Vermont Poetry Calendar

Village Square Booksellers, 32 The Square, Bellows Falls, In the Café, 2:00p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Open Mic River Voices Poetry Reading on the second Saturday of each month. The session is usually open mic: hear local poets from the River Voices Writing Group, or bring your own original work to share or read from a favorite poet, or just come as a listener. Sessions might be Open Mic Sessions, or Readings by published authors. The tables in the cafe are gathered together as each member of the group takes a turn reading poetry aloud in a fun environment. Light refreshments are served. To reserve a place at the table, e-mail vsbooks@sover.net or call (802) 463-9404.

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, exact time not yet determined. Poet David Shapiro to read. David Shapiro (born January 2, 1947) is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian and . Shapiro has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism. He was first published at the age of thirteen, and his first book was published at the age of eighteen. Shapiro has taught at Columbia, Bard College, Cooper Union, Princeton University, and William Paterson University. He wrote the first monograph on John Ashbery, the first book on Jim Dine’s paintings, the first book on Piet Mondrian’s flower studies, and the first book on Jasper Johns’ drawings. He has translated Rafael Alberti’s poems on Pablo Picasso, and the writings of the Sonia and Robert Delaunay. Shapiro has won National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Arts fellowships, been nominated for a National Book Award, and been the recipient of numerous grants for his work. Shapiro lives in Riverdale, The Bronx, New York City, with his wife and son.

Mar

Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier. State semi-finals and Vermont State Poetry Out Loud Final competition. I will have more specific times later, but likely it will be morning semi-finals and an afternoon final. Each school will also be having a final competition at their school to choose the competitor to go on to the state semi-finals -- many of these are open to the public. I will pass on those dates as I receive them. (March 13 snow date).