# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This free poetry reading at the MAC will have an Open Mic before the featured speakers. Space is limited at the Open Mic, signup will start at 645 pm. Refreshments will be served. Series is coordinated by Linda Carney-Goodrich.

Oliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA for 2023-2025. He is the author and editor of seven books: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, Requiem for the Orchard, Post Subject: A Fable, and The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. His newest work, The Diaspora Sonnets, is published by Liveright Press (2023), was the winner of the 2023 New England Book Award for Poetry, and was longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award. With Stacey Lynn Brown he co-edited A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. Oliver serves as the co-chair of the Kundiman advisory board. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He has received grants from the NEA, NYFA, the Artist’s Trust, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship, and has been awarded multiple Pushcart Prizes. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the Low-Residency MFA Program at PLU.

Iain Haley Pollock is the author of three poetry collections, Spit Back a Boy (University of Georgia Press, 2011), Ghost, Like a Place (Alice James Books, 2018), and All the Possible Bodies (Alice James Books, 2025).  Individual poems have appeared in a variety of publications, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The New York Times Magazine, and The Progressive. Pollock has received several honors for his work including the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Poetry, a Pushcart Prize, the Bim Ramke Prize for Poetry, and a nomination for an NAACP Image Award.  He serves as Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Manhattanville University in Purchase, NY.

Carey Salerno serves as the executive director & publisher of Alice James Books where she has been dedicated to broadening the spectrum of the American poetic voice since 2008. She is the author of The Hungriest Stars (2025), Tributary (2021), Shelter (2009), and a co-editor of Lit From Inside: 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books (2013). She is the recipient of a 2025 Pushcart Prize and a 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Arts Council. Salerno serves as co-chair for LitNet: The Literary Network and teaches publishing arts and poetry writing for the University of Maine. She is a frequent guest of writing programs, conferences, and festivals where she conducts editorial consultations and delivers talks on publishing arts, editing, poetry, manuscript compilation, and other topics. You may find her essays, poems–and articles and interviews regarding her literary and publishing work–in print and online, including in NPR, Poets & Writers, and American Poetry Review.

More info on MAC poetry readings at http://www.hpaa-mac.org/poetry-readings/.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hyde-park/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading-with-oliver-de-la-paz-iain-haley-pollock-carey-salerno/200029753158912
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 19

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Hyde Park
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Menino Arts Center
- **lat**: 42.25732
- **long**: -71.1213099
- **full address**: Menino Arts Center, 26 Central Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136-2946, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno being held?
  - **A:** 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno takes place on Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Menino Arts Center, 26 Central Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136-2946, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno?
  - **A:** 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno is organized by Menino Arts Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno is ideal for aspiring performers, spoken word artists, budding comedians, and audiences who love discovering raw, unpolished talent in an intimate and supportive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Hyde Park, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If 2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz, Iain Haley Pollock, Carey Salerno sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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