Thomas DeFreitas

Poet

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  • Swift River Ballad: accepted!

    Last Saturday brought word from Kelsay Books that the manuscript of my third collection, Swift River Ballad, containing twenty-three poems, has been accepted for publication toward the end of this calendar year. I am supremely grateful for Kelsay Books and their continued hospitality to my work!

    Thomas DeFreitas

    March 9, 2023
    Uncategorized
    chapbook, Kelsay Books, poetry, publication, Swift River Ballad
  • Lyrical Somerville, thanks!

    Thanks to Doug Holder, editor of the “Lyrical Somerville” feature in The Somerville Times (Massachusetts), for publishing my poem “Dreaming of Somerville” on February 22!

    Thomas DeFreitas

    March 1, 2023
    Uncategorized
  • Assembling a chapbook

    Hello, all. I haven’t posted here in a while. Not much news! But I am putting together poems for a third, chapbook-sized, collection. And I’m really enjoying the process of editing, selecting, refining, and revising. Also: the title! Which I’ll keep close to the vest for now.

    Thomas DeFreitas

    February 21, 2023
    Uncategorized
    chapbook, poems, poetry, process, publication
  • IAWA Reading, 11/19

    I’m happy to report that I’ll be one of the two featured readers, along with Joy Baglio, at the next reading of the Italian-American Writers Association (Boston) at I Am Books, 124 Salem Street, North End (Boston), on Saturday, November 19th. The reading begins at 6 pm with open mic, followed by the two features,…

    Thomas DeFreitas

    November 12, 2022
    Uncategorized
    I Am Books, Reading
  • Longfellow, Tell Me

    Well, the new book has been launched! Released late last month, it is available through Kelsay Books (the publisher) and through Amazon.

    Thomas DeFreitas

    November 6, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Thanks, Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY!

    Thanks to editor Christine Klocek-Lim for accepting my sonnet “She, Barkeep, to Him, Barfly” for today’s edition of Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY!

    Thomas DeFreitas

    August 4, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, publication, sonnet
  • Poem in Lyrical Somerville

    Sincerest thanks to Doug Holder, editor of Lyrical Somerville, for choosing my poem “Working Girls” for the latest installment of the Lyrical, which appears each week in The Somerville (MA) Times!

    Thomas DeFreitas

    July 14, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Lyrical Somerville, publication, Somerville Times, Working Girls
  • Manuscript submitted!

    As of July 4, the edited manuscript for Longfellow, Tell Me has been submitted to Kelsay Books, along with blurbs and photographs; so, the ball is rolling! The process from this point until publication date generally takes at least two months. So stay tuned!

    Thomas DeFreitas

    July 13, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Kelsay Books, Longfellow Tell Me, poetry, publication
  • Longfellow, Tell Me

    On Friday last, I learned that Kelsay Books has accepted my second collection for publication! The book is called LONGFELLOW, TELL ME, and contains 41 poems, some quite old and some of recent provenance. Yay! I am so grateful to Kelsay Books for their continued hospitality to my work. (No publication date has been given…

    Thomas DeFreitas

    March 15, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Kelsay Books, Longfellow Tell Me, poetry, publication
  • Video: NEPC New Poetry 1/9/22

    (Click title of post to get to the video!)

    Thomas DeFreitas

    January 15, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Dorothy Derifield, Moira Linehan, New England Poetry Club, Open mic, YouTube
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