Join us on March 14th for an evening celebrating Mark McGuire-Schwartz as he assumes the post of Guilford’s Poet Laureate! McGuire-Schwartz will be our new Poet Laureate as Gordon Whiteman passes the torch in a celebration at the Guilford Public Library on March 14th. Join us to applaud Gordon Whiteman for his remarkable tenure as Town Poet Laureate and to usher in the talented Mark McGuire-Schwartz to that illustrious post!
The Guilford Poets Guild presents Poets Mark McGuire-Schwartz and Gordon Whiteman for their Second Thursday Poetry Series event on Thursday, March 14th at 6:30pm. The event will begin with an Open Mic and then move into a shared evening of poetry from McGuire-Schwartz and Whiteman.
Mark McGuire-Schwartz believes that laughter is a gift to be shared. He has published poetry and prose in many journals, including Caduceus, Fairfield Review, RogueScholars, Bent Pin Quarterly, Connecticut River Review, 6 Sentences, Whatever Literary Magazine, Connecticut Law Journal, and on the bottoms of rocks. His first chapbook, Loss and Laughs, Love and Fauna, was published in 2009. Mark is author of a short play, Meeting Arthur Miller, which was produced as part of the Short and NEAT program during the 2004 International Festival of Arts and Ideas and he has authored many other poems, plays and books. He received his MFA from Southern Connecticut State University and has taught at Housatonic Community College among other posts. Join us on the 14th for more stories and information about both Mark McGuire-Schwartz and Gordon Whiteman!
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