NEW ENGLAND REVIEW

New England Review poetry editor Rick Barot will read from and discuss his new collection of poetry, Chord (2015). Barot’s first collection of poetry, The Darker Fall (2002), received the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. His second collection, Want (2008), was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and won the 2009 Grub Street Book Prize. His poems and essays have appeared in the New Republic, Poetry, the Kenyon Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and others. Rick Barot was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain will read from and discuss her new collection of poetry, The Ruined Elegance, and her translations of Chinese poetry, in particular Sea Summit, the new collection by Yi Lu. Doors open at 7 for reception with light refreshments; reading begins at 7:30. Books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase. The event is free and open to the public.

New England Review’s Vermont Reading Series presents poets Jennifer Grotz and Sydney Lea and fiction writer Janice Obuchowski, who will read from their recent work. This reading is co-sponsored by the Vermont Book Shop and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Light refreshments will be served. Books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase. The event is free and open to the public. Jennifer Grotz’s new collection of poetry, Window Left Open, was just released from Graywolf Press. Her previous collections are The Needle and Cusp.

New England Review’s Vermont Reading Series is pleased to present fiction writers Glen Pourciau and Genevieve Plunkett, poet Bianca Stone, and Middlebury senior Hannah Nash, representing the student-run Frame magazine. They will all read from their recent work at 51 Main at the Bridge in Middlebury, VT, on Monday, April 17, 7 pm. Light refreshments will be served, and books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase. The event is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the Vermont Book Shop and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

New England Review’s Vermont Reading Series presents fiction writers Jensen Beach and Eugene Mirabelli, poet Elizabeth Powell, and student translator Bernardo Andrade, who will read from their recent work at 51 Main at the Bridge in Middlebury, VT.

This reading is co-sponsored by the Vermont Book Shop and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Light refreshments will be served, and books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase.The event is free and open to the public.

New England Review’s Vermont Reading Series presents three writers in three genres: Castle Freeman Jr., Kathryn Kramer, and Rebecca Starks will read from their fiction, memoir, and poetry, respectively. Light refreshments will be served. Books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase. Castle Freeman Jr. is a longtime contributor of short fiction to NER, most recently with “Squirrel Trouble at Uplands” (2015). His new novel, The Devil in the Valley, was just released from Overlook Press.

J.M. Tyree will read from and discuss Vanishing Streets: Journeys in London, an illustrated travelogue of the peripheries of “the world’s most visited city.” As he wanders through London, Tyree stumbles into the ghosts of Alfred Hitchcock, Graham Greene, the pioneers of the British Free Cinema Movement, and more. This book blends deeply personal writing with a foreigner’s observations on a world capital experiencing an unsettling moment of transition. Tyree is nonfiction editor of New England Review and a graduate of Middlebury College (‘95).

Location: Carol’s Hungry Mind Cafe The NER Vermont Reading Series and the Vermont Book Shop are pleased to present Michael Coffey, Penelope Cray, and Rebecca Makkai, who will read from their poetry and fiction at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café. From as far as Chicago and as near as Shelburne, these three writers represent an extraordinary range of literary imagination. Books will be available for signing.

Where:  Marquis Theater, Middlebury VT.

New England Review presents Didi Jackson, Jodi Paloni, Ben Pease, and Layla Santos. Books, beverages, and Southwestern dishes will be available at the Marquis Theater Café, which opens at 5 pm.

Didi Jackson’s debut poetry collection, Killing Jar, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press, and her work appears in the current issue of New England Review.

Location:  Marquis Theater

The New England Review is pleased to present Rob Hardy, April Ossmann, Jericho Parms, and Lizzie Apple, who will read from their new writing downtown at the Marquis Theater’s Southwest Cafe. These four writers come from as far as Northfield, Minnesota, and as near as the Middlebury College campus, and will read from their poetry and essays. The Café will be open early for dinner, and Vermont Book Shop will sell the authors’ books.