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Readings by State-awarded Poets and Writers

February 16, 2011 Leave a Comment

We are thrilled – THRILLED, I say – to announce the 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series, a series of literary events featuring Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows/Finalists in prose and poetry!

The readings will take place this March and April 2011 in the Boston area and Western Mass., and they’ll feature awardees from our 2010 review in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction and Poetry. Now, Massachusetts has a long, storied (so to speak) history of great writers living and working here, and many of them have been honored by our fellowships over the years. This is a chance to experience the work of current and continuing contributors to that lineage.

All events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 7 PM
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge MA
Jessica Bozek
Kathryn Burak
Preston Gralla
Cathy Jacobowitz
Anna Ross

Friday, March 18, 2011, 7 PM
Grub Street, 160 Boylston Street, Boston MA
Jamie Cat Callan
Cheryl Clark
Adam Schwartz
Ron Spalletta
Marc Velasquez

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 7 PM
Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton MA
Rosann Kozlowski
Nancy K. Pearson
Cynthia Morrison Phoel
Jendi Reiter
Jung Yun

Thursday, March 31, 2011, 7 PM
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge MA
John Canaday
Sharon Howell
Kathryn Kulpa
Allan Reeder
Julia Story

Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 7 PM
Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut Street, Newton, MA
Regie Gibson
David Lovelace
Tova Mirvis
Leslie Williams
Lara JK Wilson

Reader bios.

Questions? Contact Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Department.

Images: Cover art from books by participating Mass Cultural Council fellows/finalists. Top, l to r: The Bodyfeel Lexicon by Jessica Bozek (Switchback Books, 2009); A Stranger on the Planet by Adam Schwartz (Soho Press, 2011); Swallow by Jendi Reiter (Amsterdam Press, 2009); Bottom, l to r: Cold Snap by Cynthia Morrison Phoel (SMU Press, 2010); Success of the Seed Plants by Leslie Williams (Bellday Books, 2010); Scattershot by David Lovelace (paperback edition, Plume, 2009).

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Filed Under: literature, our events Tagged With: Adam Schwartz, Allan Reeder, Anna Ross, Cathy Jacobowitz, Cheryl Clark, Cynthia Morrison Phoel, David Lovelace, Jamie Cat Callan, Jendi Reiter, Jessica Bozek, John Canaday, Julia Story, Jung Yun, Kathryn Burak, Kathryn Kulpa, Lara JK Williams, Leslie Williams, Marc Velasquez, Nancy Pearson, Preston Gralla, Regie Gibson, Ron Spalletta, Rosann Kozlowski, Sharon Howell, Tova Mirvis

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