New England Poetry Club: We, (too) The People

 

I am on the board of the New England Poetry Club and I want to let you know about this wonderful series we have coming up this summer.. Such poets as Robert Pinsky, Richard Blanco, Diannely Antigua, and Stephanie Burt--will read from their work at the LONGFELLOW HOUSE in Cambridge, Ma.  Our first event is July 6th with former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. The events will start at 3PM on the Longfellow House lawn.  For more info go to:     

https://nepoetryclub.org/we-too-the-people/

We (too) The People

NEPC is proud to feature a series of events featuring some of the most acclaimed voices in American poetry.

It’s the sweetest poetic phrase in American democracy: “We the People.” It is confounding, then, that some, in recent days, aim to limit the inclusive vision of what we are and to narrowly redefine American culture.

To explore the diversity of voices and visions in contemporary poetry—and to begin celebrating the 250th anniversary of our great democratic experiment—we are producing WE (too) THE PEOPLE—eight poetry programs across Summer 2025 and 2026.

The New England Poetry Club is collaborating with the Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters and their Friends organization to invite some of the most acclaimed names in American poetry to bring their voices to this special program. Taken together, the work of these literary artists will offer a dynamic vision of our country and its people, our shared history, and imaginative reach.

The readings will be presented, free and open to the public, on the lawn at the Longfellow House on four summer Sundays each year—and, for the first time, will be live-streamed so that audiences from across the country will be able to join us. In addition, the edited recordings of these events will eventually be made available to anyone who wishes to explore the contemporary literary landscape and consider how poetry, as a primary historical resource, can illuminate discussions of civil society and deepen our historical understanding.

Study guides will be prepared so that schools across the country can use these materials in the classroom.