August 20, 2020
6:30 PM EST

Event Description:

Poetry reading with Maggie Bloomfield, author of the poetry books Trains of Thought (Local Gems Press) and Sleepless Nights (Finishing Line Press).

WWBA is delighted to present a reading with poet and Emmy-winning lyricist for Sesame Street Maggie Bloomfield. She is reading from her new poetry collection “Sleepless Nights” and some more recent poems during the quarantine.

Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/iYxJ1FdQmW0

Maggie Bloomfield is a published, award-winning writer, Emmy-winning lyricist for Sesame Street, and graduate/MFA Program at Stony Brook, Southampton (SBSH). Her book of poetry, Trains of Thought, was published by Local Gems Press, and a new collection, Sleepless Nights, will be out in May, 2020, published by Finishing Line Press. Maggie and Susan Dingle performed their one-act play, BREAK OUT! AS PART OF THE 2017 LI FRINGE FESTIVAL and Maggie’s one-act,The Dispatchment Society was part of NYC’s New Works Emerging Artists Festival in 2019.