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Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
For this session of the Poetry-Go-Round, come hear four poets, Timothy Gager, Tom Laughlin, Jennifer Martelli, and Kimberly Ann Priest from the Virtual Dire Literary Series read their work.

The Dire Literary Series started in Cambridge, Ma in 2001, ending in 2018, and returned the beginning of Covid as a Virtual Series. There have always been national and local features, with an open mic.

Organized by Timothy Gager, the Poetry-Go-Round spotlights different poetry communities from the greater Boston and North Shore areas. We hope you'll join us to celebrate their work!


Speakers
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Timothy Gager

Timothy Gager has published 20 books of fiction and poetry, which includes his fourthnovel, Shadows of the Seen, and his most recent book of poetry, Almost Bluing for X-TraWhiteness. He hosted the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA from 2001 to 2018,and started a weekly... Read More →
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Jennifer Martelli

Co-Poetry Editor, Mom Egg Review
Jennifer Martelli has received fellowships from The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Monson Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day, Poetry, Best of the Net Anthology, Braving the Body Anthology, Verse Daily... Read More →
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Tom Laughlin

Tom Laughlin is Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Middlesex Community Collegein Massachusetts. His poetry has appeared in Green Mountains Review, Ibbetson Street, DrunkMonkeys, Main Street Rag, and elsewhere. His chapbook, The Rest of the Way, was publishedby... Read More →
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Kimberly Ann Priest

Kimberly Ann Priest is the winner of the 2024 Backwaters Prize in Poetry from the University ofNebraska Press for her book Wolves in Shells, as well as the author of tether & lung (TexasReview Press) and Slaughter the One Bird (Sundress Publications). A professor of first-yearwriting... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
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