Boston area members - please note that Rhina Espaillat with be the Featured Reader at the Powow River Poets November 28 reading in Newburyport, MA. The reading starts at 7:30 PM at the Newburyport Art Association Gallery at 65 Water Street in Newburyport,
www.newburyportart.org and is followed by an Open Mike. Powow member Nancy Bailey Miller will be reading with Rhina.
Born in the Dominican Republic, raised in New York City, and a long-time resident of Newburyport, Powow founder Rhina Espaillat writes in both English and her native Spanish, and translates. Her honors include the Eliot Prize, the Wilbur Award, the Nemerov Prize, and others from the Poetry Society of America, the New England Poetry Club and the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Culture.
Nancy Bailey Miller has published three poetry books. Her work has appeared in many journals including
Rattapallax, Mediphors, Blue Unicorn and
Four Corners, as well as the anthology
Our Mothers Our Selves.