[OPLINLIST] Mark Your Calendar! Poetry Month Events (virtual and in-person) from the Ohio Center for the Book

[Donald Boozer]

National Poetry Month is less than two weeks away!

Mark your calendar for these events brought to you by the Ohio Center for the Book based at Cleveland Public Library.
For full details and connection information for the virtual programs, check out:
https://ohiocenterforthebook.org/2022/02/08/april-is-national-poetry-month/

Saturday, April 2: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Virtual Poetry Reading and Q&A with Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio's Poet Laureate
Kari Gunter-Seymour was born in Warren and raised in Athens County, Ohio. Named Ohio Poet of the Year 2020, she is the author of A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen: Poems; Serving; and Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing, Ohio’s Appalachian Voices.
(No registration required)

Saturday, April 16: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Virtual Book/Poetry Discussion: Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita Dove
Attendees will read and discuss poems from Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita Dove
Check out the website above for additional resources about the book including interviews with Rita Dove.
(No registration required)

Saturday, April 23: 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Blackout Poetry Workshop with Michael Nyers
In-person workshop held at Cleveland Public Library Main Library, 325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
Workshop held in the Literature Department/Ohio Center for the Book, 2nd floor, Mail Library
Michael Nyers of Fade Into Blackout Poetry https://www.fadeintoablackoutpoetry.com/ will lead this poetry craft workshop for participants of all ages.
(No registration required)

All events are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library at 216-623-2881 or check out https://ohiocenterforthebook.org/2022/02/08/april-is-national-poetry-month/.

Don Boozer
Manager, Literature Department | Homebound Services
Coordinator, The Ohio Center for the Book
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue NE | Cleveland, OH 44114
P: 216-902-4947
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