Guilford Poets Guild: A Poetry Reading with Sharon Olson at the Guilford Free Library

Poet Sharon Olson will be featured at Guilford Poets Guild’s March program. Olson is a retired librarian, a graduate of Stanford, with an MLS from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon. Her book, The Long Night of Flying, was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2006. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Off the Coast, String Poet, Arroyo Literary Review, The Curator, and others. Two of her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

While living in Guilford, Connecticut, Olson helped direct the publication of the Guilford Poets Guild’s Tenth Anniversary Anthology. She currently lives in Lawrenceville, New Jersey where she is a member of the U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative, and since 2015 has been part of the Cool Women Poets critique and performance group.

There will be an open mic from 6:30 to 7 pm before the reading. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Guilford Free Library and the Guilford Poets Guild.

Free and open to all. Please register.