Upcoming Poetry Events – February 2012

The poetry season is picking up in February, and here a bunch of the poetry events that will occur in the Rochester area in February. By the way Just Poets is now on Google +. If you are on Google +, why not add us to your circle. You can find us here: http://gplus.to/justpoets. (This list [...]

Rob Carney and Sean Thomas Dougherty Poetry Reading (1-28-11)

Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m. – Rob Carney and Sean Thomas Dougherty at A Different Path Gallery on 27 Market Street in Brockport. Rob Carney is the author of number of books, including Story Problems (Somondoco Press, 2011),  Weather Report (Somondoco Press, 2006), and Boasts, Toasts, and Ghosts (Pinyon Press, 2003), winner of the Pinyon Press National Poetry Book Award — and two [...]

Rob Carney and Tom Holmes Poetry Reading (1-27-12)

Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. –  Rob Carney (from Utah) and Tom Holmes at RIT Liberal Arts Faculty Commons (06-1251), right across from the Wallace Library. Rob Carney is the author of number of books, including Story Problems (Somondoco Press, 2011),  Weather Report (Somondoco P, 2006) and Boasts, Toasts, and Ghosts (Pinyon Press, 2003), winner of the Pinyon Press National Poetry Book Award — [...]

Tom Holmes’ Poems for an Empty Church Book Release Reading (1-26-11)

On Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. at Writers & Books is the book release reading for Tom Holmes Poems for an Empty Church (Palettes & Quills). Tom Holmes is the editor of Redactions: Poetry & Poetics (www.redactions.com). He is also author of: Poems for an Empty Church (Palettes & Quills Press, 2011), which was nominated for The Pulitzer Prize; The [...]

Palettes & Quills 3rd Biennial Poetry Chapbook Competition

Palettes & Quills 3rd Biennial Poetry Chapbook Competition with Judge J. P. Dancing Bear Open to All Writers http://www.palettesnquills.com Prize: A $200 cash award plus 50 copies of the published book. Additional copies will be available at an author’s discount. All finalists will receive one free copy of the published book. All contest entrants will be offered a special discount on the purchase [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – January 2012

Just because it’s the beginning of the year and there might be snow, doesn’t mean it nothing is happening. There are quite a few events, especially at the end of the month. Oh, and Just Poets is now on Google +. If you are on Google +, why not add us to your circle. You [...]

Genesee Reading Series (12-13-11)

Happy 30th Anniversary, Writers & Books!!! The final Genesee Reading Series of the Writers & Books 30th Anniversary Year features our very own Joe Flaherty and his daughter, Caedra Scott-Flaherty.  You do not want to miss this opportunity to hear Joe and Caedra read from their own work.  Come share with us this very fitting [...]

Tom Holmes Book Release Reading (10-22-11)

Saturday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. – Tom Holmes will read from his newest collection of poems, Poems for an Empty Church. The even is at A Different Path Gallery, located at 27 Market Street in Brocport, NY. Here’s what they are saying about the book: I’ve had a good time with Poems for an Empty Church, [...]

Forrest Gander at The Writers Forum (10-19-11)

Poet and translator Forrest Gander  will be reading at SUNY Brockport’s Writers Forum on October 19. A translator, essayist, novelist and poet, Forrest Gander is the author of more than a dozen books, including the novel As a Friend (2008); the poetry collections Core Samples from the World, a book of poems, haibun, and collaborations with three photographers; Eye [...]

Michael Meyerhofer Reading (10-14-11)

Friday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. – Michael Meyerhofer reads at Lift Bridge Book Shop, located at 45 Main Street in Brockport, NY. Micheal Meyerhofer’s Pure Elysium was the 2010 winner of the Palettes & Quills Second Biennial Poetry Chapbook Competition. It was selected as the winner by Dorianne Laux in December 2010. Here’s what they are [...]