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Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Princeton University collaborate for the first-ever performance of the 1936 dramatization of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin, with incidental music by Prokofiev. Eugene Onegin will premiere on Feb. 9 at 8 pm in Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus. Tickets are $25, and available at (609) 497-0020 or online at princetonsymphony.org.

Featured poets BJ Ward and Wanda S. Praisner read for 20 minutes each followed by an open mic session. Ward’s most recent book, “Gravedigger’s Birthday” was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. His poems have been widely published and have been featured on National Public Radio. Praisner’s books include “A Fine and Bitter Snow,” “On the Bittersweet Avenues of Pomona” and the forthcoming “Where the Dead Are.” An award-winning poet, her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.

Princeton University professor of music and Russian music expert Simon Morrison and Princeton University professor of Slavic languages and literature Caryl Emerson discuss their successful efforts to track down and resurrect the 1936 dramatization of Pushkin’s masterpiece “Eugene Onegin,” a work that was censored and barred from performance by Soviet officials as part of Stalin’s campaign of repression. The work will be given its world premiere on Feb.

Featured poets Jill Stein and Madeline Tiger read for 20 minutes each followed by an open mic session. Stein has received three N.J. State Arts Council grants.  Tiger's latest collection fo of verse is "From the Viewing Stand."

The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series presents poet Rae Armantrout and novelist John Irving on Nov. 30 at 4:30 pm in McCosh 50 on the Princeton University campus. Rae Armantrout, 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner for Versed and John Irving, National Book Award winner for The World According to Garp will read selections from their work. For more information, please call (609) 258-1500 or visit princeton.edu/arts.

Matthew Campbell, Sheffield University, will lecture on The Ruptured Ear: English Poem, Irish Accent on Nov. 18 at 4:30 pm in the Lewis Center for the Arts Theater at 185 Nassau Street in Princeton. For more information, please call (609) 258-1500 or visit fis.princeton.edu/events.php

Poets Eloise Bruce and David Keller read from their work followed by a 20-minute open mic session. Bruce’s first book of poetry, “Rattle” was published in 2004, and she has had various roles at the Frost Place Center for Poetry over the years. A recipient of a New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship in poetry, she is dedicated to expanding the role of the arts in education. Keller was the first Guest American Poet at the Poets’ House in Northern Ireland and for many years was director of Admissions at the Frost Place Center for Poetry.

Coleman Barks, renowned poet and leading translator of the works of Sufi mystic poet Rumi, will walk the Scott and Hella McVay Poetry Trail at Greenway Meadows Park on Friday, October 28, beginning at 4pm. Joining Barks will be Lisa Starr, twice named Poet Laureate of Rhode Island.

The walk will be followed by a reading from the new The Big Red Book at 5p.m.; at 6 p.m., there will be a celebratory reception and book signing.

The Program in Creative Writing Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series will present readings by poet Rita Dove and novelist James Salter on Oct. 19 at 4:30 pm in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. In addition, Katherine Chen, a senior thesis student in the Program in Creative Writing, will read briefly from her work. For more information, please call (609) 258-1500; princeton.edu/arts.

The author reads from her first collection of poetry, an assortment of abstract and lyrical poems that draw from a wide variety of cultural influences including her Greek heritage, background in European filmmaking and childhood among the ghosts of New England Transcendentalism.
Fireplace Area, second floor Sponsored by the library and Ragged Sky Press.

Featured poets Matthew Brady Klitsch and Lois Marie Harrod read for 20 minutes each, followed by an open mic session. Klitsch earned his MFA in Poetry from Drew University this year. His poems have appeared in the Edison Literary Review and other literary journals. Harrod’s 11th book, “Brief Term” has recently been published. Her work has appeared in various journals including American poetry Review. Fireplace Area, second floor

Princeton's Graduate Colloquium on Contemporary Poetry and Labyrinth Books invite you to come hear Jean Valentine read. The reading will be followed by a discussion and reception.
 

Please join us for a reading by two remarkable poets.

Featured poets Enriqueta Carrington and Hayden Saunier will each read for 20 minutes followed by an open mic session. Carrington has received the Atlanta Review’s International Merit Award. Her poetry in Spanish and English has appeared in a variety of journals. Saunier’s poetry has also appeared in a variety of journals. Her first collection of poetry, “Tips for Domestic Travel” was published in 2009. Sponsored by the library, the US 1 Poets Cooperative and the Delaware Valley Poets..

Keith O’Shaughnessy

Incommunicado: Poems

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Incommunicadohas received an accolade from a historic bookstore known for its association with legendary poets such as e.e. cumings, T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, Allen Ginsberg and Denise Levertov.

The Golier Poetry Book Shop on Harvard Square selected Ketih O'Shuaghnessy's book to receive its 2011 Grolier Discovery Award.

Poets Rachel Bunting and Anna Evans will read for 20 minutes each, followed by an open mic session. Bunting’s poems have appeared in many print and online journals, and she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.Evans’ work has appeared in the Harvard Review, Atlanta Review, and elsewhere. She currently teaches poetry at West Windsor Arts Center. Presented by the library, US1 Poets Cooperative and Delaware Valley Poets. Fireplace Area, second floor

This New York poet’s writing has been in journals and anthologies. He is the founding editor of The Manhattan Review. He collaborated with his wife, fine art photographer Lynn Saville, on the book “Acquainted with the Night.” Community Room

Two years ago, shortly after the Dodge Poetry Foundation announced the cancelation, for financial reasons, of its popular Dodge Poetry Festival, Paul Muldoon launched the first Princeton Poetry Festival.  Poets and poetry lovers across the state sounded a collective cheer! 

“When Scott and Hella told me they had selected one of my poems, I felt honored,” said poet and children’s author Penny Harter as we set out to join a gathering of poets, nature lovers, and land conservationists to walk the Scott and Hella McVay Poetry Trail at the D&R Greenway last Friday (April 15).

April is National Poetry Month and in Princeton this means a new issue of U.S.1 Worksheets, the (now) annual poetry journal of U.S.1 Poets’ Cooperative.  Last Sunday, April 3, the community room of the Princeton Public Library was packed to capacity, as poets gathered to celebrate the arrival of Volume 56 of U.S.1 Worksheets, featuring the work of 98 local and regional poets.

This singer, songwriter, poet, and musician will perform his latest program, a solo of original poetry backed by recorded instrumental music with vocal improvisations. The Poetry Music Project is a performance-driven combination of poetry and prose in conjunction with musical jazz arioso, which is a style of solo singing between recitative and aria.