Poor Yorick Reading Series: Refrain
2021-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! This event is a glorious refrain of last month’s tribute to National Poetry Month as we welcome more featured readers from our special issue, “The Poet’s Mask”.
Contact Brianna Paris (paris013@wcsu.edu) for a Microsoft Teams invitation.
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: The Poet's Mask
2021-04-29 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! For this event, we’re featuring a sneak preview of our upcoming special issue in honor of National Poetry Month, “The Poet’s Mask.” Several of our contributors will present their work on the theme of masks and masking.
Contact Brianna Paris (paris013@wcsu.edu) for a Microsoft Teams invitation.
“The Poet’s Mask” will be published on Friday, April 30 on pooryorickjournal2.tempurl.host.
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: Self-Care
2021-03-25 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! Cozy up with your favorite beverage and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Stick around for an open discussion between readers and writers.
This event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. Contact the Poor Yorick team for an invitation email.
This month’s theme is all about the importance of celebrating and preserving who we are. Mercury-Marvin Sunderland will join us as a featured reader.
Mercury-Marvin Sunderland (he/him) is a transgender autistic gay man from Seattle with Borderline Personality Disorder. He currently attends the Evergreen State College and works for Headline Poetry & Press. He’s been published by University of Amsterdam’s Writer’s Block, UC Riverside’s Santa Ana River Review, UC Santa Barbara’s Spectrum, and The New School’s The Inquisitive Eater. His lifelong dream is to become the most banned author in human history.
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: “Family Matters”
2021-02-25 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! Cozy up with your favorite beverage and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Stick around for an open discussion between readers and writers.
This month’s theme is about family—the people who get us through bad times and celebrate the good times with us.
FAMILY: the people closest to us, by blood or bond
MATTERS: things we care about and why we care
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!
Contact the Poor Yorick team for a Microsoft Teams invitation.

Poor Yorick Reading Series: “Clean Slate”
2021-01-28 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! Cozy up with your favorite beverage and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Stick around for an open discussion between readers and writers.
This month’s theme is something we all need: a fresh start and a blank page.
CLEAN: free from dirt, contamination, or disease
SLATE: an old tablet, a written record, or a dark color
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: “Year End”
2020-12-17 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! Cozy up with your favorite beverage and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Stick around for an open discussion between readers and writers.
This event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. Contact the Poor Yorick team for an invitation.

This month’s theme is the feeling you get when you release the breath you’ve been holding for nine months. Relief, elation, closure, and the anticipation of what comes next.
YEAR: a length of time, specifically 525,600 minutes
END: a conclusion, finale, or stop
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: Bal Masque
2020-10-29 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic, fireside chat, and masquerade ball! Don your most debonair mask and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Stick around for an open discussion between readers and writers.
This month’s theme is a celebration of mischief and mystery, in the name of good, clean fun. Featuring special presentations from contributors to our “Hallows Eve Horror” special publication, to be released on Halloween.
This event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. Contact the Poor Yorick team for an invitation.
BALL (BAL): a fun sphere or a good time
MASK (MASQUE): a face covering to hide one’s identity, for protection or intrigue
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: "Free Fall"
2020-09-24 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with a virtual open mic and fireside chat! Cozy up with your favorite beverage and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Stick around for an open discussion between readers and writers.
This event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. Contact the organizer for an invitation.
This month’s theme invites you to let go and embrace whatever lies ahead (including, but not limited to, pumpkin spice).
FREE: uncontrolled, unattached, or unburdened
FALL: what comes after pride or before winter
This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!

Poor Yorick Reading Series: "Soap Box"
2020-08-27 19:00 - 21:00
We’re continuing our monthly reading series with another virtual open mic! Cozy up with your favorite beverage and share your poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. This month’s theme is a ready platform for our ideas and truths, whether we choose to stand on it our think outside of it.

SOAP: a cleansing agent or saucy melodrama

BOX: a container used to protect objects or limit thinking
We will be hosting the event virtually on Microsoft Teams. Contact the event organizer for an invitation.

This event is brought to you by the editorial team at Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovered Objects, which is the online literary publication of Western Connecticut State University’s M.F.A. Program. The journal publishes poems, stories, essays, photo essays, and other innovative works about rediscovery, the lost and the found – what we bury, and what we dig up. The editor will be on hand at the open mic to talk submissions, too; if this sounds like your kind of publication, contact us!
