Poetry Readers Circle Sponsored by the FOL's Ruth D. Bogen Fund

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults
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Join fellow readers for a poetry discussion led by Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci.

Paula Curci is the Nassau County Poet Laureate emeritus. As both the producer of Calliope’s Corner and What’s The Buzz, on Radio Hofstra University, and as a Poet Correspondent for The Scene.Life, Paula meets and interviews poets about their work.  She is the co-founder the Shore Poets and co-editor of the micro- memoir anthology Poetry: “It’s a ‘Shore’ Thing! In an Unsure World.  Through her Acoustic Poets Network Visitation Project, she facilitates introspective poetry workshops, open mics, and performs her poetry.  

The group will be reading selections from The Best Poems of the English Language from Chaucer Through Robert Frost edited by Harold Bloom. The selections for July are as follows:

William Wordsworth

"Resolution and Independence"

"Ode: Intimations of Immortality..."

"The Prelude"

Pages 338-345 and 347-353

Copies of the selected text are available at the Information Desk. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library’s Ruth D. Bogen Memorial Fund.