• Poetry Ritual 2021

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    On the three-year anniversary of the Poetry Critique Meet-up, co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers and the Northampton Center for the Arts, twenty poets who have participated in the meet-ups this past year will give short readings. Join us for this gala event by writing for the zoom link at poetryritual2021@gmail.com.

  • Poetry Ritual

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    Join the esteemed writers of the Poetry Critique Meet-up for their Third Annual virtual group reading: The Poetry Ritual 2022. The event will take place on Zoom, Thursday, July 28 at 6pm, and will be hosted by the Meet-up moderator and SDWG Program Committee Chair, Michael Favala Goldman. You can register by sending an email to poetryritual2022@gmail.com

  • Potluck Poetry Share

    Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United States

    What do you bring to the table? Whether food or skill, speak to what you bring to the banquet of life. Come share your poems about community and activities you enjoy doing in a group or anything else that speaks to your heart - this is a potluck after all. (And you don't have any

  • Writers Night Out in September

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday September 2nd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Steward at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half

  • Straw Dog Writers Guild 15th Anniversary Celebration & Reading

    The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, United States

      Join the Straw Dog Writers Guild to celebrate their 15th anniversary with a lively panel discussion featuring Guild co-founders and members. Highlighted are readings by novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett, Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writing Fellow Darlene Elias, and poet Julia Thacker, both alumni of the Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Emerging Writers Residency, which is