Poetry Reading & Tea with Ann Wallace & Elizabeth Sylvia: ArtWeek SouthCoast event
Poets Ann E. Wallace and Elizabeth Sylvia will read from their new collections from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on May 16. Admission is free. Coffee, tea, and sweets will be available.
Their work draws on home, gardens, and the natural world, with motifs of fortitude, grief, and renewal. The reading offers a mix of reflection and calm moments formed by nature.
Sylvia is the author of “None But Witches: Poems on Shakespeare’s Women,” which won the 3 Mile Harbor Press Book Award. Her recent chapbook, “My Little Book of Domestic Anxieties,” was released in 2025, with a new collection expected in 2026. She has received fellowships from the New York Public Library, the West Chester University Poetry Center, and the Longleaf Writers Conference.
Wallace is the poet laureate emeritus of Jersey City and a Marion native. Her work reflects more than 30 years of writing through illness. Her books include Days of Grace and Silence and Counting by Sevens, with Keeping Room expected in 2026. Her essays have appeared in national outlets, including Huffington Post and USA Today.
