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WordHouse Poetry

March 23 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

WordHouse Reading Series                                                                            

Saturday March 23, 2p.m. – 4p.m.

Join us at the Noah Webster House for a series of FREE poetry readings, hosted by James Finnegan, West Hartford’s third Poet Laureate. These readings will take place from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on February 17, March 23, April 6, May 18, and June 1.

WordHouse Reading Series                                                                           

Saturday March 23, 2pm

Clare Rossini and Daniel Lawless

Reading begins with an Open Mike.

 Clare Rossini has published three books of poems and recently co-edited an anthology titled The Poetry of Capital (University of Wisconsin, 2020). Individual poems have appeared in publications such as Paris Review, PlumeThe Kenyon ReviewThe Iowa Review, and Poetry, as well as in many anthologies, including The Best American Poetry series.  She has received grants and awards from the State of Connecticut, the Minnesota Arts Board, the Bush Foundation, and the Maxwell Shepherd Foundation; has had residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, and the American Academy in Rome; and has taught at Carleton College, Trinity College, and in the Vermont College MFA program. Clare Rossini

Daniel Lawless is the author of The Gun My Sister Killed Herself With; his current book, I Tell You This Now, was released in February 2024.  Recent poems appear in FIELD, Barrow Street, Prairie Schooner, Ploughshares, Poetry International, Los Angeles Review, upsteet, SOLSTICE, Manhattan Review, Massachusetts Review, JAMA, and Dreaming Awake: New Prose Poetry from the U.S., Australia, and the U.K., among others. A recipient of a continuing Shifting Foundation grant, he is the founder and editor of Plume:  A Journal of Contemporary Poetry, Plume Editions, and the annual Plume Poetry anthologies.

Read here for the most up to date information on speakers. All readings take place at the Noah Webster House and begin with an open mic. No registration is required. Each poetry reading is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated in order to support future programming at the Noah Webster House. The Noah Webster House will be open 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. during each reading and visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets to tour the historic home.

Details

Date:
March 23
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Organizer

Noah Webster House
Phone
860-521-5362
Email
events@noahwebsterhouse.org
View Organizer Website

Venue

Noah Webster House
227 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107 United States
+ Google Map
Phone
860-521-5362

Details

Date:
March 23
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Organizer

Noah Webster House
Phone
860-521-5362
Email
events@noahwebsterhouse.org
View Organizer Website

Venue

Noah Webster House
227 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107 United States
+ Google Map
Phone
860-521-5362