The Poet Laureate of Manchester, CT, Nadia Sims, will lead off the fall series this month. Sims has been writing for most of her life and began performing in 2020 at open mics. Her work is largely a message of grace and self-forgiveness. A graduate of Princeton, Sims is the author of A Soft Place to Land, We Know the Dark, and Apostle Interrupted. She was appointed as a poet laureate in 2024. Reading with her will be the emerging poet Joseph Adomavicia from Waterbury. He has written five collections of poetry and an educational journal: A Step Into My Heart: Blackout Poetry Edition, Love Unbound: Blackout Poetry Edition, Sakura, The Foothold, Cerulean Wings: The Published Works, and Write to Me, Poetically. He owns Cerulean Wings LLC, an editing and book creation company.
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