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October, 2023
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Event:
Poetry Now in West Hartford
Date:
October 10th, 2023.
Time:
6:30 PM
Location:
Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St, West Hartford, CT 06119
Contact:
Maura Beaudreault, mbeaudreault@westhartfordct.gov
Website:
https://westhartford.librarymarket.com/event/poetry-now-guided-reading-and-discussion-group-focused-new-poetry-person-0
Led by West Hartford PL Emerita and UCONN Professor Julie Choffel, this group will meet to read and discuss poems from contemporary writers that speak to our lives today. Participants will gain new approaches to reading poetry of all kinds and leave with a writing prompt to try on their own. Each meeting will cover new material. People are welcome to attend all meetings or to pick and choose.
Free to the public with advance registration.
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