Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic

Thursday, January 20th, 2022 7 pm on Zoom Featured Poets Denise Bergman is the author of five poetry books. Published in 2021, The Shape of the Keyhole is about a woman falsely accused and hanged for murder. Three Hands None unravels assault and its aftermath. A Woman in Pieces Crossed a Sea dismantles the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. The Telling explores a child refugee’s lifelong secret. And Seeing Annie Sullivan explores the early life of Helen Keller’s teacher. Lloyd Schwartz is Poet Laureate of Somerville, Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at UMass Boston, an editor of Elizabeth Bishop, and an arts critic for NPR’s Fresh Air and WBUR. He’s been awarded NEA, Guggenheim, and Academy of American Poets fellowships in poetry and a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His latest book is Who’s on First?—New and Selected Poems.

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