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Dear Family & Friends,

 

Besides this reading, please see below for my other features and literary events.

 

Tuesday, April 14, 2026, from 6:30 p. m. to 8 p. m.

we are celebrating my book The Box of Torrone

Reading, book sale, and book signing

at Soldato Books & Records

second-floor terrace of the Williams Center

1 Williams Plaza (15 Sylvan Street)

Rutherford, New Jersey 07070

 https://www.soldatobooks.com/

 

Here is the announcement flyer and my interview with Mia Guzzo of Soldato Books & Records about my literary career and the Box of Torrone:

 

https://www.soldatobooks.com/coming-events

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on my new book The Box of Torrone (Portland, Ore. : Unsolicited Press, 2026) see: https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/theboxoftorrone

 

 

 

 

Love & Peace,

 

JOHN

 

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Coming Soon

 

 

Please remember to mark your calendars for more poetry features and events by John J. Trause in 2026:

 

Tuesday, April 14, 2026, from 6:30 p. m. to 8 p. m. celebrating my book The Box of Torrone at Soldato Books & Records, second-floor terrace of the Williams Center, 1 Williams Plaza (15 Sylvan Street), Rutherford, New Jersey 07070.  https://www.soldatobooks.com/ 

 

Saturday, April 18, 2026, participating in Jazz/Poetry/Film Festival at the Long Branch Public Library, Main Branch, 328 Broadway, Long Branch, New Jersey 07740.  (732) 222-3900.  https://longbranchlib.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=299742.  Details to be announced.

 

Sunday, April 25, 2026: participating in Revolutionary Literary Event, Fieldsboro and Bordentown, New Jersey, featuring readings from Philip Freneau, Annis Stockton, Jonathan Odell, and Francis Hopkinson; a live performance of Hopkinson’s music. Readings of original poetry including John J. Trause.  Details to be announced.

 

Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 9:00 a. m. as co-feature and co-host at the Poetry Café at the Montclair Literary Festival, Montclair, New Jersey https://succeed2gether.org/montclair-literary-festival/.  Details to be announced.

 

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 7 p. m. featuring in the Grantwood Reading Series for the Cliffside Park Arts Association, Cliffside Park, New Jersey 07010.  https://www.cliffsideparkarts.org/.  Details to be announced.

 

Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m., moderating and participating in the activities in the Poetry Tent at the Passaic County Book Festival, Weasel Brook Park, 745 Park Drive, Clifton, New Jersey 07012.  https://www.palsplus.org/

 

Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 7 p. m., co-host and participant in James Joyce Tribute for Bloomsday at River Edge Public Library, 685 Elm Avenue, River Edge, New Jersey 07661.  https://oradellpubliclibrary.org/

 

Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 2 p. m. in the High Mountain Meadow Reading at Wayne Public Library, Main Library, 461 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470.  (973) 694-4272.  https://waynepubliclibrary.org/

 

Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 7:00 p. m. featuring for the Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) at John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York,  New York 10036.  (212) 642-2094.    https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/jdc/