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Strange Hymn and Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster
Strange Hymn and Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster

Poetry Reading In The Art Gallery- Carlene Kucharczyk and Tim Mayo

Free
Carlene Kucharczyk’s debut poetry collection, Strange Hymn, won the 2024 Juniper Prize for Poetry, and the 2025 VT Book Award for poetry. She is the recipient of a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Kucharczyk works at Dartmouth. Tim May’s third full-length collection, Muscles Memories of Love and Disaster, was published in March, 2026. A ten-time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a two- time finalist for the Paumanok Award, Mayo is also the recipient of three Vermont Writers Week Fellowships. The event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.

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