Rozzie Reads Poetry

Rozzie Reads Poetry is a free literary reading series sponsored by the Friends of the Roslindale Library, usually on the third Thursday of the month, in October, November, January, February, March, April, and May. The events take place in the community room at Roslindale House at 7:00 PM (for map and directions, see below). The operating committee members are Steve Babcock, Dorothy Derifield, Holly Guran, Mary McCusker, and Vivienne Shalom.    

There are two readers, followed by an open mike. Free refreshments. Open to all. Please join us. For more information, contact hguran@aol.com

*** Due to Covid-19 concerns, the May 19th event has been converted to Zoom. To participate, please contact Holly Guran at  hguran@aol.com” .***

Biographies of Our Next Readers 

                   May 19, 2022  Thursday, at 6:45 PM

LR Berger – L.R.Berger’s collection of poems, The Unexpected Aviary, received the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry. She’s received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the PEN New England Discovery Award, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, and as Visiting Artist at The American Academy in Rome.  Her
new collection, Indebted to Wind, was published by Deerbrook Editions in August 2021.

Danielle Legros Georges – Danielle Legros Georges works in the areas of contemporary U.S. poetry, Black and African-diasporic literature,
Caribbean/Latin American and Haitian studies, and literary
translation; with recent fellowships and grants from MASS MoCA, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Pen/HEIM Translation Fund. The former Poet Laureate of Boston, she is professor of creative writing at Lesley University; and creative editor of sx salon,a digital forum for Caribbean literature. Her most recent book is Island Heart, translations of poems of Ida Faubert.

       2021-2022 Season