POETRY READING APRIL 30TH
The Northampton Arts Council is proud to present an inaugural reading by Leséa Newman,
at the Forbes Library
(Calvin Coolidge Room)
in
This event is free and open to the public.
Lesléa Newman is the author of more than 50 books including the poetry collection STILL LIFE WITH BUDDY, the short story collection A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK, the middle-grade novel HACHIKO WAITS and the children’s books THE BOY WHO CRIED FABULOUS and HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES. Her poems have appeared in many publications including SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE, THE SUN, LILITH, CIMARRON REVIEW and THE BARK.
She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and three Pushcart Prize Nominations. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists. Recently, Leslea has been a semi-finalist for the 2007 Pablo Neruda Poetry Competition and a finalist in the 2007 Sow Ear’s Poetry Review Contest. Currently, she is on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA Program at the
For more information, call the Northampton Arts Council at 413-587-1269.