Join us for Carol Altieri & Mark McGuire-Schwartz this Thursday Night from 6:30-8pm at the Guilford Free Library! There will be an Open Mic for any poets who are interested in sharing their work at 6:30-7pm and then the featured poetry will begin.
Carol’s Bio:
Carol Leavitt Altieri was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up on a farm in East Andover, New Hampshire. Echoes of early life on the farm and the natural world rooted in New England’s rocky soil enhance her poetry as do the variety of creatures and landscapes thoughtfully observed by the poet. Her poems crisscross the planet, interwoven with travels in the United States and other countries: British Isles, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Soviet Union, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Venezuela.
In her poems, Altieri evokes the strong emotions that usher from a deep hole in her heart from the untimely loss of her sisters, daughter and husband. She moves from grief to acceptance to appreciation of what her family members meant to her and honors their lives in her poems. She inspires the reader to consider the pendulum that swings between the memories and experiences of family and our engagement with the natural world.
Mark’s Bio:
Mark McGuire-Schwartz, new Poet Laureate of Guilford, believes that poetry has the potential to save the world. And that something has to. For decades, he has promoted poetry and the arts through his teaching, publishing the work of poets and artists, producing poetry readings and other poetry programs, and his arts advocacy. His own creative work includes fiction, drama, hybrid forms, and volumes of poetry. He is the inventor of a new poetry form, the Seventeen, as presented in his book, 289, a book of 17s. His other books include Loss and Laughs, Love and Fauna; and Attic Chest. His poetry has also been published in numerous literary journals and on the bottoms of rocks. Mark has a B.A. degree in Creative Writing from Goddard College, an M.Ed. degree from the University of Maine, and an M.F.A. degree from Southern Connecticut State University.
Please register to join us Thursday here: https://guilfordfreelibrary.org/upcoming-events/
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