Kellogg-Hubbard Library Zoom event. Facilitator Gina Logan will lead a discussion on the poetry of Langston Hughes. Part of the Vermont Humanities Council Reading and Discussion Series. Copies of "The Selected Works of Langston Hughes" will be available in April. Preregister at www.kellogghubbard.org/poemcity

A Kellogg-Hubbard Library event. This outdoor reading will feature Susan Atwood, Andrea Gould, Jesse LoVasco, and Lisa Masé, a group of poets who have been writing and critiquing each other's work for years. This is an in-person event at the Old Shelter in Montpelier’s Hubbard Park.

A Kellogg-Hubbard Library Zoom event. Linda Quinlan, author of "Chelsea Creek" and winner of the Wicked Woman Poetry Prize, will host a panel of LGBTQ+ poets who will read and discuss their work.  Featured poets will include Michael Carter, Kathryn Eberly, (sb) sowbel, Kimberly Ward, and others. Preregister at www.kellogghubbard.org/poemcity

In-person and Zoom. People of all ethnicities are invited to share and read aloud their favorite poems by Black poets. Hosted by Toussaint St. Negritude, this program will be offered live in the Hayes Room of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library as well as virtually on Zoom. To participate via Zoom, preregister at www.kellogghubbard.org/poemcity

Sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, you can participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day by stopping by the library for a free pocket-size poem at any circulation desk. Carry it in your pocket for easy reading, swapping with friends, or spontaneous readings.

Jewish literature is unlike many other literary traditions in that it can be written anywhere. Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans leads us on a journey through Jewish literature from the expulsion from Spain in 1492 to the creation of the state of Israel. Protagonists include Sholem Aleichem, Anne Frank, Elie Weisel, Grace Paley, Philip Roth, […]