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IAWA-BOSTON Presents:
Jennifer Militello and George Guida
and open mic
Saturday, May 16, 2026, at I Am Books
124 Salem Street, Boston, MA
6-8 PM EST; Open Mic begins at 6; admission is free
Jennifer Militello is the Poet Laureate of New Hampshire. She is the author of the hybrid collection Identifying the Pathogen (Tupelo Press, 2026), named a finalist for the FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize, the memoir Knock Wood, winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize, and five collections of poetry, including, most recently, The Pact (Tupelo Press/Shearsman Books, 2021). Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, American Poetry Review, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, and Poetry. She teaches in the MFA program at New England College.
George Guida is the author of thirteen books, including the novels The Uniform (Guernica Editions, 2024) and Posts from Suburbia (Encircle Publications, 2022); and The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times (Bordighera Press, 2012), as well as the poetry collections The Fulfillment Center (Foothills Publishing, 2026), Zen of Pop (Long Sky Media, 2020), New York and Other Lovers (Encircle Publications, 2020), and Pugilistic (WordTech Editions, 2015). His long poem Bloom and the Blitz won the 2025 Bright Hill Press Chapbook Award. He curates the Finger Lakes Arts Series in Dansville, New York, and teaches writing and literature at New York City College of Technology.