Poetry READINGS and Events

The Poetry Center at PCCC offers readings as part of the Distinguished Poets Series. It also hosts readings with poets who have been finalists and winners of contests and awards sponsored by the Center, including The Paterson Poetry Prize and The Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. There is an annual reading to celebrate the latest issue of the Paterson Literary Review and for occasional anthologies sponsored by the Center. Many of the readings and workshops offered at The Poetry Center are also featured on Maria Mazziotti Gillan's blog.

The Poetry Center will be holding both virtual readings and in-person events. The Zoom links for virtual events will take you to the live event and later to the archived recording.

Virtual readings begin at 2:30 PM ET unless otherwise noted below.

In-person readings begin at 1 PM in the Hamilton Club unless otherwise noted below. (directions to Hamilton Club)

Recent readings from the Poetry Center and archived videos from years past are now available on the Poetry Center at PCCC’s YouTube Channel.

Poetry workshops are conducted by most of the featured poets before their readings. For more information on how to register, see the Workshops page.

An afternoon of contributor readings from the Winners, and some of the Honorable Mention poets. See the complete list of the 2024 Award Winners, Honorable Mention and Editor’s Choice poems and poets (pdf)

THEME: POETRY READING
HOST: The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College
FEATURES: An afternoon of contributor readings from the Winners, and some of the Honorable Mention poets. See the complete list of the 2024 Award Winners, Honorable Mention and Editor’s Choice poems and poets (pdf)
PRICE: N/A
CONTACT: FB - The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College / 973-684-6555 / mgillan@pccc.edu / sdesai@pccc.edu