Poetry Readings

The Poetry Readings Series - now in its fifteenth year -  is free and open to the public, and includes an Open Mic.  Poetry enthusiasts are urged to attend.  The readings are scheduled for the second Saturday of January, March, May, July, September and November at 3:00 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water Street, in Newburyport.  Jabberwocky is a comfortable, independently owned bookstore with a large, separate reading room.  Typically a guest reader and a Powow member will read, followed by the Open Mic. 

Past readers have featured such eminent poets as former NEA Chairman Dana Gioia, X.J. Kennedy, Alicia Stallings, David Ferry, Robert Shaw, and talented newcomers like recent Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize recipient Rose Kelleher.  During the past year readings included New Criterion Award winner Dan Brown, poet and translator Rachel Hadas, and magazine editors and award-winning poets David Yezzi and Joseph Bottum.  

POWOW RIVER POETS 2012 READINGS SCHEDULE

February 11 : Rochester, N.H., Poet Laureate Andrew Periale and and Powow River Poet Alfred Nicol

April 14: Powow River Poets David Berman and Mildred Nash

May 12: Ned Balbo and Powow River Poet Nancy Bailey Miller

July 14: Ernest Hilbert and Powow River Poet Bill Coyle

Sept. 8: Maryann Corbett and Jean Kreiling

Nov. 10: Gregory Hischak and Stephen Scaer

Contact us for more information on the Powow River Poets.