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1st Episode of Bread and Poetry Podcast!
Check out the first episode of the Bread and Poetry Podcast hosted by poet laureate Diannely Antigua with her guest Jonathan Riley. Johnathan Riley is from the coast of Maine. When he’s not performing his duties as an ordained minister, and local bartender, he is...
The Bread and Poetry Podcast with Diannely Antigua!
We are so excited for Diannely's first project to get started with her Bread and Poetry Podcast! Diannely will be interviewing poets and bread makers and folks of all kinds in her mission to bring poetry (and bread) to everyone. Listen to the trailer on Simplecast or...
Kathy and Larry Interview Diannely on WSCA
Kathy and Larry on WSCA's show Seacoast Currents interview Diannely Antigua. Listen here! link to source on WSCA
Diannely Antigua named 13th Portsmouth Poet Laureate
Diannely Antigua named 13th Portsmouth poet laureate, vows to 'uplift marginalized voices' Jane Murphy Portsmouth Herald PORTSMOUTH — Diannely Antigua is the 13th poet laureate of Portsmouth. She is the youngest and the first person of color chosen to be the city's...
A Bridge to Japan: A Poetry Broadside Contest
A Bridge to Japan: A Poetry Broadside Contest Presented by the Portsmouth (NH) Poet Laureate Program We are pleased to offer a digital poetry broadside contest. Final judging will be performed by poet and translator Patrick Donnelly. Winning entries will be awarded...
Peace at the Beach
Put the board on top. Hit the tar. Ten minutes later, get out of the car. It’s a sunny day. It is what a surfer craves. I’m at peace with myself, I’m at peace with the waves. I paddle out to the sea. It’s a beautiful day for the board peace and me. -- Judah...
7th Annual Youth Hoot on January 9th, 2020!
It's the 7th Annual Youth Hoot! Students from local schools will join us as our January Featured Readers. If you’ve attended our Youth Hoot previously, you have seen and heard outstanding young poets. We hope that you will join us in celebrating the young voices of...
December Hoot: Carand Burnet and Jim Rioux at the Roundabout Diner & Lounge (December 4th)
Join us at the Roundabout Diner & Lounge for December’s Hoot, featuring poets Carand Burnet and Jim Rioux! (Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 7pm-9pm) Jim Rioux‘s work has been published in such journals as Prairie Schooner, The North American Review, Five Points, and The Café...
November Hoot: UNH MFA Poets Casey Lynn Roland and Anna Ohara at Portsmouth Public Library (Wednesday, Nov. 6th)
Join us in the Levenson Room at Portsmouth Public Library for November's Hoot, featuring UNH MFA Poets Casey Lynn Roland and Anna Ohara! (Wednesday, Nov. 6th, 7pm-9pm) Casey Lynn Roland is a second year graduate student at the University of New Hampshire, pursuing an...
CANCELED- October Hoot: Andrew Merton and Jim Rioux
This event has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, we are hoping to reschedule so please check back!-PPLP Andrew Merton has been a reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald Traveler and the Boston Globe. His nonfiction has appeared in publications...
