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Events
Events listed in white are at the bookshop; events listed in yellow are elsewhere.
Unless noted otherwise all events are free & open to the public.
(Click on a picture or a title to check our inventory or to purchase.)
- Sunday, February 9th at 3:00pm (Poetry reading)
jubilat/Jones Reading Series at the
Jones Library, Amherst. The reading will feature poets
Juliana Leslie &
Bob Holman. Meet the poets at an informal Q & A session that will follow the reading. For more information go to
jubilat/Jones Reading Series on Facebook.
- Wednesday, February 12th at 8:00pm(Poetry reading)
John Hennessy will read from his latest collection of poetry,
Coney Island Pilgrims. Hennessy, who teaches literature at the University of Massachusetts, is author of a previous collection of poetry,
Bridge & Tunnel. His poems & essays have appeared in many journals & anthologies, including
Best American Poetry 2013,
The Believer,
Poetry,
Harvard Review,
The New Republic,
The Huffington Post, &
The Yale Review. He is poetry editor of
The Common. Co-sponsored by the
Amherst College Visiting Writers Series.
