Chapter & Verse: Hoffman, Kittredge, Letourneau
Schedule
Fri, 13 Dec, 2024 at 07:30 am
UTC-05:00Location
Loring Greenough House | Jamaica Plain, MA
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Join us for December's Chapter and Verse, sponsored by the Jamaica Pond Poets!*Richard Hoffman* is the author of five books of poetry: Without Paradise; Gold Star Road, winner of The New England Poetry Club's Sheila Motton Award; Emblem; Noon until Night, which received the Massachusetts Book Award, and People Once Real. His other books include the memoirs, Half the House and Love & Fury, Interference and Other Stories, and the essay collection Remembering the Alchemists.
*Susanna Kittredge’s* poems have appeared in publications such as Barrow Street, 14 Hills, The Columbia Review, and Salamander as well as anthologies including Shadowed: Unheard Voices (The Press at California State University, Fresno 2014). Her first full-length collection, The Future Has a Reputation, was published by the CW Books imprint of WordTech Communications in 2020. She lives in Massachusetts and is an active member of The Jamaica Pond Poets workshop group and the Brighton Word Factory, a bi-weekly open writing group. By day she teaches middle schoolers. You can learn more about her at https://susannakittredge.wixsite.com/mysite.
*Sara Letourneau’s* debut poetry collection, Wild Gardens, is out now through Kelsay Books. She’s also a book editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services; the cofounder and cohost of the Pour Me a Poem open mic in Mansfield, Massachusetts; and the co-editor of the Pour Me a Poem anthology. Her poetry has won the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and the Blue Institute’s 2020 Words on Water contest. Her new and upcoming work can be found in Amethyst Review, The Arts Fuse, Gyroscope Review, Nixes Mate Review, Rituals, Remington Review, and Silver Birch Press, among others. Sara lives in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
Suggested donation: $5 or whatever you can afford. (We mean this. We would rather have you than your money.) Free 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: The Loring Greenough House is right on the #39 bus line. It is about a 12 minute walk from both Green Street and Forest Hills stations on the orange line.
The next Chapter and Verse Literary Reading will be held on January 10, on Zoom.
For more information check our website at http://jamaicapondpoets.com
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Loring Greenough House, 12 South St,Boston, Massachusetts, Jamaica Plain, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
