"Listening to poets read their work in the barn, you can almost feel Frost’s presence..."
2026 Hyla Brook Reading Series
Join a community of poets and poetry lovers who gather in the intimate setting of Robert Frost's barn to hear nationally-acclaimed poets read their work. Except for August, readings begin Thursdays at 6:30pm, include a reading by a Hyla Brook poet before the featured reader and are followed by an open mic. All readings are free and open to the public. For easy reminders, click the icons at bottom of the page and follow us on social media.
Anna Lena Phillips Bell — Thursday, May 14, 6:30pm
Anna Lena Phillips Bell is the author of Might Could, winner of the Anthony Hecht Prize, Ornament, winner of the Vassar Miller Prize, and the chapbook Smaller Songs, from St Brigid Press. New poems appear in Sewanee Review, Orion, Literary Hub, and Poetry London. Bell teaches at UNC Wilmington, and is the editor of Ecotone.
Meg Kearney — Thursday, June 11, 6:30pm
Meg Kearney’s ninth book, Cardiac Thrill, was published in fall 2025; her previous collection, All Morning the Crows, won the 2020 Washington Prize and spent six months on SPD’s poetry bestseller list. Meg is founding director of the Solstice MFA Program at Lasell University in Massachusetts. Visit https://megkearney.com. (Photo credit: Gabriel Parker)
Claudia Gary — Thursday, July 9, 6:30
Claudia Gary’s new poetry collection, Time and Other Solvents, is a story of healing. She teaches Sonnet, Villanelle, Persona Poem, Meter, etc., at The Writer’s Center and privately, via teleconference. She’s also an advisor at New Verse Review, as well as a health/science writer, visual artist, and composer. Visit pw.org/content/claudia_gary.
James Matthew Wilson — Thursday, Sept. 10, 6:30pm
James Matthew Wilson is the Cullen Foundation Chair in English Literature and the founding director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas. The author of sixteen books, his most recent collection of poems is Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds (Word on Fire, 2024).
