WordHouse Reading Series
Wednesday September 23, 6PM
Nadia Sims and David Thacker
Reading starts with an Open Mike
Nadia Sims is the Poet Laureate for the Town of Manchester. Currently, the poet is focused on spreading her message of grace across CT, NY, and MA. The Princeton graduate is the proud author of “A Soft Place to Land", "We Know the Dark" and her newly released collection "Prophet, Interrupted".
David Thacker is the author of Some Hard Stars (2026, Signature Books), and his poems have appeared in Image, The Kenyon Review, Orion, Ploughshares and elsewhere. He is a recipient of the Creative Writing Award from the Western Literature Association and a Pushcart Prize Special Mention. He teaches at The Ethel Walker School, where he directs the Visiting Writer Seminar. Visit him at davidthackerwriter.com
Noah Webster House
227 South Main Street
West Hartford CT 06107
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For more info, contact:
Jim Finnegan
JforJames@aol.com
860.508.2810
WordHouse Schedule: FALL 2026
Upcoming readings...
SEPT 23:
David Thacker and Nadia Sims
OCT 14:
Colin Harrington and Bruce Cohen
NOV 18:
Margaret Gibson and Sandra Yannone
DEC 16:
Lee Derosiers and Jeanine DeRusha
All readings on Wednesdays
Starting Time: 6PM
All readings begin with an Open Mike.
Noah Webster House
227 South Main Street
West Hartford CT 06107
For more info, contact:
Jim Finnegan
jforjames@aol.com
860.508.2810
SEPT 23:
David Thacker and Nadia Sims
OCT 14:
Colin Harrington and Bruce Cohen
NOV 18:
Margaret Gibson and Sandra Yannone
DEC 16:
Lee Derosiers and Jeanine DeRusha
All readings on Wednesdays
Starting Time: 6PM
All readings begin with an Open Mike.
Noah Webster House
227 South Main Street
West Hartford CT 06107
For more info, contact:
Jim Finnegan
jforjames@aol.com
860.508.2810
WordHouse Reading Series History
-2026-
June 17: Shou Jie Eng and Karen Warinsky
May 20: Trace Peterson and Kate Rushin
April 15: Joseph Reynolds and Denise Abercrombie
March 18: Judith Liebmann and Jefferson Singer
Feb 18: Scott Frey and Angela Siew
-2025-
Dec 3: Margaret Lloyd and Benjamin Grossberg
Nov 5: Monica Ong and Virginia Shreve
Oct 15: Ciaran Berry and Srini Mandavilli
Sept. 17: Dennis Barone and Luisa Caycedo-Kimura
June 28: Sarah Wetzel
May 3: Ethan Rutherford and Danielle Chapman
April 5: Julia Paul and Henk Rossouw
March 8: Ginny Lowe Connors and brett a. maddux
Feb 1: Brickwalk Poets: Thirtieth Anniversary Reading
Current and former members of a poetry workshop
with a 30-year history.
-2024-
December 14: D. Walsh Gilbert and V. Penelope Pelizzon
November 9: Victoria Norland and Margaret Gibson with actress Heather Oakley
October 19: Marilyn E Johnston and John L Stanizzi
September 28: Pegi Deitz Shea and Richard Michelson
June 1: Eric Hoffman and Steven Ostrowski
April 6: Pate Hale and Patrick Pritchett
March 23: Daniel Lawless and Clare Rossini
Feb. 17: Martha Collins and Anna V. Q. Ross
-2023-
December 9: David Pontrelli and Terry Blackhawk
November 18: Dennis Barone and Amy Nawrocki
October 21: Haiku poets: Stanford M. Forrester/sekiro, Tom Sacramona and Denise Fontaine-Pincince
September 30: Brad Davis and Sally Van Doren
June 10: Debora Kuan and Charles O. Hartman
May 27: Christine Beck and Sharon Lattig
April 8: Steve Straight and Margot Schilpp
March 18: B. Fulton Jennes and Gian Lombardo
February 18: James Berger and Suzanne Frischkorn
-2022-
December 10: Krysia Jopek and Julie Choffel
November 19: Robert Cording and David Cappella
October 22: Short readings and presentations by contributors to the anthology Imagining Vesalius: An Ekphrastic, Scholarly and Literary Celebration of the 1543 De Humani Corporis Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius, edited by Richard Ratzan. Dennis Barone, Terry Donsen Feder, Rosalyn Driscoll, Jack Coulehan, Jim Finnegan, Noah Ratzan, and Richard Ratzan.
September 17: Present & past West Hartford Poets Laureate: Benjamin Grossberg, Maria Sassi, Ginny Lowe Connors, Dennis Barone, Christine Beck and James Finnegan
Previous series: The Charter Oak Readings
June 17: Shou Jie Eng and Karen Warinsky
May 20: Trace Peterson and Kate Rushin
April 15: Joseph Reynolds and Denise Abercrombie
March 18: Judith Liebmann and Jefferson Singer
Feb 18: Scott Frey and Angela Siew
-2025-
Dec 3: Margaret Lloyd and Benjamin Grossberg
Nov 5: Monica Ong and Virginia Shreve
Oct 15: Ciaran Berry and Srini Mandavilli
Sept. 17: Dennis Barone and Luisa Caycedo-Kimura
June 28: Sarah Wetzel
May 3: Ethan Rutherford and Danielle Chapman
April 5: Julia Paul and Henk Rossouw
March 8: Ginny Lowe Connors and brett a. maddux
Feb 1: Brickwalk Poets: Thirtieth Anniversary Reading
Current and former members of a poetry workshop
with a 30-year history.
-2024-
December 14: D. Walsh Gilbert and V. Penelope Pelizzon
November 9: Victoria Norland and Margaret Gibson with actress Heather Oakley
October 19: Marilyn E Johnston and John L Stanizzi
September 28: Pegi Deitz Shea and Richard Michelson
June 1: Eric Hoffman and Steven Ostrowski
April 6: Pate Hale and Patrick Pritchett
March 23: Daniel Lawless and Clare Rossini
Feb. 17: Martha Collins and Anna V. Q. Ross
-2023-
December 9: David Pontrelli and Terry Blackhawk
November 18: Dennis Barone and Amy Nawrocki
October 21: Haiku poets: Stanford M. Forrester/sekiro, Tom Sacramona and Denise Fontaine-Pincince
September 30: Brad Davis and Sally Van Doren
June 10: Debora Kuan and Charles O. Hartman
May 27: Christine Beck and Sharon Lattig
April 8: Steve Straight and Margot Schilpp
March 18: B. Fulton Jennes and Gian Lombardo
February 18: James Berger and Suzanne Frischkorn
-2022-
December 10: Krysia Jopek and Julie Choffel
November 19: Robert Cording and David Cappella
October 22: Short readings and presentations by contributors to the anthology Imagining Vesalius: An Ekphrastic, Scholarly and Literary Celebration of the 1543 De Humani Corporis Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius, edited by Richard Ratzan. Dennis Barone, Terry Donsen Feder, Rosalyn Driscoll, Jack Coulehan, Jim Finnegan, Noah Ratzan, and Richard Ratzan.
September 17: Present & past West Hartford Poets Laureate: Benjamin Grossberg, Maria Sassi, Ginny Lowe Connors, Dennis Barone, Christine Beck and James Finnegan
Previous series: The Charter Oak Readings
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