2022 Tea & Poetry

Join us for The Writers Circle’s annual National Poetry Month celebration!

Tea & Poetry

Sunday, April 3, 2:00-4:00 PM

at Calvary Episcopal Church, 31 Woodland Ave, Summit, NJ

Spend a delightful afternoon with featured poets 

J.C. Todd and Jared Harél

J. C. Todd’s recent books are Beyond Repair, an Able Muse Press Book Award honoree, and The Damages of Morning (Moonstone Press), an Eric Hoffer finalist. Honors include the Rita Dove Poetry Prize, Poetry Society of America finalist, and fellowships from the Pew Center, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Leeway Foundation, and residency programs. Her poems have appeared widely, in such journals as Beloit Poetry Journal, Mezzo Cammin, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner. She teaches with the Rosemont Writers Studio.

Jared Harél, is the author of the poetry collection, Go Because I Love You (Diode Editions, 2018) and the narrative long-poem, The Body Double (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2012). He’s been awarded the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from American Poetry Review, the William Matthews Poetry Prize from Asheville Poetry Review, and two Individual Artist Grants from Queen Council on the Arts. His writing has recently appeared in such journals as Arts & Letters, Harvard Review, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, The Sun and The Threepenny Review. He lives with his wife and two children in Queens, NY.

An open mic will follow the reading.

The event is free and open to the public.

Advanced reservations is required.

Please review TWC's COVID Safety Protocols and complete our COVID-19 Release.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED TO ATTEND.

Proof of vaccination is required.