Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) is the author of seven books of poetry and the editor of numerous anthologies, the most recent of which is How He Loved Them (Four Way Books), winner of the Julie Suk Award and long-listed for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize. Prufer is also Co-Curator of the Unsung Masters Series, and Professor in […]
Steven Cramer’s (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) sixth poetry collection, Listen, was published in 2020 by MadHat Press. He is the author of five previous collections, most recently Clangings (2012) and Goodbye to the Orchard (2004), which won the Sheila Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club and was named an Honor Book in Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for […]
In April 2021, Salem, MA will be the epicenter of contemporary American poetry, offering rare opportunities to hear the nation’s best poets read and discuss their work in intimate and engaging forums. Join Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016), Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), Christine Jones (Poetry, January 2014), and Kyle Potvin as they read from […]
CCW Poetry Open Mic with featured poet Jennifer LeBlanc (Poetry, June 2012), author of Descent (Finishing Line Press, 2020). Join on Thursday, April 22 at 7:30pm Eastern to share your verse! We have 20 slots available, so sign-up here.
In this his eighth collection of poetry (and fifth with Four Way Books), Prufer’s (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) career-spanning talent for estranging the familiar—and also for recording the unthinkable with […]
Join poets Tim Carver, Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), and Tom Schmidt for a poetry reading focused on the themes of grief, mourning, and moving toward hope. This reading will feature a short […]
Breakwater's online reading series will have its last event of the semester this Friday, April 30th. Featuring Lauren Fitch, Nicole Graev Lipson, Julia Leef (Fiction, June 2018), and Spencer Johnson. […]
Cambridge Common Writers is proud to host a celebration of Celeste Mohammed's (Fiction, June 2016) debut novel-in-stories, Pleasantview. Join us for a reading by Celeste, as well as appearances by […]
Join Clarissa Adkins (Poetry, June 2018) at the launch of her first poetry collection, Building Alexandria. The event will be hosted by Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) and Clarissa will […]
Join author Dr. Lisa Gruenberg (Nonfiction, June 2007) for a special virtual conversation with Dr. David Urion about her second-generation Holocaust memoir, My City of Dreams. This event, hosted by […]
Celebrating Karin Cecile Davidson's (Fiction, June 2009) Sybelia Drive and William Lychack's Cargill Falls. Karin Cecile Davidson is originally from the Gulf Coast. Her novel Sybelia Drive was published by Braddock Avenue Books […]
Join Jennifer LeBlanc (Poetry, June 2012) with Jane Brox (Nonfiction, MFA Writing Faculty) and Jeffrey Harrison for a reading hosted by Susanna Kittredge at Chapter and Verse.