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 [...]

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 [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – October 2011

Oh man, October is gonna be whack busy on the Rochester poetry scene. Be sure to pick your events carefully because there are a few days with two or three events at the same time. Oh, and don’t forget the Ocotber 30th birthday of the man who saved poetry, Ezra Pound. It will be his [...]

Aimee Nezhukumatathil at The Writers Forum (9-28-11)

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil  will be reading at SUNY Brockport’s Writers Forum on Wednesday, September 28. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of three collections of poetry: Lucky Fish, winner of the Hoffer Grand Prize; At the Drive-In Volcano, winner of the Balcones Prize; and Miracle Fruit, winner of the Tupelo Press Prize and the ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year [...]

James Whorton and Thom Metzger at The Writers Forum (9-14-11)

Novelist James Whorton and novelist, essayist, and poet Thom Metzger will be reading at SUNY Brockport’s Writers Forum on Wednesday, September 14. Thom Metzger has lived his entire life in the Burnt Over District of Western New York State. He is the author of three novels, Big Gurl, Shock Totem, and Drowning in Fire; three works of nonfiction: Blood [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – September 2011

September is the month when the poetry activities in the Rochester, NY-area flourish, especially now that SUNY Borckport’s Writers Forum is back in session. So read below for all the events. Oh, and Just Poets is now on Google +. If you are on Google +, why not add us to your circle. You can [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – May 2011

It’s quiet month in May, but what can expect after the loud month April’s National Poetry Month. Below are the happenings for May. Don’t forget to read the May Poet Talk. It’s available as a PDF by clicking Poet Talk May 2011 PDF or visiting the Poet Talk page above. **** Friday, May 6 at [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – April 2011

For the month of April, the Just Poets blog will host the “Favorite Poem Project.” Each day during National Poetry Month, we will post a Just Poets member’s favorite poem along with the member’s comment about the poem. This poems are scheduled to appear each day at 9:00 a.m. **** Monday, April 4, 2011, at 7:30 [...]

Jennifer Perrine at The Writers Forum (3-23-11)

Poet Jennifer Perrine will be reading at SUNY Brockport’s The Writers Forum on Wednesday, March 23. Jennifer Perrine’s first collection of poems, The Body Is No Machine, was published by New Issues in 2007 and won the 2008 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award in Poetry.  Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Bellingham Review, Atlanta Review, [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – March 2011

The next monthly meeting of Just Poets will be Saturday, March 5th, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the COP Conference Room at the Campus Center at St. John Fisher College. March’s meeting will feature Jeremy Fernaays, who will do a presentation entitled Alien Thinking and Three-Dimensional Poems. For Jeremy, the best literature is written from a [...]