Wintonbury Poetry Series (Virtual)

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Event Details

"CT State Poet Laureate" - Margaret Gibson, current State of Connecticut Poet Laureate, is the author of 12 books of poems, all from LSU Press, most recently Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, 2018. A new book, The Glass Globe, is forthcoming in the autumn of 2021. Awards include the Lamont Selection for Long Walks in the Afternoon, her second book, 1982; the Melville Kane Award (co-winner) for Memories of the Future, (1986), and the Connecticut Book Award for One Body, 2008. The Vigil was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry in 1993. Broken Cup was a Finalist for 2016 Poets’ Prize, and the title poem from the book won a Pushcart Prize for that year. “Passage,” from Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, was included in The Best American Poetry, 2017. She has written a memoir, The Prodigal Daughter, University of Missouri Press, 2008. Gibson is Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut.  She lives in Preston, CT. As Poet Laureate, she has edited an anthology entitled Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis. The anthology will be published in April 2021. For more information, visit her website:  www.margaretgibsonpoetry.com

Open Mic follows the featured poets. Sign up during registration or email Tom (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(s): Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adults, Teens (13-18)
Presenter: Tom Nicotera
Tom Nicotera
(860) 243-9721

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