Please join poet/author and Foxboro, MA resident Sara Letourneau for an evening that celebrates National Poetry Month! Sara will read a selection of poems from her debut collection, Wild Gardens, and offer a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into creating a poetry book.

Writing a poetry collection is much different than writing a novel or nonfiction book. As Sara reads from Wild Gardens, she’ll share insights from her process of structuring the book. She’ll also talk about the “web” of themes that makes up this collection—the natural world, mental health, art and creativity, travel, relationships, spirituality—and why they matter to her, as well as how all of these themes are more closely connected to one another than we may think.

If you’re a fan of the poetry of Mary Oliver, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and US Poet Laureate Ada Limón, then you’ll enjoy Sara’s poetry and this one-of-a-kind event that combines a poetry reading with an author talk.

Author's Bio:

Sara Letourneau’s debut poetry collection, Wild Gardens, is out now from Kelsay Books. She’s also a book editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services; the cofounder and cohost of the Pour Me a Poem open mic in Mansfield, Massachusetts; and the co-editor of the Pour Me a Poem poetry anthology. Her poetry has won the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and the Blue Institute’s 2020 Words on Water contest. Her new and upcoming work can be found in Amethyst Review, The Arts Fuse, Gyroscope Review, Nixes Mate Review, Remington Review, Rituals, and Silver Birch Press, among others. Sara lives in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Copies of Wild Gardens will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Visit Sara Letourneau at https://heartofthestoryeditorial.com/wild-gardens/, 

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/heartofthestoryeditorial), 

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sara_heartofthestory/), 

and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-letourneau/).

Registration is encouraged, but not required.