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Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, May 18, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence May 2023 featured poets:
Eleni Sikelianos, Gillian Conoley, and Dara Weir...
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Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Thursday, October 17, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence October 2024 featured poets:
Stephanie Choi, Saba Keramati, and Samyak Shertok...
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Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Thursday, May 15, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence May 2025 featured poets:
Joy Ladin, Niina Pollari, and Joan Larkin...
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Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Wednesday, June 18, 6pm ET

Phosphorescence June 2025 featured poets:
Barbara Mossberg, Rachelle Toarmino, and Bridget Lowe...
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Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Thursday, July 17, 6pm ET

Phosphorescence July 2025 featured poets:
Lesley Wheeler and Nadia Alexis...
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Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Thursday, August 21, 6pm ET

Phosphorescence August 2025 featured poets:
Cathy Linh Che, Monica Ong, and Lee Ann Roripaugh...
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Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Thursday, September 18, 6pm ET

Phosphorescence September 2025 featured poets:
Livia Meneghin, Meg Day, and Rajiv Mohabir...

Color – Caste – Denomination –
Wednesday, May 3, 7pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Discussion of the Dickinson family’s settler colonial roots, industry in Amherst, the town’s changing demographics, musical influences on the poet, and more...

Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, October 19, 6pm ET

VIRUTAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence October 2023 featured poets:
Allison Adair, Krysten Hill, and DeMisty Bellinger...
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2023 Tell It Slant Poetry Festival Call for Workshop Proposals

Now accepting proposals for the 11th annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, held September 25 – October 1, 2023! Submissions Due: Thursday, May 11th at 11:59PM, EST...
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Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, June 22, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence June 2023 featured poets:
Ocean Vuong, Joseph Fritsch, and Yanyi...
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Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, July 20, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence July 2023 featured poets:
Rebecca Pelky, Lisbeth White, and Carolina Hotchandani...
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Spring Garden Days 2024
Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - Join a group of fellow volunteers to aid in the cultivation and growth of the historic Dickinson family landscape...

Spring Garden Days 2025
Friday, May 30 & Saturday, May 31

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - Join a group of volunteers to aid in the cultivation and growth of the historic Dickinson family landscape...
Marta Macdowell and a volunteer work in Dickinson's garden

Garden Days 2023
Friday, June 2 & Saturday, June 3

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - Join a group of fellow volunteers to aid in the cultivation and growth of the historic Dickinson family landscape...