry in the Park

    Sunday, September 3, 2023.  Free and open to the public. Fully accessible (with rest rooms) Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, 668 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139. Three poets, Linda Haviland ... Read more