UPCOMING EVENTS WINTER 2024/2025 (date to be rescheduled): On Zoom, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM "Stealth Formalism": Formal Verse for Free Verse Poets. How do the most skilled formalists of today craft poems that sound fresh and contemporary, poems that read as naturally as free verse? Some poets are such ninjas of sound and sense that readers might reach the end of a sonnet before even realizing it is a sonnet. On the other hand, formal poems can be proficient and technically correct, yet still sound forced, archaic, stilted, or unintentionally humorous. Bad poetry, oh noetry! In this workshop, we will explore examples to demystify the common pitfalls of formal verse, learning techniques for leaping over them and onto the solid footing of effective poems. (Participants may wish to bring a poem draft "just in case" there's time to review a few as samples for future revision.) $25. Register HERE. FUNDRAISER to benefit ONE ART: a journal of poetry
Tuesday: 1:15 PM Panel: Poets and Social Media: Melissa Balmain (Chair), Anna M. Evans, Daniel Galef, Nicole Caruso Garcia
Friday: 9:00 AM Staff Reading: Featuring Board members Nicole Caruso Garcia and Linda Stern, and Work-Study Scholars
SUN 21 APRIL 2024: TRUMBULL, CT. Poetry Workshop: A Red Wheelbarrow of Your Own: Harnessing the Poetic Power of Objects, a workshop with Nicole Caruso Garcia. Trumbull Public Library, 33 Quality Street. 1:00 PM. Registration required. FREE. Accessible.
SUN 10 MARCH 2024: BETHEL, CT. Byrd's Books: 178 Greenwood Avenue. Spring Poetry Series. Featured Readers: Gail Carson Levine, Nicole Caruso Garcia, Phillip K. Lu. 4:00 PM. FREE. Accessible.
FRI 01 MARCH 2024: Episode #54 of The Poetry Space podcast hosted by Katie Dozier of the NFT Poetry Gallery and Tim Green of Rattle. Guests: Nicole Caruso Garcia, Joe Barca, Brian O'Sullivan, Christine Potter, and Dick Westheimer. Topic: "Revision." Listen at Apple podcasts or on Spotify.
THURS 26 OCT 2023: WATERBURY, CT. Post University, MacDermid Hall MAC 116. Open Mic Night. 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM. FREE. Featured Speakers: Nicole Caruso Garcia, Rob Piazza, Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, James R. Whitley.
SUN 10 SEPT 2023: PRINCETON, NJ. Princeton Poetry Series (Second Sunday Poetry, sponsored by Ragged Sky Press). Co-Featured Reader (with Anna M. Evans.) Princeton Makes Artist Cooperative. The free reading is set at 4 p.m. An open mic available to up to 10 audience members interested in reading their original poetry will follow. 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM. FREE.
WED 06 SEPT 2023: Poems from Connecticut's Four Corners: The Women of Southwestern Connecticut (Featured with Pat Motolla, Gwen North Reiss, Sarah Rizzuto, & Faith Vicinanza. Hosted by Barb Fulton Jennes. 7:00 - 8:00 PM EST. Please register in advance to receive the Zoom link. FREE. https://ridgefieldlibrary.librarymarket.com/event/online-poems-connecticuts-four-corners-4
BOOK LAUNCH WEEKEND! PART 2: SUN 23 APRIL 2023: TRUMBULL, CT. Book Launch! Nicole Caruso Garcia reads from her full-length debut poetry collection, Oxblood, followed by Q&A and book signing. Books will be for sale. Trumbull Public Library, 33 Quality Street. FREE. 2:00 PM. Register here (registration advised). Feel free to RSVP on the Facebook event page.
BOOK LAUNCH WEEKEND! PART 1: SAT 22 APRIL 2023: NORWALK, CT. Book Launch Party! Nicole Caruso Garcia reads from her full-length debut poetry collection, Oxblood, followed by Q&A, book signing, and merriment. Books will be for sale. Eco Evolution, 135 Washington Street. FREE. 1:30 PM. Feel free to RSVP on the Facebook event page.
SUN 02 APRIL 2023: Carmine Street Metrics. 3:00 PM EST on Zoom. Co-Featured Reader with Moira Egan.
SAT 04 FEB 2023: People and Their Poems. Host Sandy Carlson interviews Nicole Caruso Garcia in this podcast. Guest Poet.
FRI 09 DEC 2022: TRUMBULL, CT. Trumbull High School. Guest Poet.
THURS 03 NOV 2022: WESTPORT, CT. Pequot Library hosts a Poetry Panel moderated by Jack Powers. (IN PERSON event.) 6 PM EST. Panelists: Jessie Noyes McEntee, B. Fulton Jennes, Nicole Caruso Garcia.
FRI 14 OCT 2022: SOUTH NORWALK, CT. Eco Evolution Presents Chris and Katie's Open Mic Night. (IN PERSON event.) 135 Washington Street, South Norwalk, CT. 7:30 PM EST. Featured Reader.
THURS 26 MAY 2022: MADISON, CT. New Books Panel at Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference. I'll be reading from my full-length poetry debut, OXBLOOD, which was named a finalist for the Able Muse Book Award & the Richard Wilbur Award.
SAT 02 APRIL 2022: Launch Reading for Able Muse #29 Print Edition winter 2021/2022, hosted by L.M. Brown. 3 PM EST. I'll be reading "Burden Blues" from my forthcoming book, OXBLOOD. Archived here on YouTube.
SUN 13 MARCH 2022: Guest Poet at FUMFA Poets and Writers Live. Tune in via YouTube or Facebook Live. 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM. I'll be reading from my forthcoming full-length poetry debut, OXBLOOD, which was named a finalist for the Able Muse Book Award & the Richard Wilbur Award. Delighted to be invited back to FUMFA Poets & Writers Live!
FRI 02 JULY 2021: Guest Poet at Yale Summer Springboard. Guest Poet/Workshop Instructor.
WED 26 MAY 2021: Poetry by the Sea Spring Celebration. 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET. This online event, which takes the place of this year's in-person conference, aims to bring our community together in celebration of the life, works, and vision of Founder and Director, Kim Bridgford, and will include readings and a panel discussion of Kim’s poetry, a critical lecture, tributes to Kim, and the awards ceremonies for the Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Contest and for the 2021 Book Contest.The entire event will be livestreamed on Poetry by the Sea's YouTube channel, where it will remain available for future viewing.
SUN 07 FEBRUARY 2021: Guest Poet at FUMFA Poets and Writers Live. Tune in via YouTube or Facebook Live 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM.
SUN 01 NOVEMBER 2020: Cultivating Voices Live (Election Week Edition). Readings from Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Zoom event)
SAT 17 OCTOBER 2020: Guest Poet at Stamford Women's March to Save Democracy. The Superior Courthouse, 123 Hoyt Street, Stamford, CT, 10:30 AM. Masks required. This event will also be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person.
SAT 08 AUGUST 2020: Featured Poet at Artful Dodgers Poetry and Open Mic (virtual/online event)
TUES 30 JULY 2019: NEW HAVEN, CT. Guest Poet at Summer Springboard at Yale. Guest Poet/Workshop Instructor.
TUES-FRI 21-24 MAY 2019: MADISON, CT. Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference WED 08 MAY 2019: TRUMBULL, CT. Trumbull High School Annual Poetry Slam Hype Day
WED 10 APRIL 2019: REDDING, CT. Joel Barlow High School's Annual Poetry Day. Guest Poet.
FRI 05 APRIL 2019: MANHATTAN, NY. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. VIA/Italian Americana: A Night of Poetry.
SUN 05 AUGUST 2018: BROOKLYN, NY. Artful Dodgers Poetry at The Montauk Club. Featured Poet.
TUES 31 JULY 2018: NEW HAVEN, CT. Guest Poet at Summer Springboard at Yale. Guest Poet/Workshop Instructor.
FRI 25 MAY 2018: MADISON, CT. Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference. Participant Reading. Featured Poet.
SUN 01 OCTOBER 2017: MANHATTAN, NY. Carmine Street Metrics at Otto's Shrunken Head. Featured Poet.
FRI 07 APRIL 2017: WESTPORT, CT. Visiting Poet at Staples High School. Guest Poet/Workshop Instructor.
WED 27 APRIL 2016: REDDING, CT. Joel Barlow High School's Annual Poetry Day. Guest Poet.