Event
Riverwood Poetry Series
Riverwood Poetry Series will host Mark Doty and Nadia Sims on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 PM, in The Avery Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum, 29 Atheneum Square North, Hartford, Connecticut.
Mark Doty has published ten books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He is the author of six books of nonfiction prose, most recently What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life. His work has been honored by the National Book Critics Circle Award, the T.S.Eliot Prize in the U.K., the Stonewall Book Award, the Witter Bynner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Whiting Writers Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Ingram-Merrill Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has taught creative writing programs at Rutgers, Stanford, Princeton, Iowa, Columbia, and New York University. He lives in the Hudson River Valley.
Nadia Sims is the Poet Laureate for the Town of Manchester, Connecticut. Currently, Sims is focused on spreading her message of grace across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Her three books, A Soft Place to Land, We Know the Dark, and Apostle, Interrupted, are available to buy on Amazon.
Instructions for the location of this event:
Enter through the side entrance of the museum. An elevator is available to the theater.
You can pay for parking in the Front Street South Garage at 62 Front Street. Free street parking is available after 6 PM. There will not be an open mic during this event.
The authors’ books will be available to buy for book signing and conversation. Beer, wine, and soft drinks will be available for purchase at the cash bar.
Bring a friend! Admission to the readings is free.
About Riverwood Poetry Series
The Riverwood Poetry Series, Inc., is a non-profit arts organization committed to promoting and appreciating poetry in Connecticut. RPS, Inc. is invested in providing entertaining and thought-provoking programming while responding to the needs of our neighbors through community outreach and collaboration. From their Facebook page: “The Riverwood Poetry Series has innovated many programs since our inception, all free to the public. We provide entertaining and thought-provoking poetry in a relaxed atmosphere.”
