Jeri Theriault Submitted photo by Will Wohler
Award-winning poet Jeri Theriault along with poet Kevin Sweeney will appear as part of the ongoing “Bookey Readings” poetry series at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at The Bailey Public Library in Winthrop.
Theriault grew up in Waterville and graduated from Colby College, and earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her poems and reviews have appeared in publications such as The Rumpus, The Texas Review, The Atlanta Review, Asheville Poetry Review, and Plume. Theriault was recently awarded the 2023 Maine Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the 2023 Monson Arts Fellowship and the 2022 NORward Poetry Prize. She lives in South Portland.
Sweeney is a Pittsburgh native who spent his early childhood years on Peaks Island. He has published poems in a variety of journals and is a six-time Pushcart Prize nominee. He has three books published from Moon Pie Press. He has taught at Southern Maine Community College since 1983, where he is department chair of English. He also serves an assistant poetry editor at the Café Review.
The Bookey Readings poetry series was started by Ted Bookey at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell over 25-years ago. Bookey was well known for his poetry workshops through UMA’s Senior College. Local poets Claire Hersom and Jay Franzel took over organizing the series in 2015 and the series moved to the Bailey Library in Winthrop in 2022.
The Bailey Library is located at 39 Bowdoin St., Winthrop. For more information contact the library at 377-8673 or visit baileylibrary.org.
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