The Packing House Poetry Series (3rd Thursday of the month)
FREE ADMISSION
(DONATIONS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED)
Steve Veilleux
The January 18th show of The Packing House Poetry Series will feature James Berger and Pegi Deitz Shea.
The show’s format will consist of two open mic segments as well as a pair of 15-minute slots for each of the featured artists. Intermission will give audience and poet the chance to meet one another and the opportunity to purchase signed publications.
The open-mic segments will provide the opportunity for audience members to read their own original work. We are planning to allow for two half-hour sessions, one at the beginning of the event, and the other at the end. Readers will be given up to five minutes to present, and we will have a signup sheet.
FEATURED WRITERS
James Berger is a Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Yale University. He is the author of two academic books, three books of poems (most recently, The Obvious Poems and the Worthless Poems), and is midwife and conduit of The OBU Manifestos, vols. 1&2. He is currently writing two books of something resembling scholarship and something resembling poetry: "The Book of Impasses" and "On Naive and Sentimental Poetics."
Pegi Deitz Shea, a two-time winner of the CT Book Award, is the author of more than 500 published articles, essays, books and poems for adults and young readers. The Weight of Kindling, her first full-length collection of poetry for adults, was published by Grayson Books in 2022. Pegi has taught Creative Writing at UCONN, the Mark Twain House, and the Institute of Children’s Literature; and she’s conducted writing workshops and presentations at hundreds of schools, libraries and conferences across the country.
She was the inaugural Poet Laureate of Vernon, CT, and now serves as President of the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate. She directs Poetry Rocks, a quarterly reading series she founded in 2017. She is currently working on Uncharted: The Personal Voyage of Jeanne Baret, a novel-in-verse about the first woman to circumnavigate the earth. Learn more a www.pegideitzshea.com and contact her at pegideitzshea@aol.com.
Writers who are interested in featuring should reach out to either Steve Veilleux (Veilleuxs50@gmail.com) or Tom Buccino (518-791-9474).
Please join us for EC-CHAP’s NEW Spoken Word Series! This program is hosted by the "Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance" (EC-CHAP) and Steve Veilleux. Doors 6:00pm / Presentation 6:30pm. Free Admission - Donations Accepted
Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food TM (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).
For more information, please call 518-791-9474.