1-4pm, Cloud Croft Studios, Owego NY. Sponsored by the Tioga Arts Council.

Participants in this workshop will be treated to poems born in times of struggle and carry clarity, light, and the doggedness of hope. We’ll explore the poetry of political upheaval and war, as well as familial and personal grief; in doing so, we’ll rediscover the techniques good listeners and writers have used for centuries in order to create poems that help us persevere. Prompts generated by the work at hand will get us writing, and poets will leave with drafts to carry onward through the dark.

To register: https://www.tiogaartscouncil.org/how-to-sing-in-the-dark

Hosted by Abby E. Murray, the city of Auburn WA will celebrate National Poetry Month by releasing a chapbook of poems from its current and former poets laureate, including Dick Brugger, Marjorie Rommel, Susan Landgraf, James Rogers, and Mateo Acuña. The evening includes a reading and panel discussion. For more information, click here.

Abby E. Murray will be reading with Subhaga Crystal Bacon, whose book Transitory was recently a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry. Books, including Hail and Farewell, will be available for purchase.

This series blends one featured reader’s work with an open mic at the Kitsap Regional Library on Bainbridge Island. Abby will read new work as well as poems from the Washington State Book Award finalist manuscript, Hail and Farewell. Books available for sale at the event!

Poetry nights are returning to Auburn! The City of Auburn is hosting a poetry reading series on the first Wednesday of each month at Auburn's new Postmark Center for the Arts on Auburn Avenue. March 6 will feature Abby E. Murray as well as the regularly scheduled open mic writers.

This generative poetry workshop is open only to residents of Kings Manor assisted living facility.

Abby E. Murray is a featured reader for MER, in a collaborative reading with SWWIM, NELLE, & Whale Road Review. (Catch Abby reading briefly with Perugia Press, too, on the same night, just two blocks away!)

Abby E. Murray will read with Perugia Press poets in collaboration with CavanKerry Books, Flower Song, and Acre Books. Perugia’s time slot starts at 6:55PM sharp, so don’t be late!

Featured readers from recent issues of New Ohio Review will read at Big Rip Brewery on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 8 @ 6pm.

This generative poetry workshop is open only to residents of Kings Manor assisted living facility.

Abby will offer a poetry workshop to residents at Kings Manor. December’s theme is peace.

Abby will offer a poetry workshop to residents at Kings Manor. November’s theme is— by request— end stops and enjambment.

Abby will offer a poetry workshop to residents at Kings Manor. October’s theme is día de los muertos and remembrance.

“The Knife and the Needle: Poetry That Wounds, Poetry That Heals” is part of So Say We All’s veterans masterclass series. Join us for a two hour discussion and workshop regarding poetry’s reputation as healing. For more information: sosayweall.com

Note: this workshop is virtual and times listed here are on Eastern Time.

Abby E. Murray joins Sonia Greenfield, Kendra DeColo, Diamond Forde, and Rachel McKibbens for a reading. 12:10-1:25PM Pacific / Seattle Convention Center / Rooms 435-436, Summit Building

Abby E. Murray joins Rebecca Evans, Jacqlyn Cope, Jan LaPerle, and Mariette Kalinowski for a panel discussion on the impact of military life on women. 3:20PM Pacific / Seattle Convention Center / Room 327, Summit Building

Abby E. Murray joins Tim Green for Rattle’s weekly podcast: a reading slash interview slash open mic. For more info, click here.