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February __, 2015:

Was this and that!

January 13, 2015: 

A Gathering of Poets: Readings by friends of Mark Baldridge and of Poetry Flash

Readers: Al Young, Sharon Coleman, Gerald Fleming, Adelle and Jack Foley, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Kirk Lumpkin, Jack Marshall, Rusty Morrison, Richard Silberg, Murray Silverstein, and more.

December 9, 2014:

Readers: Open circle reading.

(Flier: Winter Tree)

November 14, 2014: 

Readers: Gerald Stern, Introduction by Robert Hass (Located at Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church).

October 14, 2014:

Readers: Alan Soldofsky and Robert Sward.

September 9, 2014: 

Readers: Keith Ekiss, Emilia Phillips and Corey Van Landingham.

2013-2014 Season

June 10, 2014:

Theme: Robert Frost East and West

Readers: Rebecca Foust (2014 Frost Fellow), Susan Browne, Susan Cohen, Roy Mash, and Jean Wagner.

May 13, 2014:

Readers: Brenda Hillman, Sara Larsen, Angela Hume, Melissa Mack, and Jessie Sandoval.

April 8, 2014:

Theme: The West-Coast Book Launch of Barry Goldensohn’s The Hundred Yard Dash Man.

Reader: Barry Goldensohn.

March 11, 2014:

Readers: Adam David Miller and Al Young.

February 11, 2014:

Readers: John Oliver Simon, Laura E. Davis.

January 14, 2014:

Readers: Open circle reading.

(Flier: Frozen Oranges)

December 10, 2013:

Readers: Forrest Gander and Judy Halebsky.

November 12, 2013:

Theme: An evening of Poetry and Poetry-Meets-Flash-Fiction.

Readers: Peter (Thomas) Bullen, Tracey Knapp, Alana Siegel and Ian Tuttle.

October 8, 2013:

Readers: Lucille Lang Day, Judy Wells, and Andrena Zawinski.

September 10, 2013:

Readers: Katherine Hastings and David Rosenthal.

2012-2013 Season

June 11, 2013:

Readers: Gerald Fleming and Jack Marshall.

May 14, 2013:

Readers: Joseph Lease and Richard Silberg.

April 9, 2013: 

Theme: Celebrate National Poetry Month and National Library Week!

Readers: Christina Hutchins and Albany Library Poetry Workshop Poets.

March 12, 2013:

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February 19, 2013:

Readers: Susan Cohen and Zara Raab.

January 8, 2013:

Readers: Open Circle Reading.

(Flier: Aligned Oranges)

December 11, 2012: 

Readers: Opal Palmer Adisa and Devorah Major.

November 13, 2012: 

Readers: Betty Roszak and Murray Silverstein

October 16, 2012:

Presidential Debate Watch

Discussion Leader: George Lakoff

September 11, 2012:

Theme: 99 Poems for the 99%

Readers: Dean Rader (Blog Curator), Dan Bellm, Julie Bruck, Gillian Conoley, Zara Raab and Tess Taylor.

2011-2012 Season

June 12, 2012:

Theme: Welcoming Summer

Readers: Open Circle Reading.

(Flier: Drawing of people on the beach)

May 8, 2012: 

Readers: Anne O. Fisher and Derek Mong.

April 10, 2012:

Reader: Barry Goldensohn.

March 13, 2012: 

Theme: Featuring poets and writers from Persimmon Tree.

Readers: Jane Ariel, Anne Barrows, Dorothy Gilbert, Sandra Gilbert, Lorrie Goldensohn, Susan Moon, and Brenda Webster.

Co-hosts: Nan Gefen (founding editor and publisher) and Chana Bloch (poetry editor).

February 14, 2012: 

Theme: Valentine’s Day

Readers: Valentine’s Day Open Circle Reading.

January 10, 2012: 

Readers: Christina Hutchins and Toby Bielawski.

December 13, 2011:

Readers: Rebecca Black, and Keith Ekiss.

November 8, 2011: 

Readers: Chana Bloch and Tess Gallagher.

October 11, 2011: 

Reader: Sandra Gilbert (Read from and discussed her books Rereading Women: Thirty Years of Exploring Our Literary Traditions and Aftermath).

September 13, 2011: 

Readers: Richard O. Moore, Brenda Hillman, and Paul Ebenkamp.

2010-2011 Season

June 14, 2011:

Readers: Jeanne Wagner and Christina Hutchins.

May 10, 2011: 

[Reader: Barbara Ras Scheduled, but Cancelled]

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April 12, 2011:

Reader: James Ragan

March 8, 2011: 

Theme: Poetry of Peace and Resistance, Hope and Courage.

Readers: Anita Barrows and Susan Griffin.

February 8, 2011:

Readers: Rebecca Foust, Susan Cohen, Megan Harlan.

January 11, 2011: 

Readers: Gillian Conoley and Rusty Morrison.

December 14, 2010:

Readers: Open Circle Reading.

(Flier: Photo of Leafless Tree in Winter)

November 9, 2010:

Readers: Dean Rader, Anne Barrows and Chana Bloch (commemorating the anniversary of Kristallnacht).

October 12, 2010:

Readers: Camille Dungy, Cynthia Parker-Ohene, and Al Young (all read from and discussed Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry).

September 14, 2010:

Theme: Select poets featured in The Place that inhabits us.

Readers: Alice Jones, Susan Kolodny, Priscilla Lee, Eliot Schain, and Richard Silberg.

2009-2010 Season

June 8, 2010:

Readers: Murray Silverstein, Dan Bellm, and Forrest Hamer.

May 11, 2010:

Readers: Lucille Lang Day, Nellie Hill, and Susan Gubernat.

April 13, 2010:

Readers: Richard Silberg and Christina Hutchins.

March 9, 2010:

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February 9, 2010:

Readers: Wendy Barker and Kevin Clark.

January 12, 2010:

Readers: Joyce Jenkins and Katherine Hastings.

December 8, 2009:

Reader: Emily Warn.

November 10, 2009:

Reader: Sharon Doubiago.

October 13, 2009:

Readers: Giovanni Singleton and D. Scott Miller.

September 3, 2009: 

Readers: Carolyn Miller and Lynne Knight.

August 6, 2009:

Readers: Indigo Moor and Alena Hairston.

2008-2009 Season

June 4, 2009:

Reader: Al Young.

May 7, 2009:

Reader: Sandra M. Gilbert.

April 2, 2009:

Reader: Christina Hutchins.

March 5, 2009: 

Theme: A Fishouse Reading.

Readers: Rebecca Black, Camille Dungy, and Michael McGriff.

February 5, 2009: 

Reader: Robin Ekiss.

January 1, 2009:

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December 4, 2008: 

Reader: Jane Hirshfield.

November 6, 2008:

Reader: Robert Hass.

October 2, 2008:

Theme: An Evening of Prose and Politics.

Discussion Leaders: Susan Griffin and George Lakoff.

September 4, 2008:

Readers: Hannah Stein and Susan Kelly-Dewitt.

2007-2008 Season

June 5, 2008:

Reader: Daniel Polikoff.

May 1, 2008:

Reader: Chana Bloch.

April 3, 2008:

Readers: Barry Goldensohn and Lorrie Goldensohn.

March 6, 2008:

Reader: Joshua Clover.

February 7, 2008: 

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January 3, 2008:

Readers: Adam David Miller and Cellist Gael Alcock.

December 6, 2007:

Reader: Peter Dale Scott.

November 1, 2007:

Reader: Alan Williamson.

October 4, 2007:

Theme: Cave Canem Poets at Albany Library.

Readers: Opal Palmer Adisa, Indigo Moor, Marvin K. White, Devorah Major, and Camille T. Dungy (Emcee).

September 6, 2007:

Reader: Brenda Hillman.

August 2, 2007:

Reader: Larry Kearney.

2006-2007 Season

June 7, 2007:

Reader: Joseph Lease.

May 3, 2007:

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April 5, 2007:

Reader: Rebecca Black.

March 1, 2007: 

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February 1, 2007:

Reader: Jack Marshall.

January 4, 2007:

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December 7, 2006: 

Reader: Christina Hutchins.

November 2, 2006:

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October 5, 2006:

Reader: Camille T. Dungy.

September 7, 2006:

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August 3, 2006: 

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July 6, 2006: 

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June 1, 2006: 

Reader: Richard Silberg.