Join us for a poetry reading with Wendy Drexler and Richard Waring, friends of the PoemWorks community, followed by an Open Mic (sign up by emailing host Richard Waring at
rwaring@nejm.org).
Wendy Drexler’s third poetry collection,
Before There Was Before, was published by Iris Press in 2017. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in
Barrow Street, J Journal, Lily Poetry Review, Nimrod, Pangyrus, Prairie Schooner, Salamander, Sugar House, The Atlanta Review, The Mid-American Review, The Hudson Review, The Threepenny Review, and
the
Valparaiso Poetry Review, among others. Her work has been featured on
Verse Daily and WBUR’s Cognoscenti, and in numerous anthologies. She’s been the poet-in-residence at New Mission High School in Hyde Park, MA, since 2018, and is programming co-chair for the New England Poetry Club. Her website is
www.wendydrexlerpoetry.com Richard Waring is the author of the poetry collection,
What Love Tells Me (Word Poetry, 2016)
, and a chapbook,
Listening to Stones (Pudding House Publications, 1999). His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including
Sanctuary, Ars Medica, Comstock Review, JAMA, and the
American Journal of Nursing. “Monarchs Passing Through New England” and “Night” have been set to music by composer Leander Frank. He hosts this monthly reading series and is senior layout artist for the
New England Journal of Medicine.
*Contact host Richard Waring at rwaring@nejm.org for Zoom invitation.
