September 2019
Reading, Book Launch, Reception
Because What Else Can I Do (Pittsburgh, September 2019) is a sequence of untitled poems I addressed to my husband in the months following his unexpected death. I wrote them for him, for his abiding presence, and of course I wrote them for myself. At the time, I had no intention of publishing them. But they will be out in September, and this reading and reception will welcome them.
Find out more »October 2019
Boston Book Festival Reading with Nick Flynn
Martha Collins and Nick Flynn will read "Poems of Bewilderment and Loss," followed by a discussion moderated by Fred Marchant, as part of the October 19-20 Boston Book Festival.
Find out more »Dramatic Reading
Harriet and William: a dramatic reading of Holly Guran’s work, read by Martha Collins, Lloyd Schwartz, Holly Guran. This drama in verse by Holly Guran is based on letters William Robinson, Lowell Courier editor, exchanged with Harriet Hanson, a Lowell mill girl, between 1847 and 1868 against the backdrop of the mid-19th-century.
Find out more »Reading at Shakespeare & Co., NYC
A reading with Rosebud Ben-Oni, Malcolm Tariq, and Shamar Hill.
Find out more »Cervena Barva Press Poetry Workshop
In this workshop, we'll look at some poems that move beyond personal experience and into material that involves historical, social, nature-related and/or other research, without sacrificing personal involvement and feeling. We'll discuss some strategies for transforming documentary material into poetry, and I'll invite you to answer some questions that might give you starting points for writing these kinds of poems yourself. Limited to 12. Sign up at website address below.
Find out more »November 2019
Reading and Booksigning in Rochester, New York
I'll be reading from my new book, Because What Else Can I Do, and translations of Vietnamese poems by Ngo Tu Lap.
Find out more »Panel: Sounding the Line, Poets as Translators
A panel at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference, with Sharon Dolin, Mihaela Moscalisc, Marcela Sulak, and Don Share
Find out more »Porter Square Books Poetry Reading
Poetry Reading with Joseph Campana. We'll both be reading from new books: his The Book of Life, my Because What Else Could I Do.
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