NEXT EVENTS

New York City - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 7:00 pm
Bryant Park Word for Word Poetry Series: Canadian Poets Present Poetry
Molly Peacock, series of editor of The Best Canadian Poetry in English, introduces poets from the 2009 volume. Poets include A.F. Moritz (volume editor), Ken Babstock, Matthew Tierney, and others.
Bryant Park (West 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Aves.- behind the New York Public Library) - rain venue: The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 20 West 44th St. (between 5th and 6th Aves.)
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New York City - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 1:00 pm
Poetry at Historic St. Paul's Chapel: Molly Peacock & A.F. Moritz read their work with poets from the Best Canadian Poetry 2009 anthology
St. Paul's Chapel, Manhattan's oldest building in continuous public use, located on Broadway at Fulton Street
subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, A, or C lines to Broadway-Nassau St.; E line to Chambers St.; or 6 line to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
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THE SECOND BLUSH

The Second Blush, Molly's sixth volume of poems, was published in the U.S.by W.W. Norton & Company in hardcover in June 2008 and in paperback in December 2009.

It is available in the U.S. from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Powell's, and local bookstores.

The Second Blush was published in Canada in March 2009 by McClelland and Stewart Ltd.

It is available in Canada from McClelland and Stewart, Amazon.ca, chapters.indigo.ca, and local bookstores.

Check out these pages about The Second Blush on McClelland and Stewart's Web site: Book Information, Author Spotlight, Author Interview, Reader's Guide.

It is available in the U.K. from Amazon.co.uk, Waterstone's, and local bookstores.

THE PAPER GARDEN

Molly Peacock's new book about the remarkable 18th-century botanical collage artist Mrs. Delany, The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72, is coming soon.

The Paper Garden will be published in Canada by McClelland and Stewart in October 2010.

The Paper Garden will be published in Australia by Scribe Publications in October 2o10.

The Paper Garden will be published in the US by Bloomsbury USA in April 2011.

From Molly essay about Mrs. Delany, "Passion Flowers in Winter" (which appeared in The Best American Essays 2007):

". . . a life's work is always largely unfinished, and it requires creativity till the day a person dies."

The second volume of the annual series The Best Canadian Poetry in English was published by Tightrope Books in Toronto in the fall of 2009. Molly is the General Editor of the series. She blogged about the 2008 volume from January 25 to 31, 2009 on The Best American Poetry Website.

TEACHING

Molly Peacock is a faculty member in Spalding University's Brief-Residency MFA in Writing program. For more information, see the program's Web site or its Facebook fan page.

NEWS AND EVENTS

Please go the News & Events page for dates and times of Molly Peacock's readings, poetry circles on radio, lectures, and workshops. Go to the Contact page for information about her private editorial conferences.

Read Molly's poem "The Cup" along with her discussion of the poem on the "In Their Own Words" page of the Poetry Society of America's Web site.

CONTACT MOLLY by email