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October, 2024Show Full Year
Event:Bessy Reyna at Old State House
Date:October 12th, 2024.
Time:2:00 PM
Location:Old State House, Hartford
Contact:admin@bessyreyna.com
Sponsored by the Mount Holyoke Club of Hartford, Reyna and Rushin read poems commissioned by the International Festival of Arts when it produced the Freedom Journeys Poetry Program created by Elizabeth Alexander. Bessy, the Poet Laureate of Bolton, will also read her work featured in the new anthology: Of Hartford in Many Lights.

Free and open to the public.

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CCPL is a group of state and local poets laureate in Connecticut.
The mission of the Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate (CCPL) is to promote the enjoyment of poetry and be a resource for communities.
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