Writers Night Out

FEATURED READER –

Gail Thomas has published three books of poetry, Waving Back, No Simple Wilderness: An Elegy for Swift River Valley, and Finding the Bear.  Published in 2105, Waving Back was awarded Honorable Mention by the New England Book Festival and includes poems that won the James Hearst Prize and the Pat Schneider Prize.

Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and she was awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and Ucross in Wyoming.

Her book, No Simple Wilderness, about the drowning of towns and villages in Western Massachusetts in the 1930’s to provide drinking water for Boston has been used as a text in college courses.  As one of the original teaching artists for the state’s Elder Arts Initiative, Gail has collaborated with musicians, dancers, and storytellers across the state.  She is a frequent presenter at conferences and a featured reader at libraries, bookstores, cafes, and schools.

Doors open at 7 – with an open mic.

If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15, and each reader will have five minutes.

Admission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue.

Please join us! Further information: Beth Filson at WNO@gmail.com