Internationally celebrated poet Maxine Kumin will appear at the Robert Frost Farm as part of the Hyla Brook Reading Series on Thursday, July 8, 2010, 6:30 -8:30 p.m.
The former U.S. Poet Laureate will read from her newest poetry collection, Where I Live: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010, as well as other work. Hyla Brook Poet Margaret Bobalek King of Derry, a long-time friend of Kumin’s, will also read. Held at the Robert Frost Farm at 122 Rockingham Road (Route 28), the Reading Series is free and open to the public.
Maxine Kumin also has a new essay collection, The Roots of Things, and a children’s book about a black-and-white dog with an identity crisis, What Color Is Caesar? Her awards include the Pulitzer and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prizes, the Poets’ Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost Medals. She and her husband live on a farm in central New Hampshire with three rescued dogs and two very old horses.
An Open Mic will follow the readings and all audience members are invited to share their work.
The Hyla Brook Poets group organizes the monthly reading series as well as a monthly writing workshop, which meets on the third Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. The next workshop takes place on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at the Frost Farm in Derry.
