Wintonbury Poetry Series (McMW)

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Program Type:

Arts and Culture, Poetry

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will close on November 20, 2025 @ 7:00pm.

Program Description

Event Details

For its November reading, Wintonbury Poetry Series is pleased to have Christine Beck and Ginny Connors read. 

Christine Beck holds an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University and is the author of Blinding Light (Grayson Books 2013), I’m Dating Myself, (Dancing Girl Press 2015), Stirred,Not Shaken (Five Oaks Press 2016) and Given Time: a mother-daughter cancer memoir (Finishing Line Press 2025.) Christine Beck was the 5th Poet Laureate of West Hartford, CT. Christine Beck writes a weekly essay about reading, writing and real life on Substack at christinebeck.substack.com. Her website is www.ChristineBeck.net

Ginny Lowe Connors is the author of six poetry collections, the most recent of which is White Sail at Midnight. Among her awards are the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize, Atlanta Review’s Grand Prize, the NFSPS Founders Award, Passager Poetry Contest Winner, and Poet of the Year (New England Association of Teachers of English). She holds an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. As publisher of her own press, Grayson Books, Connors has edited several poetry anthologies. A Board Member of the Connecticut Poetry Society, she is also  Managing Editor of Connecticut River Review.   

We will have an Open Mic after the featured poet's readings. Teens are welcome to read at the Open Mic! The Wintonbury Poetry Series and Open Mic are hosted by Sitara Gnanaguru. Questions? Call Mara at 860-243-9721 x3216 or email her at mwhitman@libraryconnection.info.

 

 

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