Upcoming Readings for Notes from the Column of Memory
Sunday, September 3, 2023, 5:00-6:30 pm, in person with Linda Conte and Denise Washington, Nature Poetry in the Park
Magazine Beach Park Nature Center (hosted by Mass Audubon)
668 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts
outdoor setting, handicap accessible, free
Three poets, Linda Haviland Conte, Wendy Drexler, and Denise Washington from the board of the New England Poetry Club look forward to sharing poems that explore our complex and intimate relationship with the natural world-nature as solace and nourishment, and nature under threat from habitat loss and climate change. In the spirit of eco-poetry, these are poems that comfort, but also that urge and awaken, taking as their premise that the human and natural worlds are interdependent. After the poets share their poems, there will be time for comments and questions.
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm, in person with Cynthia Bargar
Concord Free Public Library
129 Main Street
Concord, Massachusetts
(978) 318-3300
handicap accessible, free
Cynthia and I will read as a round robin, responding spontaneously to resonances and themes in one another’s work.
Sunday, December 17, 2023, 2:00-3:30 pm, in person, with Gary Whited
Brookline Public Library, main branch
361 Washington Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
(617) 730-2370
handicap accessible, free
The reading will be followed by an open mic.