News, Events & Community
Making poetry accessible to a wide audience has always been a part of The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center’s mission. In addition to special initiatives and facilitating poetry-related collaborations on campus, we regularly offer blocks of reserve seats at our readings to local schools and community groups. We donate a book by each visiting poet to the Northampton High School library, and we offer Smith students assistance with their annual poetry slam. We have collaborated on programming with The Emily Dickinson Museum, Northampton Arts Council, Sustainable Step New England and others.
Poetry Center Events
Current Season Poets
On the Radar
Blackout Poetry
This year, as a campus, we’ll be making new works of poetry and art using the collected poems and plays of T.S. Eliot. The Blackout Poetry Project, now in its fourth year, re-envisions the words and ideas of iconic works.
Support our Local Bookstore!
Most books written, translated or edited by our series readers can be found online at Northampton’s Broadside Books.
Interview With Director Matt Donovan
If it’s been a while since you’ve come by The Poetry Center to see what we’ve been up to, here is a fantastic interview with our director Matt Donovan in the Smith Alumnae Quarterly.
Recordings
Poetry Resources
Poetry in the Community
