We
just got back from the vet (sweet boy Bart has an ear infection) and
I'm still working on feverishly on catching up on myriad tasks after
four out-of-town trips and two power outages in the past month and a
half. Thursday, I hit the road again and am very much looking forward to these fab events:
30 August thru 1 September 2024 in Collinsville and Barkhamsted, Connecticut
The National Beat Poetry Foundation's annual National and International Beat Poetry Festival
will feature poets from across the United States and as far away as Europe and India. Friday's events will be held at Canton Town Hall, 4 Market
Street, 06022; Saturday's and Sunday's events will be held at 22 River
Road, 06063. Click here for more details.
3 September 2024 in Lowell, Massachusetts
Beat Night at the Worthern
House Cafe will feature PW Covington, John Burroughs, Joe Kidd and
Sheila Burke, plus Paul Richmond, hosted by new U.S. Beat Poet Laureate
Mark Lipman at 141 Worthen Street, 01852.
10 September 2024 in Corning, New York (and ONLINE)
Poets in Play
presents a featured reading by John Burroughs and open mic, co-curated
by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes and Foothills
Publishing at 79 West Market Street, 14830 (and on Zoom).
19 thru 21 September in Kent, Ohio
The Wick Poetry Center celebrates 40 years with keynote speakers Padraig Ó Tuama, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield, and Adrian Matejka, plus much more.
27 & 28 September in Frostburg, Maryland
The Frostburg State University Center for Literary Arts
presents their 19th annual Western Maryland Independent Literature
Festival. Crisis Chronicles Press will have a table in the book fair.
3 October 2024 at 6 p.m. in Lexington, Kentucky
Poetry at the /'tāb-əl/ presents Matt Hart and John Burroughs, plus open mic, at Kenwick Table, 201 Owsley Avenue, 40502. More details forthcoming.
4 October 2024 at 6 p.m. in Lexington, Kentucky
Teen Howl Poetry Series
presents John Burroughs and more, plus open mic, at Third Street Stuff
& Coffee, 257 N Limestone #1, 40507. More details forthcoming.
6 October 2024 at 4 p.m. in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
A live reading and poetry open mic featuring John Burroughs, hosted by A.S. Coomer at Flywheel Brewing, 218 S Mulberry Street, 42701
14 December 2024 at noon - ONLINE
Poets Building Bridges,
hosted by George Wallace, will feature poets from Cleveland, Ohio (John
Burroughs, Judith Mansour and Dianne Borsenik); Bolton, UK (Linda
Downs, David Wigmore and Laura Taylor); and Flower Litter Poets (Mimi
German, Karlostheunhappy and Pankhuri Sinha). Event will be broadcast on
Zoom.