HOLE IN THE HEAD REVIEW POETRY READING SERIES

Oct 27, 2022 7:00PM—9:00PM

Location

Maine Jewish Museum 267 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101

Cost Free!

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The Maine Jewish Museum is proud to be collaborating with Hole in the Head Review to the first of quarterly poetry readings at the Museum.

Two acclaimed Maine poets, Linda Aldrich and RIchard Forester, will be the featured readers.

Linda Aldrich has published three collections of poetry, Foothold (2008), March and Mad Women (2012), and Ballast (2021). She served as Portland’s Poet Laureate from 2018 – 2021. www.lindaaldrichpoetry.com

Richard Forester is the author of eight poetry collections: Sudden Harbor (1992) and Patterns of Descent (1993), published by Orchises Press; Trillium (1998), Double Going (2002), and The Burning of Troy (2006), published by BOA Editions; Penetralia (2011) and River Road (2015), published by Texas Review Press; and Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems (Tiger Bark Press, 2019), which received the 2020 Poetry by the Sea Book Award.

The second hour will be an open mike, so bring a poem or two. All are welcome to read.

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