Statewide Poetry Tour

Everyone is invited when the visiting poets laureate are joined by a New Hampshire poet to read from their work at nearly three dozen New Hampshire sites throughout the day on Friday, April 25. All readings are free.

To reach as many people as possible in this simultaneous celebration of National Poetry Month, the venues will be diverse and easily accessible. They include coffeehouses, libraries, businesses, schools, churches, and government offices. As partnership is a must for an undertaking of this scope to succeed, we are grateful for the support and collaboration of our partner organizations throughout the state. Please call the local phone number for specific information about the site; contact us if you have a question about the readings. All numbers are in 603 area code.

reading schedule

William Kloefkorn
Berlin: Saint Kieran's Church, with Walter Butts, 10am (752-2880)
North Conway: White Birch Books, with Walter Butts, 12:30pm (356-3200)
Wolfeboro: Kingswood Youth Center, with Walter Butts, 2:30pm (569-5949)

Fleda Brown
Whitefield: Hometown Bread and Coffee, with Sydney Lea and Nancy Lagomarsino, 10am (837-9666)
North Haverhill: Horse Meadow Senior Center, with Sydney Lea and Nancy Lagomarsino, noon (448-4897)
Bethlehem: WREN, with Nancy Lagomarsino, 2pm (869-9736)

Mary Crow, David Evans
Plymouth: Pease Public Library, with Kate Donahue, 10:30am (536-2616)
Holderness: Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, with Pat Frisella, noon (968-7194)
Gilford: Gilford Middle/High School Auditorium, with Scott Hutchison, 2:30pm (524-7135)

Irene McKinney
Lebanon: Lebanon Library, with Maxine Kumin and Deborah Brown, 10:30am (448-0696)
Lebanon: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, with Maxine Kumin and Deborah Brown, noon (650-6187)
Warner: Mount Kearsage Indian Museum (co-sponsored by Main Street BookEnds), with Maxine Kumin and Deborah Brown, 2:30pm (456-3244)

Maggi Vaughn
Claremont: Claremont Senior Center, with Kathy Solomon and Jeff Friedman, 10am (543-5998)
Newport: Richard's Free Library, with Kathy Solomon and Jeff Friedman, noon (863-3430)
Newbury: The John H. Hay Estate (The Fells), with Kathy Solomon and Jeff Friedman, 2pm (763-4789)

Samuel Hazo
Keene: Historical Society of Chesire County, with Pat Fargnoli, 10am (352-1895)
Rindge: Marlin Fitzwater Center of Communication, Franklin Pierce College, with Martha Carlson Bradley, 11:30am (899-1174)
Peterborough: Peterborough Library, with Alice Fogel and Bill Doreski, 2pm (924-8040)

Larry Woiwode, Grace Paley
Concord: Jefferson Pilot Financial, with John Perrault, LR Berger, and Grace Mattern, 10am (226-5000)
Concord: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, with John Perrault, LR Berger, and Grace Mattern, noon (225-6641)
Concord: Library and Archives of NH's Political Tradition, with John Perrault, LR Berger, and Grace Mattern, 2pm (271-2815)

Marilyn Nelson
Manchester: Venetian Canal Espresso Caffe, with Karen Gallipeau and Fred Samuels, 9:30am (627-9200)
Manchester: Millyard Museum, with Karen Gallipeau, Mark deCarteret, and Fred Samuels, 10:30am (622-7531)
Manchester: Currier Museum of Art, with Marie Harris, 12:15pm (669-6144)

Anne Hanley,Tom Chandler
Nashua: Nashua Public Library, with Sid Hall and Rodger Martin, 10:30am (589-4600)
Milford: Toadstool Bookshop, with Sid Hall and Rodger Martin, 12:15pm (673-1734)
Hollis: Beaver Brook Nature Center, with Sid Hall and Rodger Martin, 2pm (465-7787)

Amiri Baraka
Somersworth: Somersworth Public Library, with Rick Agran and Diana Durham, 10:30am(692-0951)
Portsmouth: RMC Research, with Rick Agran and Diana Durham, noon (285-0802)
Barrington: Barrington Public Library, with Rick Agran and Diana Durham, 2pm (664-9715)

Robert Roripaugh, Jim Irons
Exeter: Exeter Public Library, with Pat Parnell, 10am (772-3101)
Portsmouth: Strawbery Banke Museum, with Elizabeth Knies and Robert Dunn, noon (433-1100)
Rye: Seacoast Science Center, with Maren Tirabassi and the new Portsmouth poet laureate, 2:30pm (436-8043)

Baron Wormser
Derry: Pinkerton Academy, NH School Administrators Association Meeting Workshop on Poetry and Education, 1:30-3:30pm (reading is open to the public; call 432-2588)

In addition, we are pleased to be offering outreach programs at the state Women's Prison in Goffstown and the Youth Development Center in Manchester with poets laureate Ellen Kort and Baron Wormser, respectively.