The First and Last Word Poetry Series

From the website:

Joshua Coben's first book, Maker of Shadows (Texas Review Press, 2010), won the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, Pleiades, Poet Lore, and other journals. A St. Louis native, he lived in France for two years before moving to Boston. He teaches elementary school and now lives in Dedham with his wife and three children.

Ron Slate's first book of poems, The Incentive of the Maggot (2005), was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle prize, and was followed by The Great Wave (2009). He spent thirty years working in business, and was vice president of global communications for EMC Corporation. He reviews books at a blog called "On the Seawall" and is writing a novel titled Out of Pocket.

Kim Triedman won the 2008 Main Street Rag Chapbook Competition for her first collection "bathe in it or sleep" and has also won and placed in numerous other poetry and fiction competitions. She was recently nominated for Best New Poets 2009 and Best of the Web 2010. This past year she edited Poets for Haiti: An Anthology of Poetry and Art (Yileen Press), which benefits Partners in Health. She is a graduate of Brown University.

Joshua Coben will be reading from his book "Maker of Shadows," Ron Slate will be reading from his books "The Great Wave" and "The Incentive of the Maggot," and Kim Triedman will read from "bathe in it or sleep." Each poet has been published in numerous magazines worldwide.

Tickets: $4 at the door.