The First & last Word Poetry Series / Readers: Denise Bergman, Martha Collins and Charles Hartman

The First & Last Word Poetry Series
January 21st, 2025
Readers: Denise Bergman, Martha Collins and Charles O. Hartman
Bios:
Denise Bergman’s poetry books: "The Shape of the Keyhole" is about a woman falsely accused and hanged for murder in 1650. "Three Hands None" unravels assault’s aftermath. "A Woman in Pieces Crossed a Sea" dismantles the Statue of Liberty. "The Telling" unfolds a refugee’s lifelong secret and guilt. "Seeing Annie Sullivan" exposes the early life of Helen Keller’s teacher.
(www.denisebergman.com)
Martha Collins’s eleventh book of poetry is "Casualty Reports" (Pittsburgh, 2022); her tenth, "Because What Else Could I Do" (Pittsburgh, 2019), won the William Carlos Williams Award. Her fifth volume of translated Vietnamese poetry is "Dreaming the Mountain" by Tuệ Sỹ (Milkweed, 2023, with Nguyen Ba Chung). Her website is marthacollinspoet.com
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Charles O. Hartman has published eight collections of poetry, including
"Downfall of the Straight Line" (Arrowsmith, 2024); also books on jazz and
song, computer poetry, Free Verse, and Verse: An Introduction to Prosody.
He is Poet in Residence Emeritus at Connecticut College.
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