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, December,January, March, 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

Biographies of Our Next Readers 

                   May 23, 2019,   Thursday, at 7:00 PM

Fred Marchant

Fred Marchant is the author of five books of poetry, the most recent of which is Said Not Said (Graywolf Press, 2017). Earlier books include The Looking House, Full Moon Boat, House on Water, House in Air, and Tipping Point (in its second edition). Marchant is also the editor of Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford, and founding director of the Suffolk University Poetry Center in Boston.

Porsha Olayiwola

Porsha Olayiwola became Poet Laureate of Boston in January 2019. Currently the Artistic Director of MassLEAP, a literary organization serving youth artists, Porsha is also an MFA candidate at Emerson College and a Luminary Fellow at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Her poetry collection is forthcoming from Button Poetry in November 2019. Her credits include the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Championship and the 2015 National Poetry Slam championship.