Name: America 250: A Celebration of US Poets Laureate
Start: 2025-12-20T11:00:32-05:00
Location: Oliver Wolcott Library

Oliver Wolcott Library

America 250
A Celebration of US Poets Laureate
Readings and Discussions in person and on Zoom
at the Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, Connecticut
December 20, 2025
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Facilitators:
Sandy Lee Carlson
Margaret Hunt 
Jim Kelleher
Pat Mottola 
Laureates:
Ada Limón
Louise Glück
Gwendolyn Brooks

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America 250: A Celebration of US Poets Laureate

America 250
A Celebration of US Poets Laureate
Readings and Discussions in person and on Zoom
at the Oliver Wolcott Library
160...

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Local poets and scholars will lead discussions of past US Poets Laureate Ada Limon, Louise Gluck, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
The Oliver Wolcott Library will host a conversation about the poetry of past US Poets Laureate Ada Limon, Louise, Gluck, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Participants can get copies of the poems from the library or from the library website. The event will also be available on Zoom. Woodbury poet laureate emerita Sandy Lee Carlson, educators Margaret Hunt and Jim Kelleher, and Cheshire poet laureate Pat Mottola will facilitate the conversation.

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