3 p.m, Saturday, October 3

Stockbridge Library

Two poets talking about why poetry, why now.

5-8 p.m., Wed. October 7

The Garden House, Look Park, Leeds, Massachusetts

Featuring Carole DeSanti, D M Gordon, Patricia Lee Lewis, James McDonald, and Carolyn Sanzone

Invitation, courtesy of Diversified, LLC

5:30, Friday, October 9

PIne Hill Orchard

Mary Fister, D. M. Gordon, and Mary A Koncel, celebrating horses in poetry.

Come walk the sculpture trail, shop the farm stand, listen to poets inspired by horses

1 p.m., Monday, November 9

The Northampton Senior Center 67 Conz Street, Northampton MA

A reading and conversation part of The Senior Center’s Author of the Month series.

9-5 p.m. November 14 and 15

The Arts and Industries Building 2G Leeds, Massachusetts

More information to come

5:30-7:30, December 3

The Hub, formerly the original Chicopee Library. 

More information to come

Forbes Library

Listen on YouTube

WMUA Amherst

A reading and conversation with Ellen Miller-Mac, poems focused on the animal kingdom—fat bears competing during Fat Bear Week, sand dollars, capybara, spiders et al. Available on Apple Podcasts, below, or Spotify

KMET/ ABC Los Angeles

Connecting with Marianne Pestana during the Los Angeles morning commute. Poetry, presence, and porcupines. ❤️ The conversation is available everywhere from YouTube to Spotify. The link below is for Apple Podcasts.

Talking with Lucia Matuonto on her podcast—about poetry, pain, and purpose, and the power of persistence.

Donna Piper and I talk about my decade lost to illness, the importance of friendship and conversation, and about never, ever, ever giving up. I read “Letter from a Long Illness,” and “Medicine.”

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