April is National Poetry Month, and the Waterbury Public Library is very proud to be hosting Vermont's Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea, on Thursday, April 16 at 30 Foundry Street, to help us celebrate!

He will give us a preview, and be reading from his yet unpublished twelfth poetry volume, "No Doubt the Nameless", and his fourth collection of lyrical essays, "What's the Story? Short Takes on a Life Grown Long". Both collections of poems and essays will be published later this year.

Of his many previous poetry collections, "Pursuit of a Wound" was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The preceding volume, "To the Bone: New and Selected Poems", was co-winner of the 1998 Poets' Prize. He will have these, and some of his many other books of prose and poetry, on hand for sale and signing at the event.

This program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available.

Feb 1, 2025, 7 to 10:30 PM

Feb 4, 2025, 5:30 to 7 PM

Feb 6, 2025, 6 to 9 PM