Branford Arts Hosts CT River Poets Plus Margaret Gibson

Event:

Date:

April 2nd, 2023.

Time:

2:00 PM

Location:

BACA Art Gallery, 1004 Main Street, Branford, CT 06405

Contact:

203-433-4071, baca06405@gmail.com

Website:

www.branfordarts.org

Branford Arts & Cultural Alliance is kicking off National Poetry Month with a reading by members of the Connecticut River Poets, a collective of poets from the Connecticut River Valley area: Gwen Gunn of Guilford, author of Tastes;
Sara Ingram of Deep River, author of Sounds of House and Wood;
Mary Guitar of Lyme, editor of Where The River Bends;
Lorraine Riess, Poet Laureate of Haddam, author of Still Life With Wings;
Margaret Gibson, State of Connecticut Poet Laureate 2019-2022 and author of The Glass Globe, winner of the Connecticut Book Award, 2022.

Free! No registration necessary. Books will be available for purchase.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information about the CT River Poets, please contact Lorraine Riess at lcfriess@att.net

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