Cervena Barva Press Reading Series

Cervena Barva Press Reading Series
February 26th, 2022
Readers:
Margo Berdeshevsky, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard & Ellen Devlin

Margo Berdeshevsky, latest collection, "Before the Drought," is from Glass Lyre Press, (a finalist for the National Poetry Series.) Two collections are forthcoming called, " It is Still Beautiful to Hear the Heart Beat" (Salmon Poetry) and Kneel Said the Night" (Sundress Publications).
Her book "Beautiful Soon Enough" won the Ronald Sukenick Innovation Fiction Award. Other awards are the Robert H. Winner Award from The Poetry Society of America. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals including Poetry International, New Letters, Kenyon Review and Plume to name a few.

Marguerite Guzman Bouvard has taught poetry workshops at Regis College and the Radcliffe Institute. She was also a resident poet at the University of Maryland. Her book "Journeys Over Water" won the Quarterly Review of Literature Award. Her eighth book, "The Unpredictability of Light" won the 2010 MassBook Award for Poetry. One of her poems won a prize from Writing in a Woman's Voice, and two poems were featured in Blue Mesa Press. She has received grants for her poetry from Puffin and Danforth Foundation. Her new book, "Shades of Meaning" will be out in March, 2022.

Ellen Devlin is the author of "Rita." Her chapbook, "Heavenly bodies at the Met" is forthcoming. Both from Cervena Barva Press. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including PANK, The New Ohio Review, The Sow's Ear and others. In 2021, she was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in the UK for the poem, "The Christening."
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Červená Barva Press means “red color” in Czech and was founded in April, 2005. The press publishes poetry, fiction, and work in translation from writers all over the world. We have published over 200 chapbooks and books. Many of our authors have won prestigious awards. Červená Barva Press is one of the most active presses in the country. We offer: writing workshops, a reading series, Portrait of an Artist & Poet Series, Pastry with Poets (A teaching workshop), Poetry Roundtable, Translation Roundtable, and Read America Read.

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