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Author Talk: Shari Caplan – Exhibitionist

Jamaica Plain Public Library 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States

In Exhibitionist by Shari Caplan (Poetry, June 2014), the reader is invited to explore poems as installation; in this museum, the personal and the persona poem variously expose and mask aspects of the speaker as she probes her bisexuality, her evolution into motherhood, and how our relationships to art and desire are linked. Drawing from painting, performance […]

Free

A Greater-est Boston Reading with [Working Title]

The Rockwell 255 Elm Street, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

is a Boston-based, queer reading and open mic series founded by L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023) platforming emerging writers. Together with Bug World, they will present a lineup of local authors and poets, with a special feature by Philadelphia-based author Graham Irvin, promoting his new book, “I Have a Gun.” The planned readings will be […]

$5 – $10

New Book and Poetry Open Mic with Vijaya Sundaram and Steven Cramer

Robbins Library 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

April is National Poetry Month! Arlington’s Beehive Poetry Group invites you to the “New Book and Open Mic” series. Featuring readings from recent publications by local poets, followed by an open mic for other poets to share their work. April’s featured poets are Vijaya Sundaram and Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty). Introductions by Steven Rapp. […]

Free

CCW Open Mic

Online Zoom Event

Join Cambridge Common Writers for an Open Mic with members of the Lesley MFA community!

Free

An Evening with Lyz Lenz and Garrett Bucks

Pageturners Lounge 5004 Dodge St, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Come join Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) and Garrett Bucks for an event at Pageturners Lounge. Literary Pub Quiz to follow.Lyz is a New York Times bestselling author, whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through […]

Free

It’s Your Mug 30th Anniversary Celebration

The Kennedy Center 2700 F St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

From February 1994 to August 1996, the Tuesday night open mic at It’s Your Mug was a community event that had a lasting impact on Washington’s poetry scene that continues to impact American poetry. Celebrate the event’s 30th anniversary with original host and founder Toni Asante Lightfoot, and a group of Mug regulars including Toni Blackman, Kenny […]

Free

Serabelle Book Launch with Tavi Taylor Black

Vashon Bookshop 17612 Vashon Hwy. SW, Vashon, Washington, United States

Join Tavi Taylor Black for the book launch of her new historical fiction novel, Serabelle, at the Vashon Bookshop.

Free

Author Event: Jody Hobbs Hesler & BettyJoyce Nash

Bluebird & Co 5792 Three Notched Road, Crozet, Virginia, United States

Join Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) for a book reading featuring author BettyJoyce Nash. Jody Hobbs Hesler has written ever since she could hold a pencil and now lives and writes in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Growing up, she split time between suburban Richmond, Virginia, and the mountains outside Winchester, Virginia. […]

Free

Zoom Webinar: The Modern Art of War – Hunter Liguore

Online Zoom Event

Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read mostly as a book of war strategies that teaches us how to beat our opponents on the battlefield. The Modern Art of War presents a new interpretation: it isn’t about conquering your enemies, devising strategies to overtake armies, or getting ahead against your competitors. Instead, the real […]

Free

Here in Sanctuary–Whirling Book Launch with D. Dina Friedman

Anchor House of Artists 518 Pleasant Street, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice of Western Massachusetts for a book launch and reading from Here in Sanctuary--Whirling by D. Dina Friedman (Fiction, January 2016), a collection of poems taken from the author's journey to the Brownsville/Matamoros border and her work in the immigration justice movement.

Free

Limited Engagement! by Erin FM

Boston Playwrights' Theatre 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston Theater Marathon XXVI features 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies which donate their time and talent to this annual event. The event will be divided into five blocks (each block $30 advance/$35 day-of-event, no fees), each featuring ten plays and running approximately one hour and […]

$30 – $35

Arrowsmith Press Reading with Steven Cramer, Diane Mehta and Christopher Merrill

Grolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join Arrowsmith Press for a reading with Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), Diane Mehta and Christopher Merrill with an introduction by Askold Melnyczuk. This event will be available both in-person and online.

Free