January 01, 2019

Poets Jared Harél and Yehoshua November January 3 in Montclair



On Thursday, January 3, 2019, the Montclair Poetry Series will feature readings by poets Jared Harél and Yehoshua November.

Jared Harél is the author of Go Because I Love You (Diode Editions, 2018) and The Body Double (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2012). He’s been awarded the ‘Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize’ from American Poetry Review, the ‘William Matthews Poetry Prize’ from Asheville Poetry Review, and an ‘Individual Artist Grant’ from Queens Council on the Arts. His poems have appeared in such journals as Tin House, The Threepenny Review, The Southern Review, Massachusetts Review, Poetry Daily, Bennington Review, 32 Poems and Newtown Literary. Harél teaches writing at Nassau Community College, plays drums for the rock-band Flyin’ J & The Ghostrobber, and lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two kids. His website is jaredharel.com

Yehoshua November is the author of two books of poetry, God's Optimism, winner of the MSR Book Award and a finalist for the L.A.Times Book Prize, and Two Worlds Exist, a finalist for National Jewish Book Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize. Yehoshua November earned a BA at Binghamton University and an MFA at the University of Pittsburgh. As his commitment to his Orthodox Jewish faith deepened, November stopped writing poetry and enrolled in yeshiva, until, with his rabbis’ encouragement, he began to write again after two years’ silence. November has taught at Rutgers University and Touro College. He lives with his family in Morristown, New Jersey. His website is yehoshuanovember.com


6 –7 PM Open Reading
7 – 8 PM Featured Readers

         



This series is held at the Montclair Public Library Auditorium and hosted by Maria Gillan and and Laura Boss.

All readings in this series are free and open to the public.

Location: Montclair Public Library (Auditorium), 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ    For location information, contact the library at 973-744-0500.

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