June 1, 2023
Marguerite Chamuris
River Poets welcomes Marguerite Chamuris as featured poet for the first of their summer readings. Marguerite grew up and still resides in Bloomsburg. She has been writing poetry since 2015 and blogging her poems since 2021. Her poems explore personal topics and one of her favorite themes is the magic of nature. The theme she’s chosen for June 1st is “Truth within Opposites.”
The venue for the reading is Robinson’s cottage on Fishing Creek near Stillwater. For directions, please email lindadietrichson@gmail.com by 4 pm on June 1st. And don’t forget to bring along a poem or two to read during the Open Reading segment of the evening.
May 4, 2023
(photo credit: Emily Paine)
Theme: With consideration for the date, May the Fourth Be With You. The theme for the evening is not necessarily the Force, but forces.
K.A. Hays–– Katie was born and raised in Southeastern PA, and has lived in Central PA for twenty years. She’s the author of four poetry collections, most recently Anthropocene Lullaby, published in 2022. She has also published short stories and verse translations. Her work has appeared in many venues, including Gray’s Sporting Journal, Northern Woodlands, Orion, and Best American Poetry. Her poems have been recorded in audio form by people who are much better readers than she is, including Nidia Hernández in Spanish translation for the radio show La maja desnuda; Garrison Keillor for NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac; and Ada Limón for The Slowdown podcast. Katie enjoys working with undergraduate writers at Bucknell and living in downtown Lewisburg with her husband, two kids, and a border collie who supervises them all.
MC: Linda Dietrichson
7:30 to 9 pm
April 13, 2023
4/13 April 13th – second Thursday
A different evening – same location – Bloomsburg Public Library
Theme: Ars Poetica (poem(s) on the art of poetry) ~ Get Ready to Rumble! Get Ready to Tumble! See BIO section below for our Battle Royale description. *** April is National Poetry Month ***
7:30 pm to 9 pm
