Thank you to everyone who submitted a poem to Queens Library’s Summer Poetry Contest! We welcomed hundreds of poets from all over New York State to submit an original poem reflecting the 2016 Summer Reading theme of “Get in the Game.” Thanks as well to our panel of judges—…
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Thank you to our patrons for sending us their poems in honor of National Poetry Month—and now it’s our pleasure to share them with you!And be sure to join us at the Library for our poetry-related events for the rest of April and beyond!       One Year Agoby Agnes WongI see the…
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This past June, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz swore in Astoria resident and Queens native Maria Lisella as the new Queens Poet Laureate. Maria will be joining us at Central Library on Sunday, October 11 at 2:00 p.m. for our Open Mic for Poets.Maria Lisella is the sixth…
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Angela Bowie, the Empress of London’s Glam Rock scene in the 1970s, is a writer, rocker, poet, animal-welfare advocate, fashion icon and LGBTQ activist. She was formerly married to rock legend David Bowie and recounts their colorful and volatile life together in her memoir,…
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A “proudly born-and-raised Queens writer, poet, curator, and arts crusader,” Audrey Dimola reflectsthe boundless energy and diversity that is at the heart of her home borough. Audrey organized the first-ever Queens Literary Town Hall at the Queens Council on the Arts; has…
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