Poets perform at Partners

Poets perform at Partners! - Thursday, November 1

By Jon Alden

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November 1, 2007

Partners Village Store hosted a reading on Thursday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at its new location at 865 Main Road, continuing a series of readings that began in August at the Macomber Community Center. Left: Bob Barboza, event leader, signed a copy of “Visions in Verse” for John Landry, Poet Laureate, who appeared as a guest reader.

This past April, New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang named John P. Landry as the city’s official Poet Laureate. New Bedford-born Landry, who is well known in the region as a poet and teacher at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and Bristol Community College, has many years of writing experience and enthusiasm for poetry. The Poet Laureate’s official duties for the city are to compose and read poetry at various venues and special events within New Bedford.

The book features original works by the 13 regular members of the poetry workshop, and is available for sale at local stores including Lees Market and Partners' Village Store. Partners Village Store continues to take a leadership role in promoting and supporting Westport’s large artisan community through imaginative public events.

The 76-page book's publication was made possible through a grant from the Westport Cultural Council, which covered the costs of the anthology with funds from the Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust.

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