Join the Guilford Poets Guild for their first fall Second Thursday Poetry Series of the season on September 12th at 6:30pm – 8pm. Margaret Gibson, former Poet Laureate of Connecticut (2019-2022) will be sharing her work with us along with special guest Tori Richnavsky. The evening will consist of a two-person dramatic reading of excerpts of Margaret’s new book, Draw Me Without Boundaries. We’ll begin with an Open Mic for all inspired poets and then listen to Margaret and Tori for the remainder of the evening.
Margaret Gibson, Poet Laureate of Connecticut (2019-2022) has published 14 books of poems, all with LSU Press, most recently Draw Me Without Boundaries. Prior to this experimental publication, Gibson brought out a trilogy, which includes Broken Cup, Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, and CT Poetry Award winner, The Glass Globe. Awards include The Lamont Selection, Melville Kane Award, Connecticut Book Award (twice). She was a Finalist for the National Book Award, 1993, and for the Poets’ Prize, 2016. With a grant from the Academy of American Poets, she edited an anthology, Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis. She lives in Preston, CT, and any ponds, cedar trees, or dirt lanes that make their way into her poems are indigenous. Ditto the dog, the deer skull, the moss. Sophocles, John Berger, No One, and the Aztec sun are occasional visitors.
Tori Richnavsky has been involved in theater both on stage and behind the scenes since the age of 5. She graduated from the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education in Torrington, CT, and received her BA in Theatre with an acting concentration from Columbia College Chicago. She has performed with many theaters throughout Chicago and Connecticut, most recently spending most of her time with Phoenix Stage Company in Oakville Connecticut. Favorite rolls include: Sybil in Cover of Life, Mary in Dead Ringer, M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, Marie Antoinette in the Revolutionists as well as participating in Pocket Shakespeare each year. Tori also served for a time as Chair of the Connecticut Community Theatre Association.
This program is free and open to all.
Please register.