Four Jamaica Pond Poets to Read on Shared Themes

It’s not every day that four poets from the same neighborhood and the same poetry workshop get their first full-length collections of work published within two years of each other. That’s what Jamaica Plain residents who are long-time members of Jamaica Pond Poets—Audrey Henderson, Jennifer Markell, Sandra Storey and Gary Whited—recently did. The poets are taking an unusual approach to an upcoming book event at Trident Booksellers and Café in Back Bay, too. Rather than read from their books one at a time, they will take turns reading poems based on selected themes on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. In keeping with the theme of “food,” audience members are invited to join the poets for dinner in the café beforehand at 5:30, if they want. Trident is near Prudential and Hynes Auditorium stops on the T and Back Bay Station.

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