January Gill O’Neil
January Gill O’Neil is the author of Underlife (CavanKerry Press, December 2009). Underlife was a finalist for ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award, and the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize. January was featured in Poets & Writers magazine’s January/February 2010 Inspiration issue as one of its 12 debut poets. A Cave Canem fellow, January is a senior writer/editor at Babson College, runs a popular blog called Poet Mom (http://poetmom.blogspot.com), is a member of the 2011 Massachusetts Poetry Festival planning committee, and lives with her two children in Beverly, Massachusetts.
May 14 12:00PM
Join Jarita Davis, John Murillo, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, and January Gill O’Neil for a reading with members of Cave Canem. Founded in 1996 by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in MFA programs and writing workshops, Cave Canem is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. For more information, visit cavecanempoets.org.
May 13 5:30PM
North shore poets take turns reading one poem each in response to the previous reader; this will be an exciting, by-the-seat-of-your-pants style reading; JD Scrimgeour, January O’Neil, Colleen Michaels, Claire Keyes, Jean Monahan, Jennifer Jean, Dawn Paul, Kevin Carey, Julie Batten.