North Stage
Saturday, Sept. 7th at 12pm

Joan Larkin’s newest book is Old Stranger, her sixth collection of poems, published by Alice James Books in August 2024. Previous titles include Blue Hanuman and My Body: New and Selected Poems, winner of the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde award. A lifelong teacher and poet, Joan co-founded Out & Out Books during the 1970s surge in feminist publishing and co-edited the groundbreaking anthologies Amazon Poetry and Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time. Her honors include Lambda and NEA awards and the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America.