Poetic License: Book Club & Poetry Workshop

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Program Type:

Book Club, Workshop, Writing Group

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Part Book Club|Part Workshop

Join us as we read and write our way through varying poets and forms. Each month we will read a collection of poetry, discuss some selections, and share our own poems inspired by the collection. Books are available for check out at meetings and the Main Library. 

This Summer Reading Program is themed "Unearth a Story." Together, we will explore the many ways we can unearth through poetry: Unearthing Muslim, female identity; extinct peoples and species; memory of a once thriving empire; and meaning from experimental forms.

All skill levels welcome. Poetry skeptics encouraged. 18+

February: "You Better Be Lightning" by Andrea Gibson

March: "The Trouble With Poetry" by Billy Collins

April: "Life On Mars" by Tracy K. Smith

Summer 2026 -- "Unearth"

May: "Girls That Never Die" by Safia Elhillo

June: "Amanda Paradise: Resurrect Extinct Vibration" by CAConrad

July: "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino

August: "Games for Children" by Keith S. Wilson

Future months' books will be decided four months at a time. September through December will be posted in August.

Disclaimer(s)

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