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Poetry Reading Series In-Person

Let's fall into a new season of poetry with a luminous reading by Joan Baranow and Matthew Gellman. Come out for the poems and cool conversation. Or maybe just for the refreshments. Doors open at 6:15. Reading begins at 6:30.

In collaboration with the Marin Poetry Center.

 

Joan Baranow is the author of six poetry books, including Reading Szymborska in a Time of Plague, winner of the 2021 Brick Road Poetry Book Contest. Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, The Gettysburg Review, Blackbird, JAMA, and elsewhere. A member of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Community of Writers, she founded and teaches in the Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Dominican University of CA.

 

 

 

Matthew Gellman’s first book, Beforelight, was selected by Tina Chang as the winner of the 2023 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and was published by BOA Editions, Ltd. A 2023–2024 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Matthew has received many other awards and honors. His poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Narrative, The Common, North American Review and other publications. He holds an MFA from Columbia University. 

 

 

 

 

About the Series:

The Marin Poetry Center invites a vaibrant, varied selection of accomplished poets from near and far to present their latest work in this lively and engaging monthly series.

Date:
Thursday, September 19, 2024 Show more dates
Time:
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Time Zone:
Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Creekside Room
Audience:
  Adults     High School  
Categories:
  Poetry  

Registration is required. There are 49 seats available.

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