The Poetry Center at PCCC launches its 2019-2020 Distinguished Poets Series on Saturday, October 5, 2019.
2020 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Poetry Center which is located on the campus of Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey.
Information on these and all readings at the Center and poet biographies are on poetrycenterpccc.com/readings. A downloadable brochure is also available there.
For information about the workshops offered by these poets on the mornings of their readings and a printable registration form, go to poetrycenterpccc.com/workshops
The Distinguished Poets Series readings are held on Saturdays at 1 pm on the dates listed at the Poetry Center located at 32 Church Street, Paterson, NJ. All readings are free and open to the public. Open readings follow the featured readers when time allows.
The first reading in the series features poets Molly Peacock and Rachel Wiley.
Molly Peacock is the author of seven books of poetry, including The Analyst and Cornucopia: New and Selected Poems from W.W. Norton.
Rachel Wiley is a queer, biracial poet, performer, feminist, and fat liberationist from Columbus, Ohio. Her poetry collection, Nothing is Okay, was published in 2018 by Button Poetry and spent time as Amazon’s #1 Gay & Lesbian Poetry Collection, and a full-length collection of poems, Fat Girl Finishing School, was published by Timber Mouse Press.
Workshops with Molly Peacock or Rachel Wiley are at 10 am - 12 pm.
Maria Mazziotti Gillan's most recent books are the poetry and photography collection, Paterson Light and Shadow and the poetry collection, What Blooms in Winter. Her collection of poems paired with some of her paintings is The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets. Her new artist's website is at MariaMazziottiGillan.com. Maria's poetry website is MariaGillan.com.
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