Lexington, KY —

Ada Limón at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning

The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning will host the Kentucky book release for Ada Limón’s newest collection of poems, The Carrying. Bring your friends and loved ones to pick up your copy and to hear Limón’s reading.

Eatonton, GA —

Janisse Ray at the Georgia Writers Museum

Author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and Wild Card Quilt Janisse Ray will appear in the Georgia Writers Museum Meet the Author series.

Ossining, NY —
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The Art of Well-Being: Poetry of Presence Weekend Retreat with David Keplinger

This weekend retreat with poet David Keplinger will explore a creative path to presence through meditative poetry, how to make listening to, reading and/or writing poetry a meditation practice, and explore the body as a vessel for the poem and nature as springboard for writing poetry.

Alison Hawthorne Deming
Ogunquit, ME —

Alison Hawthorne Deming at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art will host poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming for a poetry reading with Betsy Sholl and Christopher Seid entitled “Arts & Letters by the Sea.” The program will include light refreshments and a book signing.

Alison Hawthorne Deming
Grand Manan, NB —

Alison Hawthorne Deming at the Grand Manan Museum

Author and poet Alison Hawthorne Deming will host a talk titled “Hunting for Herring: An Evening in Celebration of Fishery Traditions on Grand Manan & Beyond” on her interest in “stone wiers” as well as the importance of herring throughout history and around the world.