Help The Collected Poets Series celebrate National Poetry Month on Thursday, April 15th, at 7:00PM with poets Adrian Blevins and James Haug.

Adrian’s latest book is Live from the Homesick Jamboree (Wesleyan Press University, 2009). The Brass Girl Brouhaha (Ausable Press, 2003) won the 2004 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Blevins is also the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Foundation Award. James’ newest book Legend of the Recent Past was published last year by the National Poetry Review Press. His previous collections are Walking Liberty, winner of the Morse Poetry Prize (Northeastern University Press, 1999) and The Stolen Car (University of Massachusetts Press, 1989).

The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent. The series is usually held every first Thursday of the month.

(Please contact cps@collectedpoets.com for more information).