Join us for an evening of poetry at the Library. This poetry series meets in September, November, February, and April. Each event features readings by three prominent, published poets, followed by an open mic. All attendees are welcome to participate in the open mic. Sign up for the open mic at the reading, limit of one short poem per person.

This month's featured poets are Stephanie Burt, David P. Miller, and Gloria Mindock.

The poetry series is hosted by Elizabeth Lund, co-director of Haiku Newton and host of Poetic Lines at NewTV and Bronx TV. Elizabeth also interviews major poets for The Christian Science Monitor. From 2015 through 2019, she wrote a monthly column about poetry for The Washington Post. 

About the featured poets:

Stephanie Burt is Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. Her work appears in the New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, and the London Review of Books, among others. Her other books of poetry and literary criticism—fourteen in all—include We Are Mermaids, Advice from the Lights, and Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems. She lives in Massachusetts.

David P. Miller’s collection Bend in the Stair was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in 2021. Nixes Mate Books published his Sprawled Asleep in 2019. His poems have appeared in Meat for Tea, Reed Magazine, Jerry Jazz Musician, Tar River Poetry, Cherry Tree, Second Coming, The Ekphrastic Review, The Disappointed Housewife, and Blood+Honey, among other journals. He is Programming Chair for the New England Poetry Club, one of the oldest literary organizations in the country. In this role, he produces multiple poetry readings and related events, highlighting the work of NEPC members. He is also co-director of the Chapter and Verse literary reading series,  and he is the recipient of a 2025 Tanne Foundation award.

Gloria Mindock is editor of Červená Barva Press and contributing editor of Levure Litteraire. She is an award-winning author of six poetry collections, two book translations in Romanian and Serbian, and three chapbooks. Her poems have been published and translated into twelve languages. Her recent book, Grief Touched the Sky at Night, was published by Glass Lyre Press. Her work has appeared in various publications including: Ibbetson, Gargoyle, The James Dickey Review, Growth: Journal of Literature, Culture, & Art (Macedonia), Nixes Mate, Lily Poetry Review and Books, and Cholla Needles.  Gloria was the Poet Laureate of Somerville, Mass. in 2017 and 2018, and in 2024 she was the recipient of the Sam Cornish Award from the New England Poetry Club.