City Voices: Finding Your Voice Poetry Workshop Series

City Voices: Finding Your Voice is a welcoming poetry workshop led by award-winning poet and Emmanuel College professor Dr. Monique-Adelle Callahan D. Participants will read selected poems, respond to writing prompts, and consider how poetry can help them feel, imagine, and perceive the world in new ways.

The series explores themes including home and the city, family and friendship, nature and the environment, love and relationships, and spirituality and faith. It is designed for everyone from beginners to experienced poets and will conclude with a poetry reading at Emmanuel College. Dr. Callahan’s scholarly and creative work focuses on poetic language, freedom, place, history, identity, and the experiences of pregnant enslaved women in the Americas.

When: Monday, November 23, 2026

Showtimes: 1:00pm–2:00pm

Tickets: Free

Instructor: Dr. Monique-Adelle Callahan D., award-winning poet and Emmanuel College professor

Themes: Home and the City; Family and Friendship; Nature and the Environment; Love and Relationships; and Spirituality and Faith

Audience: Open to poets of all experience levels, from beginners to seasoned writers

Series Note: The workshop series ends with a final poetry reading at Emmanuel College.

Venue: Chinatown Branch of the Boston Public Library, 2 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Accessibility: Disability accommodations and language services are available upon request. Requests should be made through the listed contact at least two weeks before the event.

Contact: callahanm@emmanuel.edu or 617-807-8176

Venue Hours: The Chinatown location is listed as open from 12:00pm–8:00pm on the event date.