The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, 145 Bolton Road, Harvard, will host author Barbara Paul-Emile to read new poems and selections from her published collection of poetry, “The Dance of Life: Poems for the Spirit,” at 3 p.m. May 17.She will be accompanied by her husband and flutist Serge Paul-Emile. Barbara is a professor of English at Bentley University.Her novel “Seer” won the Chelson Award.