Marge Piercy reading at Berkshire Museum Aug. 15, 2008

The Amy Clampitt Poetry Series presents A Reading with Marge Piercy Friday, August 15 at the Berkshire Museum on South St. in Pittsfield, MA.

Marge Piercy is the author of 17 novels including Gone to Soldiers and the classic Woman on the Edge of Time, 17 volumes of poetry, and the memoir Sleeping with Cats.

Reading from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Reception and book signing 6:35 to 7:30 p.m. $10 adults ($5 members), $5 students.

The Amy Clampitt Poetry Series is underwritten by the Amy Clampitt Fund. Established in 2001 by the poet’s late husband, Harold Korn, to benefit poetry and the literary arts, the Fund also sponsors six-month residencies for poets and writers at Clampitt’s former home in Stockbridge. The fund is an endowment of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. For more information about Amy Clampitt and the Amy Clampitt Fund, please visit www.amyclampitt.org.