Please join the Guilford Poets Guild for its September Second Thursday Poetry Series reading featuring award-winning poet Monica Ong on Thursday, September 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library.
Ong is the author of Silent Anatomies (2015), selected by Joy Harjo as winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in poetry. An MFA graduate in Digital Media at the Rhode Island School of Design, she has also been awarded fellowships at Kundiman, Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, the Fine Arts Work Center, and most recently Yaddo. Based in Connecticut, she currently serves as the User Experience Designer at the Yale Digital Humanities Lab. You can read samples of her work at monicaong.com.
Upcoming poets in the Guilford Poets Guild’s Second Thursday Poetry Series include Julia Paul (October 11), GPG Trio: Juliana Harris, Jane Muir & Gordy Whiteman (November 8), and a Holiday Roundtable featuring Dr. Seuss (December 13). For more information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.org.
Remember to bring your own poem to share during the Open Mic which is open to accomplished and aspiring poets of all ages wishing to present one original composition to a live audience.
The Guilford Free Library is located at 67 Park Street in Guilford. This program is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Please register by phone, in person, or online (203) 453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.