Chapter & Verse: Drexler, Ratiner, and open mic
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*Wendy Drexler* is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Harvest of What Remains, received honorable mention for the Paul Nemser Prize and was published in February 2026 by Lily Poetry Review Books. Her poems have appeared in Barrow Street, J Journal, Mid-American Review, Nimrod, Prairie Schooner, The Hudson Review, The Sun, and The Threepenny Review, among others. She was awarded the 2025 E.E. Cummings prize from the New England Poetry Club. A recipient of the Juror's Prize for Art on the Trails, Southborough, MA, in 2021, Wendy served as poet in residence at New Mission High School in Hyde Park, MA, from 2018–2023, and as programming co-chair for the New England Poetry Club from 2016–2024. She currently serves on the Club’s advisory board.
*Steven Ratiner* is the author of Grief’s Apostrophe, published by Beltway Editions in 2025. He's also published three poetry chapbooks, a collection of poetry interviews, and appeared in several anthologies. His work has appeared in scores of journals in America and abroad, including Parnassus, Agni, Hanging Loose, Poet Lore, Salamander, Vox Populi, QRLS (Singapore), and Poetry Australia––and been translated into Mandarin, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Hebrew. He's also written poetry criticism for The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle, and other journals. Giving Their Word: Conversations with Contemporary Poets was reissued in a paperback edition (University of Massachusetts Press). He is Poet Laureate Emeritus for Arlington, Massachusetts, and was elected in 2024 as President of the New England Poetry Club, one of the oldest literary associations in America. Now, beginning its seventh year, his weekly Red Letter Poems features a diverse range of poets, from up-and-coming talents to some of the most important voices in contemporary poetry (stevenratiner.com).
Open Mic: We look forward to hearing from our audience immediately after our featured readers! Sign-up will open at 6:45. Please limit your reading to two minutes or less.
Suggested donation: $5 or whatever you can afford. (We mean this. We would rather have you than your money.) Complimentary refreshments are served.
Parking Information: The Loring Greenough House has a small parking lot. Please try not to park on the grass. There is nonrestricted street parking and a large, free public parking lot off Centre Street between Burroughs and Thomas Streets just a block from the Loring Greenough House.
Public Transportation: Loring Greenough is on the #39 bus route and is about a 12 minute walk from the Green Street and Forest Hills Orange Line stops.
Chapter & Verse is sponsored by the Jamaica Pond Poets. For more information, check our website at http://jamaicapondpoets.com
*Steven Ratiner* is the author of Grief’s Apostrophe, published by Beltway Editions in 2025. He's also published three poetry chapbooks, a collection of poetry interviews, and appeared in several anthologies. His work has appeared in scores of journals in America and abroad, including Parnassus, Agni, Hanging Loose, Poet Lore, Salamander, Vox Populi, QRLS (Singapore), and Poetry Australia––and been translated into Mandarin, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Hebrew. He's also written poetry criticism for The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle, and other journals. Giving Their Word: Conversations with Contemporary Poets was reissued in a paperback edition (University of Massachusetts Press). He is Poet Laureate Emeritus for Arlington, Massachusetts, and was elected in 2024 as President of the New England Poetry Club, one of the oldest literary associations in America. Now, beginning its seventh year, his weekly Red Letter Poems features a diverse range of poets, from up-and-coming talents to some of the most important voices in contemporary poetry (stevenratiner.com).
Open Mic: We look forward to hearing from our audience immediately after our featured readers! Sign-up will open at 6:45. Please limit your reading to two minutes or less.
Suggested donation: $5 or whatever you can afford. (We mean this. We would rather have you than your money.) Complimentary refreshments are served.
Parking Information: The Loring Greenough House has a small parking lot. Please try not to park on the grass. There is nonrestricted street parking and a large, free public parking lot off Centre Street between Burroughs and Thomas Streets just a block from the Loring Greenough House.
Public Transportation: Loring Greenough is on the #39 bus route and is about a 12 minute walk from the Green Street and Forest Hills Orange Line stops.
Chapter & Verse is sponsored by the Jamaica Pond Poets. For more information, check our website at http://jamaicapondpoets.com
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Loring Greenough House, Notlob Parlor Concerts, 12 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, United States
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