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.
Beth Ann Fennelly has published three poetry books: Open House, Tender Hooks, and Unmentionables, all with W. W. Norton. She is also the author of 3 books of prose: Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs; Great With Child: Letters to a Young Mother, a collection of essays; and The Tilted World, a novel co-authored with her husband Tom Franklin. Beth Ann’s poetry has been in over fifty anthologies, including Best American Poetry, The Book of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, Poets of the New Century, and The Penguin Book of the Sonnet. She teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Mississippi, where she was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
THEME: POETRY WORKSHOP & READING
HOST: The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College
FEATURES: Beth Ann Fennelly
PRICE: $20 Registration Fee / https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d19a5de4b0084a3eb7cf41/t/6723e9ef0c2eac3e30935bfe/1730406895140/24-25DPSworkshop-registration.pdf
CONTACT: FB - The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College / 973-684-6555 / mgillan@pccc.edu
