Gabrielle Calvocoressi poetry reading

The Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a poetry reading by Gabrielle Calvocoressi on Thursday, March 19th at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street. The event is free and open to the public and will by a community potluck dinner. 

Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s new collection of poetry, The New Economy, was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. Other collections include The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing, and Rocket Fantastic, which is the winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. They serve on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets and live in Old East Durham, NC, where joy, compassion, and social justice are at the center of their personal and poetic practice.