Celebrate National Poetry Month with a poetry reading by local poets John Maloney and Margaret (Peggy) Howe Freydberg at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m.

Mr. Maloney, a Martha’s Vineyard stonemason for 30 years, has published poems in Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Ploughshares, The New York Times Op-Ed Page, Rolling Stone, Boston Book Review and Agni Magazine (online), among many others including The Book of Irish-American Poetry: Eighteenth-Century to the Present and We Came to Play: Writings on Basketball. His two books are Proposal and Town of Chilmark.

Ms. Freydberg is the author of two volumes of poetry: Wanting (New and Collected Poems) and Evening on the Pond: Poems, a non-fiction memoir, six novels and many other poems and articles. Born in Rochester, N.Y., Ms Freydberg has lived in Cambridge, New York city, Paris and, for the past 40 years, Martha’s Vineyard.

Refreshments will be served. This Friends of the Chilmark Public Library event is free, and everyone is welcome.