Join us for a night of poetry, stories, and literary magic under the fairy lights on the lawn of the Florence Civic Center in downtown Florence MA! Hosted by PVWW Founder Joy Baglio, and featuring a lineup of local authors, poets, storytellers, PVWW writing instructors, and special guests! The readings will be followed by an opportunity to meet the authors, mingle, and socialize with other creatives, readers, and writers under the stars.

Live before the readings begin, by David Carroll of Daring Coyotes.

Featured Readers / Bios

ALLEGRA HYDE is the author of the speculative story collection THE LAST CATASTROPHE, an Editors’ Choice selection for The New York Times and a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award. Her debut novel ELEUTHERIA was named a "Best Book of 2022" by The New Yorker, shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize, and featured on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Her first story collection, OF THIS…