Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar

Four Jennifers joins Lily Poetry Salon as we celebrate National Poetry Month with Jennifer Jean, Jennifer Markell, Jennifer Martelli, and Jennifer Militello. Jennifer Militello is the author of the poetry collection The Pact (Tupelo Press/Shearsman Books, 2021) and the memoir Knock Wood, winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize (Dzanc Books, 2019), as well as four additional collections of poetry. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, American Poetry Review, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY. She teaches in the MFA program at New England College. Jennifer Martelli is the author of The Queen of Queens and My Tarantella, selected as a “Must Read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, as well as the chapbooks "In the Year of Ferraro" and "After Bird", winner of Grey Book Press’s open reading. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, The Tahoma Literary Review, and Poetry. Jennifer Martelli has twice received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for poetry. Jennifer Markell’s first poetry collection, Samsara, (Turning Point, 2014) was named a “Must Read” book by the Massachusetts Book Awards. Her second collection, Singing at High Altitude was published by The Main Street Rag (November, 2021). Jennifer’s work has appeared in The Bitter Oleander, The Cimarron Review, Consequence, and RHINO, among other publications. She works as a psychotherapist, serves on the board of the New England Poetry Club, tends two gardens and three well-versed cats. Jennifer Jean is the author of the poetry collection Object Lesson (Lily Books, 2021) and Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry (Lily Books, 2021). The recipient of a Peter Taylor Fellowship from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, a Disquiet FLAD Fellowship from Dzanc Books, and an Ambassador for Peace Award from the Women’s Federation for World Peace, she is the program manager of 24PearlStreet, the Fine Arts Work Center’s online writing program.