NOTE: Find updated information on this page. This page was published prior to 2023.
Since the pandemic started, most poetry readings have moved online. The listings below are primarily centered around Boston. If you’d like me to list your regularly recurring series, feel free to use my contact form.
Brookline Poetry Series: Third Sundays, 2pm, September through May on Zoom
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Email organizer Aimée Sands for notices and Zoom links
Dire Literary Series: Fridays at 7pm on Zoom.
Join the Facebook group
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Read info on organizer Tim Gager’s website
Rozzie Reads: Generally third Thursdays at 7pm on Zoom.
Put on by the Friends of the Roslindale Library. Includes an open mic.
Join the Facebook group
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Email organizer Holly Guran to get notices and Zoom links
Lily Poetry Salon: Dates vary, but usually Friday or Sunday evenings at 7pm.
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Poetry at the Y: First Fridays of the month at 7pm. Includes an open mic.
Email host Richard Waring for Zoom info and notices of future readings.
New England Poetry Club: Three separate reading series. Dates vary.
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Find them on Facebook
Peruse their Events page
Become a member to receive their newsletter
Stone Soup Poetry: Wednesday evenings at 7pm on Zoom.
It’s unclear how often this reading series happens. It’s at least once a month and appears to always be on Wednesday evenings.
Visit the website for Zoom info
Email organizer Chad Parenteau to get on the mailing list
Everyone Has a Voice: Through the Brockton Public Library.
This is not a real-time reading but a compilation of videos sent in by participants that is then published on YouTube.
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Email organizer Philip Hasouris to get on the mailing list
U35 Reading Series: Every other month, for poets under 35
Organized by Mass Poetry
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For up-to-the-minute information about readings in Boston and environs, I also recommend the Mass Poetry Events Calendar.
Image credit: Color illustration of the Dire Literary Series, featuring poet Enzo Silon Surin, courtesy of Peter Urkowitz.
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