Past Events

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - An engaging poetry walk through Amherst, the town she called “paradise”...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - The second in a three-part series exploring the collection of the Emily Dickinson Museum...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - The first in a three-part series exploring the collection of the Emily Dickinson Museum...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence May 2023 featured poets:
Richard Michelson, Ivy Schweitzer, and Al Salehi...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence June 2024 featured poets:
Benjamin Grossberg and Julien Strong...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence July 2024 featured poets:
Rosa Lane and Patrick Donnelly...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence August 2024 featured poets:
Omotara James, Willie Lee Kinard III, and Joshua Jennifer Espinoza...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence September 2024 featured poets:
Jane Huffman, Molly Akin, and Diane Seuss...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence May 2023 featured poets:
Eleni Sikelianos, Gillian Conoley, and Dara Weir...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence October 2024 featured poets:
Stephanie Choi, Saba Keramati, and Samyak Shertok...

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...

VIRUTAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence October 2023 featured poets:
Allison Adair, Krysten Hill, and DeMisty Bellinger...

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...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence June 2023 featured poets:
Ocean Vuong, Joseph Fritsch, and Yanyi...

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence July 2023 featured poets:
Rebecca Pelky, Lisbeth White, and Carolina Hotchandani...