Riverwood Poetry Series Hosts John Murillo
Schedule
Wed Apr 10 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06106 | Hartford, CT
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Special Feature for National Poetry Month!! Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host John Murillo, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 7 PM, at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, Connecticut.Join us for this in-person reading! An open mic will precede the featured reader—one poem, one page please. Since we are always trying to perfect our open mic, this month we will draw 10 names from all those who sign up by 7 PM.
We are also updating our contact list. If you would like to receive email notifications of upcoming events, please leave us your name and preferred email address at the book sales table.
The author’s books will be available to buy for book signing & conversation, and beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase.
Bring a friend! Free of Charge. Ample parking available at Real Art Ways.
John Murillo is the author of the poetry collections Up Jump the Boogie (Cypher 2010, Four Way Books 2020), finalist for both the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Pen Open Book Award, and Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way 2020), winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Poetry Society of Virginia’s North American Book Award, and finalist for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, Believer Poetry Award, Maya Angelou Book Award, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award and the NAACP Image Award. His other honors include the Four Quartets Prize from the T.S. Eliot Foundation and the Poetry Society of America, two Larry Neal Writers Awards, a pair of Pushcart Prizes, the J Howard and Barbara MJ Wood Prize from the Poetry Foundation, an NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Cave Canem Foundation, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. Murillo’s poems have appeared in such publications as American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Best American Poetry 2017, 2019, and 2020. Currently, he is an associate professor of English at Wesleyan University.
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Where is it happening?
56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06106Event Location & Nearby Stays:
