EASTCONN Poetry Project
EastCONN adult education students will read and discuss a poem of mine “The Angel of Death Returns to New Haven.” I’ll give a lecture on the poem and answer any questions Continue Reading →
Why Do People Hate Poetry?
Even the poet Marianne Moore said, “I, too, dislike it.” Is it the way poetry’s taught? Is poetry too elitist or highfalutin? Is it just too much work? These and Continue Reading →
Connecticut in the Poems of Wallace Stevens
Noon Institute – Manchester Community College We know that Stevens walked to work through the streets of Hartford but there is a lot of Hartford—and Connecticut—in his poems, too. We’ll look Continue Reading →
MCC Noon Institute
A lecture on three Polish poets, two Nobel laureates and one who should have been.
The Charter Oak Readings
Join me on Sunday June 3, 3PM with Joan Hofmann at Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford. Reading starts with an Open Mike. Joan Hofmann is Professor Emerita at the University of Continue Reading →
NEW YORK CITY in the1950s
THE POETRY OF FRANK O’HARA In the 1950s, New York had usurped Paris as the art capital of the world. Painters such as Jackson Pollack, Willem DeKooning and Larry Rivers Continue Reading →
Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie!
February 11, 2:00 to 4:00 PM A Reading by John Surowiecki and Edwina Trentham Edwina Trentham will read from her poetry chapbook, Dinner Parties, a sonnet series illustrated by artist Nancy Continue Reading →
John’s twelfth poetry book
Martha Playing Wiffle Ball in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems John’s twelfth poetry book, Martha Playing Wiffle Ball in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems (2017) will be published Continue Reading →
Winner of Encircle Publications 2015 Chapbook Contest.
Missing Persons Winner of Encircle Publications 2015 Chapbook Contest. “John Surowiecki is one of our bravest and most humane poets. He is a master of of the elegy, and his Continue Reading →
2015 Nilsen Prize for a First Novel Winner
Pie Man (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel Winner) John’s first novel, Pie Man, published by Southeast Missouri State Press won the Nilson Prize for a First Novel. On his Continue Reading →