Poetry Readings and Workshops This Saturday in Paterson

The Poetry Center at PCCC offers readings as part of the Distinguished Poets Series. This Saturday 12/2/2023, the featured poets are Nathan McClain and Talena Lachelle Queen.

These in-person workshops will be held at the Poetry Center in Paterson from 10 AM – 12  PM EST and will be followed by the poets reading at the Center at 1 PM EST. These in-person readings include an open reading opportunity after the featured poets.

Seats are still available for their morning workshops.

Registration and a $20 fee is required for the 2-hour workshops.
The readings are free and open to the public.
 Information and registration is online for all the workshops and
also the calendar for future readings.

Nathan McClain is the author of two collections of poetry—Previously Owned (2022) and Scale (2017)—both from Four Way Books, a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, Sewanee Writers Conference, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and a graduate from the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson. A Cave Canem fellow, his poems and prose have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Plume Poetry Anthology 10, The Common, Guesthouse, Poetry Northwest, and Zocalo Public Square, among others. He teaches at Hampshire College and serves as poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review.

Talena Lachelle Queen, in addition to being Poet Laureate of Paterson, New Jersey, since 2018, is the founder and Executive Director of the Paterson Poetry Festival, now in its fifth year. She is also the founder and president of Word Seed, Inc. a team of literary artists who organize community outreach programs. Her publications include a forthcoming poetry collection How Do I Tell Them (Poets Wear Prada), Soup Can Magazine, the LitFuse Anthology, and When Women Speak (Ed. Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal). A sought-after artist, Queen has performed at many places including the NJ Governor’s Mansion, Hoboken Historical Museum, and NYCMT presents Hip Hop Cypher.