About me
David Surette, the featured poet, is the author of five collections: Wicked Hard, The Immaculate Conception Mothers’ Club, Young Gentlemen’s School, Easy to Keep, Hard to Keep In and Stable which was named an Honor Book at the 2005 Massachusetts Book Awards. His poems have been published in literary journals and appear in the anthologies French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets, Cadence of Hooves: A Celebration of Horses, and 3 Nations Anthology: Native, Canadian & New England Writers.
Surette will be reading from his new book, Malden, selected and new poems about growing in his Malden, Massachusetts neighborhood of the 60’s and 70’s. It was a world of family, school, church, park, and rink, full of friends, nuns, loves, bullies, and teammates. The book was published by Moon Pie Press.
He has been an instructor at the Cape Cod Writers’ Conference, a keynote speaker at New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf, and a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writing Conference. He has featured at poetry venues across New England such as the Boston Poetry Slam, Tapestry of Voices, and The Poetry Hoot. He teaches and coaches varsity hockey at East Bridgewater Junior High School. He lives on Cape Cod.
