Poet Laureate Tonight: How To Find 'We'

Arlington MA

04 February, 2021

10:17 AM

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Your Arlington Last Updated: 03 February 2021 Written by Amy McElroy Join the Friends of the Robbins Library for an evening with Arlington's poet laureate at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3. Steven Ratiner will read poems and offer a conversation about "Finding 'We': How Poems Help Us Explore the 'I,' the 'Other' and the Communal." "We, the people" is a foundational American idea -- that a fiercely independent people can, at the very same time, embrace their commonality. The very concept of we is an essential human experience as well, and one that seems endangered during these socially and politically fraught times. Ratiner's reading and conversation is about how he has discovered a deepened sense of both his individual voice and its connection to our vast interconnectedness through writing and reading poems. He'll speak about his Red Letter Project, which has partnered with a range of community organizations to send out a new poem each week to a community of readers. It began in Arlington but now extends across the country. This virtual program is free and open to the public, but registration on Eventbrite is required. To join, click here >> YourArlington.com has provided news and opinion about Arlington, Mass., since 2006. Publisher Bob Sprague is a former editor at The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Arlington Advocate. Read more at https://www.yourarlington.com/about.