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!
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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.
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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, and ends at 8 pm.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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 yet, but I anticipate it will be sometime in early 2023.)
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Video: NEPC New Poetry 1/9/22
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Here’s the video of the reading last Sunday, featuring (in order of appearance) me, Dorothy Derifield, Moira Linehan, and ten spirited open-mic readers. Enjoy! -
NEPC Reading
On Sunday, January 9, 2022, beginning at 3 pm, I’ll be doing a Zoom-reading with Dorothy Derifield and Moira Linehan as part of the New England Poetry Club’s New Poetry & Open Mic feature. I’ll be the first of the three featured readers, and will read for approximately 15 minutes. For more info, visit the New England Poetry Club at nepoetry.org or on Facebook.
Thomas DeFreitas 