A POET’S PLACE SIX THURSDAYS, APRIL 6 THROUGH MAY 11, 6:30-8:00PM COST: $125-$195 SLIDING SCALE*, NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS Struggling to finish your poems? Need a boost in confidence about sharing them? Join award-winning poet and translator Michael Favala Goldman for a short course in deepening your poetry practice, exploring writing […]
A POET’S PLACE SIX THURSDAYS, APRIL 6 THROUGH MAY 11, 6:30-8:00PM COST: $125-$195 SLIDING SCALE*, NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS Struggling to finish your poems? Need a boost in confidence about sharing them? Join award-winning poet and translator Michael Favala Goldman for a short course in deepening your poetry practice, exploring writing […]
Jazz and World Music with Spoken Word/Poetry. Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street. Featuring Michael Favala Goldman performing with Now's the Time Jazz Sextet and Paul Richmond performing with Do It Now. 7pm. Suggested Donation $15-30.
This bi-monthly meet-up is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance. Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Cost: by donation. Suggested sliding scale $25-40. […]
Join me and the hosts of Poet Talk for a live discussion of poems, stories, opportunities. Hear some new writing, inspirations and aspirations. On 88.5 FM, July 11 from 6-7 pm. With hosts Ellen Miller-Mack, Jon Plodzik, and Riley Bowen
As part of the What is Poetry? reading series, I will read from my new work at the Drawing Board Brewery, 36 Main St. Florence, on August 10 at 4pm. There will be music hosted by saxophonist Chris Gentes, who is organizing this event, starting at 3pm. Cold drinks will be available for purchase at […]
Join me and two other local authors for an evening of spoken word at the comfy and accessible Lava Center in Greenfield on 324 Main St. I will be reading from my new poetry collection, We Are More Than Just This.
All poets are welcome at this virtual bi-monthly workshop series now in its seventh year. Each writer brings two poems/up to two pages to share with the group. Poetry Critique Meet-up is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance. Learn what is working in […]
Workshops for poets, in person at the Northampton Center for the Arts, the first three Wednesdays in April, 7-9pm. I Feel a Draft (focus on revision); Your Writing Obsession (focus on consistently creating deep work) and Going Public (focus on sharing work in print and live). Sign up for all three or individually. Info and […]
Join me on the evening of April 22 at Broadside Books in Northampton for the release of two new books. The first is The Umbrella, by Tove Ditlevsen, a collection of short stories I translated from Danish. This volume was selected by Penguin Books as one of ninety books they have selected for their ninetieth […]
Join me for an in-person workshop, Entering Liminal Space, at the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley St. on June 7, for a workshop combining tai chi exercises and generative writing. As a long-time tai chi practitioner, I will share parallels between the state of mind and focus that both writing and tai […]
