Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar

Moira Linehan will read from & Company, her fourth collection of poetry. In this collection she uses paintings from French and American Impressionists to imagine the work and world of her maternal grandmother, a seamstress and dressmaker in Paris in the late 1800/early 1900’s and then in Boston. She will discuss strategies for using paintings as triggers for poems, and give examples of the relationship between a poem’s subject matter and its form.

Moira Linehan is the author of four collections of poetry. Her first two, If No Moon (2007) and Incarnate Grace (2015), were published by Southern Illinois University Press. Dorianne Laux chose If No Moon as the 2006 winner of the Crab Orchard Series open poetry competition. Both books were named Honor Books in Poetry in the Massachusetts Book Awards. In 2020 she had two books come out. In June Slant Books published her collection Toward and in December Dos Madres Press brought out & Company. Linehan lives north of Boston.

Experience poetry inspired by the night sky amid the celestial glow of the Berkshire Museum’s newest acquisition, the Museum of the Moon, on view in the Ellen Crane Memorial Room. Pieces by classic poets will be shared alongside new work by local writers, all evoking the moon, stars, and other celestial bodies.

Recommended for adults and teens. This event may include mature language and content.
Included with regular museum admission. All galleries open until 7:30. Pre-registration recommended.

Poets and readers wanted! Participants are welcome to read their own work or a piece by a chosen poet. Please fill out this form to participate: https://forms.office.com/r/AWhuEjdSDT

More information at https://berkshiremuseum.org/event/poetry-of-the-moon-and-stars/