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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Wintonbury Poetry Series (Virtual)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
 Antoinette Brim-Bell (Antoinette Brim), a sought after author, educator, editor, and artist, is Connecticut’s 8th State Poet Laureate. She is the author of three full-length poetry collections:  These Women You Gave Me, Icarus in Love, and Psalm of the Sunflower.  She is a Cave Canem Foundation Fellow and an alumna of Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA). Her poetry has appeared in various journals, magazines, textbooks, and anthologies, including Villanelles, 44 on 44: Forty-Four African American Writers on the 44th President of the United States, Not A Muse, and has appeared in Poetry Magazine and Poem-a-Day. Brim-Bell has published critical essays and is an artist who has exhibited as a printmaker and collage artist.  Brim-Bell is a Professor of English at Capital Community College in Hartford, CT.   http://www.antoinettebrim.com

Suzanne Frischkorn is a Cuban-American poet. In addition to Fixed Star, (JackLeg Press, 2022) she is the author of Girl on a Bridge, Lit Windowpane, (both from Main Street Rag Press) and five chapbooks. She is the recipient of The Aldrich Poetry Award for her chapbook Spring Tide, selected by Mary Oliver, an Emerging Writers Fellowship from the Writer’s Center for her book Lit Windowpane, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. She is an Editor for $ -Poetry is Currency and serves on the Terrain.org Editorial Board.

Hosted by Garrett Phelan. Open Mic follows the featured poets and is hosted by Sitara Gnanaguru. Sign up during registration or email Mara (below). Upon registering your email for this program, you will receive the Zoom link to join. All participants will start with video off and sound muted. No computer/internet at home? Call the Library for the phone number, meeting ID & password and join us over the phone.
Event Type:Adult Program
Age Group:Teens (13-18), Adults
Presenter:Antoinette Brim-Bell and Suzanne Frischkorn
Registration is closed
Contact:Mara Whitman
mwhitman@libraryconnection.info
8604638683