Concord Free Public Library
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Concord, MA 01742
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT
Join the Concord Free Public Library for an afternoon with acclaimed poets Allison Adair and Tiana Clark, who will read from their prize-winning debut collections. This event will be held on Zoom at 3pm ET. Register here!
Allison Adair
Originally from central Pennsylvania, Allison Adair now lives in Boston, where she teaches at Boston College and GrubStreet. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, and ZYZZYVA, among other journals; and have been honored with the Pushcart Prize, the Florida Review Editors’ Award, the Orlando Prize, and first place in Mid-American Review’s Fineline Competition. She is the author of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize-winning collection, The Clearing, forthcoming June 2020.
Winner of the 2019 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, The Clearing navigates the ever-shifting poles of violence and vulnerability with rich imagination and a singular incisiveness.