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Poetry Reading: Dara-Lyn Shrager and Rachel Marie Patterson

Verse and Voice: A Festival of Poetry

Dara-Lyn Shrager reads from "Little Knives," her new collection of poems. Rachel Marie Patterson, co-founder with Dara-Lyn of the online journal "Radar Poetry," will also read. Book signing to follow.

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About the Poets: 

Dara-Lyn Shrager lives in Princeton, New Jersey and is the co-founder and editor of Radar Poetry. Her latest collection, "Little Knives," debuted in March of 2026 from Kelsay Books. She is also the author of "Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee" (Barrow Street Books, 2018) and a chapbook, "The Boy From Egypt" (Finishing Line, 2009). Dara-Lyn holds an MFA from Bennington College and a BA from Smith College. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in many journals, including The Iowa Review, The Los Angeles Review, Crab Creek Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Greensboro Review, Nashville Review, Passages North, Salamander, Thrush, and Yemassee. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net and also appears in the anthology Braving the Body (Harbor Editions, 2024). Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Philadelphia Magazine.

Rachel Marie Patterson lives in Pennington, NJ, and is the co-founder and editor of Radar Poetry. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. "Tall Grass With Violence," Rachel’s debut full-length collection, was released in 2022 by FutureCycle Press. Her chapbook, "If I Am Burning," was published by MSR in 2011. Rachel’s poems appear or will soon appear in many journals, including Cimarron Review, Harpur Palate, The Journal, Parcel, Redivider, Smartish Pace, SWWIM, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. She won an Academy of American Poets Prize in 2012. In 2019, her poem “Connemara” was selected as a Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize. Her poetry has also been nominated for Best of the Net and Best New Poets and was a finalist for the Rita Dove Award from the Center for Women Writers.

For more poetry programming, see the digital brochure for "Verse and Voice: A Festival of Poetry" taking place from April 18-May 4 at the library. 

Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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