Dear Dears,

Next Saturday, October 17, I will be reading at Poe in Lowell’s “Dream within a Dream” Saturday Soiree. It’s an event featuring poetry, music, performances, and a raffle! Doors open at 6:30 PM and it starts at 7 PM at the Dragonfly Cafe. I’m up first and would love to have friends in the audience! Here are some of the details again:

October 17, 2026
Dragonfly Cafe
165 Thorndike Street #1001
Lowell, MA 01852
7PM — 9PM

Advance tickets are sold out so it’s $25 at the door. This event is only one of several great events that will happen over the course of the weekend. Check all of them out here!

Thanks to Meg Smith for inviting me. We read together in April as part of the Maynard Book Festival:

ALSO THIS WEEK

If you live in Maynard, Poetry Appreciation time is this Thursday, Oct. 15 featuring our local poet Anne Sexton. Sign up is not required, but helpful! See you at 7 PM.

LASTLY

I am still moving slowly. Everything feels 10x harder to do. This world is ON FIRE. Yet I have to remember what Garrett Bucks said: “The opposite of the apocalypse is a neighborhood.” I feel so grateful for the support of friends, like being silly at pep band and getting coffee (and gourds) delivered. I’m blown away by the smarts and the kindness around me. I am quiet in the cracks and the moments of light are sustaining. Please keep creating and laughing and making soup.

With love,
Becca