The Good Purpose Gallery at 40 Main Street in Lee, Mass., hosts ‘Writers Read’ on Friday, December 27, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Kateri Kosek, whose poetry and prose have appeared in numerous publications, writes environmentally-conscious, place-oriented poetry and personal essays. Michael Schiavo, author of ‘The Mad Song,’ has appeared in the Yale Review, Verse Daily and ‘Poems of Devotion: An Anthology of Recent Poets.’ He is founding editor of The Equalizer, an occasional poetry journal and Gondola, a print magazine. Writers Read asks a suggested donation of $3 per person. There will be no readings in January. For information, email David Giannini at [email protected]