A Night of Readings Celebrating 25 Years of the Massachusetts Book Awards33 Hawley Street, NorthamptonNov 5, 6pm - 8pm We really need something to celebrate, do we not?!? And now, more than ever, we need to keep creating and celebrating what we can--whether that's art, community or resistance. So I hope you'll come to this … Continue reading Celebrate With Me!
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Pessoa anthology reading tonight!
If you're in WMA and want to hear some poetry, tonight we're celebrating an anthology of poems that has been a long labor of love for Charles Cutler, Smith College professor emeritus. The anthology, "In the Footsteps of a Shadow: North American Literary Responses to Fernando Pessoa” (MadHat Press, 386 pages, $23.95) will be launched … Continue reading Pessoa anthology reading tonight!
Footsteps Reading!
Saturday, February 16-8PMRaven Books49 Conway StreetShelburne Falls, MA 01370 Come celebrate the publication of this long labor of love with yours truly and other poets included in this anthology from Mad Hat Press. (I think someone said something about wine & cheese. Also, if you've not been to the new Raven in SF, it's a … Continue reading Footsteps Reading!
Poetry on the Piazza – This Saturday!
Doug Anderson, Amy DryanskyMartha Rhodes, Hilde Weisert Saturday, September 14, 4:30 - 5:30 PM *NOTE TIME CHANGE*Chesterwood, 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge, MA, 01262 The weather's looking good for this reading--outside, so we can all stay well. Just note the earlier time change. Tickets are free, tho donations are encouraged, and why not?I'll be reading with Hilde … Continue reading Poetry on the Piazza – This Saturday!
more (good) things
Alt Text: 1950's B&W photo of a woman listening to the radio. I'll be joining Riley Bowen, Ellen Miller-Mack, and Jon Plodzik on their radio show, Poem Talk Thursday evening, August 15. If you can't listen in live you can stream it later.I get to talk about a poem I love, We Manage Most When … Continue reading more (good) things
Poetry on the Piazza – this saturday!
Doug Anderson, Amy DryanskyMartha Rhodes, Hilde Weisert Saturday, September 14, 4:30 - 5:30 PM *NOTE TIME CHANGE*Chesterwood, 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge, MA, 01262 The weather's looking good for this reading--outside, so we can all stay well. Just note the earlier time change. Tickets are free, tho donations are encouraged, and why not?I'll be reading with Hilde … Continue reading Poetry on the Piazza – this saturday!
Voices of Poetry at the Mount!
Voices of Poetry at the Mount with Antoinette Brim-Bell, Amy Dryansky, Jennifer Franklin, Gloria Monaghan, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Anthony Walton & host Neil Silverblatt Outside, in the beautiful Berks, with six poets reading their work--what could be better? (Yeah, one of those poets is me.) Hope to see you there! Sunday, June 5, 2022, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PMThe Mount2 Plunkett … Continue reading Voices of Poetry at the Mount!
THANK YOU!
So much for supporting me in the 30 Poems in November fundraiser for the Center for New Americans. Because of the generosity of people like you, it was wildly successful—we raised over $85,000 that goes directly to support programs and services for those new to our country and community. Several matching donations have already been … Continue reading THANK YOU!
Lakehouse Open Mic Redux!
Sunday, October 3, 4-5pmAshfield Lake House Poetry, prose, music, theater, interpretative Covid dance, bring it! First 10 to sign up have 5 minutes to do their thing. Bring masks and social (but not emotional) distance! We'll be outside, weather permitting--pray to the weather gods, because we're going for it! The Lakehouse is serving yummy small … Continue reading Lakehouse Open Mic Redux!
Dickinson Museum Reading–this week!
Thursday, March 25, 6pm ET Join me online for the inaugural Phosphorescence Poetry Reading presented by the Emily Dickinson Museum. I'll be reading with two spectacular poets, Teri Ellen Cross Davis & Todd Kaneko. We're going to explore the idea of "home", and what that means to us, and what it might have meant to Miz … Continue reading Dickinson Museum Reading–this week!
Amy Dryansky 