IN CELEBRATION OF BURLINGTON POETS
Main Reading Room
Saturday, April 4th at 4pm
“Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month, held every April, is the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.”
In cooperation with poet and UVM Professor of English, Major Jackson and poet Florence McCloud, the Fletcher Free Library celebrates Burlington’s vibrant poetry community with a poetry reading marathon, an extravaganza of Burlington poets with 27 poets confirmed to take the stage!
Poets reading: Eve M. Alexandra; Anna Blackmer; Sue Burton; David Cavanagh,
Judith Chalmer; Jari Chevalier; Stephen C. Cramer; Penelope Cray; Greg Delanty;
Mary Jane Dickerson; Kristin Dykstra; Tina Escaja; Rajnii Eddins; Jim Ellefson; Malisa Garlieb; Marylen Grigas; Alexandria Hall; David Huddle; Major Jackson; Daniel G. Lusk; Gary F. Margolis; Kerrin McCadden; Florence McCloud; Angela Patten;
Alison Prine; Emilie Stigliani; Sharon Webster
Please join us for this kick-off to a month-long celebration of poets and poetry, a festival for the beauty and power of language.
Phoenix Books will be on-site with works by the poets reading. Fletcher Library will be closing the reading room to normal library traffic at 2pm.
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