Monday, September 12, 2016

Amherst Poetry Festival September 15 - 17

News from the Jones Library ...


The Jones Library is so pleased to be a part of the Amherst Poetry Festival!  Produced by the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst Business Improvement District, Jones Library, and The Common, the Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon and the fourth annual Amherst Poetry Festival is a celebration of the poetic legacy of Emily Dickinson, the exceptional poetry community of western Massachusetts, and poets from around the world who will gather to share their work in the very place where Dickinson penned her immortal words.  

The Library will be providing a children's activity and some stories during the festival next Saturday, so look for us there!