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Write Mindfulness Workshop with Ellen Bass
Write Mindfulness Workshop with Ellen Bass Write Mindfulness Workshop with Ellen Bass sponsored by InStill Mindfulness.
Prairie Lights presents Jennifer L. Knox and Ada Limón
Prairie Lights 15 South Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, United StatesPrairie Lights presents Jennifer L. Knox and Ada Limón From the organizer: Please join us for a reading and conversation with Ada Limón to celebrate the release of her new book of poems The Hurting Kind. Limón will be joined in conversation with Jennifer L. Knox. Register here: https://www.prairielights.com/live/ada-lim%C3%B3n-conversation-jennifer-l-knox
Dana Levin Book Launch Reading with Logos Collective
Dana Levin Book Launch Reading with Logos Collective Dana joins Sumita Chakraborty for a liturgically-inflected reading with a goal of evoking transcendence through poetry, ritual, and conversation. More info here: http://www.danalevinpoet.com/events
Scrag Mountain Music presents The Poetry of David Budbill Set to Music
Scrag Mountain Music and The Literary Estate of David Budbill presents The Poetry of David Budbill Set to Music. More information about this multi-day event can be found here: http://www.scragmountainmusic.org/sutras.html From the organizers: Scrag Mountain Music and The Literary Estate of David Budbill presents "Sutras for a Suffering World: The Poetry of David Budbill Set […]
Unsolicited Press presents Launching JOY with Francis Daulerio, in Conversation with Kelli Russell Agodon
Unsolicited Press presents Launching JOY with Francis Daulerio, in Conversation with Kelli Russell Agodon From the organizers: "Unsolicited Press is inviting you to a reading and conversation with Francis Daulerio and Kelli Russell Agodon. This virtual event is to celebrate the launch of JOY by Francis Daulerio. Joy is the new full-length collection of poetry by Francis […]
Soul Bone Lit Fest presents Poetry Reading with Jennifer L. Knox & Nynke Passi
Soul Bone Lit Fest presents Poetry Reading with Jennifer L. Knox & Nynke Passi From the organizers: "We kick off the festival with a poetry reading featuring Jennifer L. Knox and Nynke Passi, MIU's MFA in Creative Writing program director. About this event Jennifer L. Knox is the author of Crushing It (Copper Canyon, 2020), […]
Soul Bone Lit Fest presents Two Sylvias Press with Press Co-Founder Kelli Russell Agodon
Soul Bone Lit Fest presents Two Sylvias Press with Press Co-Founder Kelli Russell Agodon. From the organizers: "Kelli Russell Agodon, co-founder of Two Sylvias (one of our favorite presses), will be your host in this session. About Two Sylvias: 'Created with the belief that great writing is good for the world, Two Sylvias Press mixes […]
New Dominion Bookshop presents Selected Books of the Beloved with Gregory Orr
New Dominion Bookshop presents Selected Books of the Beloved with Gregory Orr From the organizers: Join us as we celebrate the release of Gregory Orr’s new poetry collection, Selected Books of the Beloved. This in-person event will be free and open to the public. We recommend arriving early for the best seating. More information will appear here: https://ndbookshop.com/events/gregory-orr-selected-books-of-the-beloved/
The Merwin Conservancy presents Arthur Sze & Carol Moldaw in The Green Room
The Merwin Conservancy presents Arthur Sze & Carol Moldaw in The Green Room From the organizers: "After a hiatus of more than two years, The Merwin Conservancyʻs beloved arts and ecology series The Green Room returned to in-person gatherings on Maui with two very special guests, our poets-in-residence Carol Moldaw and Arthur Sze. These two extraordinary poets have […]
Soul Bone Lit Fest presents Featured Reading with Ellen Bass & Mark Spragg
Soul Bone Lit Fest presents Featured Reading with Ellen Bass & Mark Spragg From the organizers: "Tonight our long-time mentor and frequent guest Mark Spragg is returning together with a close friend of his, Ellen Bass, a poet we deeply admire. We are so happy to have the two of them read together from their […]
Poets Corner presents Black Coffee: A Conversation with Ellen Bass
Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM ET From the organizers: "In conversation with The Poets Corner founder Meg Weston, Ellen Bass will talk about the craft of poetry, her creative process, influences, and recurring themes that appear in her poems and intrigue her in the poems of others. She'll read from […]
Dana Levin, Alberto Ríos and Ishion Hutchinson for an Evening of Poetry at Georgia Tech
Join Dana Levin, Alberto Ríos, and Ishion Hutchinson for the 21st Annual Bourne Poetry Reading on October 20th, 2022 at 7 PM ET. From the organizers: As always, this reading is FREE and open to the public. and will take place virtually via Zoom. To attend the reading on 20 October 2022, follow the instructions below. The reading […]
Santa Monica College presents Literary Talks & Readings with Paisley Rekdal
Santa Monica College presents Literary Talks & Readings, October 25 11:15 - 12:30 PM PT, with Paisley Rekdal From the organizers: "Welcome to SMC! Have you wanted to listen to intriguing stories? Meet and talk with fascinating, creative artists? Enjoy poetry and richness of language? It has been a regular feature of life at SMC—every […]
Publishing in Transit: Copper Canyon Press Featuring Michael Wiegers, Ryo Yamaguchi, and Christopher Soto
Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers and Publicist Ryo Yamaguchi will join Cole Swensen for a virtual discussion which will be followed by a reading from Christopher Soto. This discussion is a part of The Brooklyn Rail's Publishing in Transit series From the Organizers: Copper Canyon Press Executive Editor Michael Wiegers and Publicist Ryo Yamaguchi […]
Christopher Soto with André Naffis-Sahely and Jenny Xie at Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival
Christopher Soto will read from his latest collection, Diaries of a Terrorist, and discuss poetry's relationship to politics and the environment with Jenny Xie and André Naffis-Sahely. Virtual event on Wednesday, November 2nd at 11 AM PT From the Organizers: Join these three exciting poets as they discuss their latest collections, from André Naffis-Sahely's reflections on […]
Graywolf Press and Copper Canyon Press present Chelsea Harlan, Nicholas Goodly, and Courtney Faye Taylor
Graywolf Press and Copper Canyon Press present Chelsea Harlan, Nicholas Goodly, and Courtney Faye Taylor Wednesday, November 2 at 5:15 Pacific Daylight Time You’re Invited to a virtual Poetry Reading and Book Discussion with rising, debut authors: Chelsea Harlan, Courtney Faye Taylor, and Nicholas Goodly Featuring The first ever collaboration event between two of the […]
Randall Mann and Cate Marvin at Bennington College
Tishman Lecture Hall Bennington College Rd System, North Bennington, VTRandall Mann and Cate Marvin will read poems at Bennington College on Wednesday November 2 at 7 PM ET. This reading will also be accessible via Zoom. From the organizers: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Randall Mann is a queer, multiracial poet, critic, and medical writer. He is the author of five books of poems, most recently Proprietary (Persea, […]
Living Room Craft Talks presents The Fifth Series with Chris Abani and Ellen Bass
Living Room Craft Talks presents The Fifth Series with Chris Abani and Ellen Bass From the Organizers: "The Modern Elegy. Guest Poet: Chris Abani No one wants to write an elegy. –Kevin Young The elegy is a poem of necessity. It may have been the first poetic speech, originating when our hunter-gatherer ancestors refused […]
Carolyn Forché, Ocean Vuong, and Marilyn Chin at the 21st Annual Bourne Poetry Reading
Join Ocean Vuong, Carolyn Forche, and Marilyn Chin for an evening of poetry from Georgia Tech at 7 PM ET on November 10th. From the Organizers: The reading is FREE and open to the public, and will take place virtually via Zoom. Livestream links and other information are on tabs below. For more information, contact […]
An EVening of Poetry with Leila Chatti (Deluge) and Mónica Gomery (Might Kindred)
A Virtual Reading with Leila Chatti and Mónica Gomery will read with Brookline Brooksmith, an independent bookstore in New England. The event will be held on Zoom and the authors' books will be available for purchase. Leila Chatti, a Tunisian-American dual citizen, has lived in the United States, Tunisia, and Southern France. She is the […]
Brian Teare’s The Empty Form Goes All the Way To Heaven with Victoria Chang
Victoria Chang will discuss The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven (Nightboat Books) with poet Brian Teare for a book launch on Zoom. In the book, Teare engages with the work and writings of American painter Agnes Martin. From the organizers: We hope you will join us on Zoom on 11/30 at […]
Comet of Stillness: Taught By Victoria Chang and Matthew Zapruder
Victoria Chang and Matthew Zapruder will be teaching a class called Comet of Stillness: A five-week short course on the Poetry of W.S. Merwin. The course will meet on Sundays from January 22 – February 19, 2023. Early Bird Tuition (before January 12, 2023): $270. Standard Tuition (After January 12, 2023): $300. Financial Aid is […]
Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry with Naomi Shihab Nye, Steve Spencer, and Joseph Bednarik
Online event celebrating the 20th anniversary of Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry by Ted Kooser and Jim Harrison Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fAKJbjneRvuW9WjB6-UrSQ
Craft Class and Reading with Dana Levin
From the organizers: "Join us for a Virtual Craft Class & Reading with Dana Levin. Craft Class will run from 11:00AM-1:00PM EST, followed by a reading from 1:05 PM-1:20 PM. Serious Play: This April Fool's Day workshop will focus on play—the heart of any strong writing practice. We'll start with Keats' notion of negative capability, […]
Paisley Rekdal Interviews Dean Rader
From the organizers: "On Thursday April 20th, join HCN editor Paisley Rekdal for a livestream discussion with poet Dean Rader about his new book Before the Borderless: Dialogues with the Art of Cy Twombly from 11:00-12:00pm PDT. To join the livestream, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz9iGMczPac
An Afternoon with Dean Rader, Timothy Donnelly, and Shanta Lee Gander
Hudson Valley Writers Center 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United StatesFrom the organizers: "Join us in person or via Zoom as we welcome Dean Rader, Timothy Donnelly, and Shanta Lee Gander. They will read from their latest works and engage in a lively Q&A. This event will take place on May 21 from 4:00 – 6:30pm EST at the Hudson Valley Writers Center and live […]
Close Readings in a Virtual Space with Christopher Soto
onlineFrom the organizers: "This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features Christopher Soto, one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of "tercer poema de amor / Third Poem of Love" by Roque Dalton. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore […]
Hudson Valley Writer’s Center presents: An Afternoon to Celebrate New Poetry with Randall Mann and others
Hudson Valley Writer's Center presents: An Afternoon to celebrate new poetry collections with Randall Mann, Glenis Redmond, Enzo Silon Surin, and Dustin Brookshire, & Courtney LeBlanc (via Zoom) From the organizers: Join Jennifer Franklin, Program Director & Sophia Bannister, Programming Assistant & Social Media Director, as we welcome Randall Mann, Glenis Redmond, Enzo Silon Surrin, and Courtney […]
The Community of Writers Presents A Short Course: C.D. Wright — An American Original
From the organizers: "The Community of Writers is honored to present a five-week intensive series on the life and work of poet C.D. Wright taught by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest Gander and Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Brenda Hillman. Gander and Hillman will guide participants through an overview of Wright’s extraordinary writing. The course will be […]
I Love NY presents Book launch for Dream Apartment with Lisa Olstein featuring Diane Seuss
I Love NY presents Book launch for Dream Apartment with Lisa Olstein featuring Diane Seuss on September 13 at 7 PM ET From the organizers: Please join Jennifer Franklin & Diane Seuss as they help Lisa Olstein launch her fifth poetry collection, Dream Apartment (September, 2023, Copper Canyon). NB: This reading will be on Zoom. […]
Folger Shakespeare Library Presents Jorie Graham for The O. B. Hardison Season Opening Reading
Folger Shakespeare Library Presents Jorie Graham for The O. B. Hardison Season Opening Reading on Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time From the organizers: "Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Jorie Graham opens the season reading from her new work. Congressman Jamie Raskin moderates the post-reading conversation. Please note that this event will be presented via virtual […]
An Evening of Poetry with Alison C. Rollins
Presented by Copper Canyon Press on Wednesday October 4th 5:15pm Pacific Time You are invited to join us for an evening of poetry and conversation to celebrate the brilliant forthcoming collection Black Bell by Alison C. Rollins. Inspired by the nineteenth century image of an enslaved woman wearing iron horns and bells, Black Bell continues […]
Alta presents Forrest Gander and Tayi Tibble
AltaAlta presents Forrest Gander and Tayi Tibble at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, October 11th From the organizers: "Forrest Gander and Tayi Tibble may be separated by continents (and decades), but this pair of writers are connected by their mutual devotion to the poet’s life. Their individual bodies of work reflect an urgency and a desire […]
50th Anniversary Reading with Jericho Brown, Paisley Rekdal, and Arthur Sze
Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesPresented by Copper Canyon Press and Lannan Foundation The Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W. San Francisco Street Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 $8 Adult / $5 Senior and Student More information at The Lensic Some of the most important poets writing today come together at the Lensic and via Livestream to […]
CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE featuring Deborah Landau
CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE featuring Deborah Landau on Friday October 20th 12-1pm PDT From the organizers: "This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features Deborah Landau, one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of "Curriculum Vitae" by Lisel Mueller. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet […]
Women & Children First Present Natalie Eilbert and Sally Wen Mao
Women & Children First Present Natalie Eilbert and Sally Wen Mao for a virtual reading Wednesday November 15th at 7pm CT From the organizers: "Please join us for a virtual poetry reading to celebrate the release of THE KINGDOM OF SURFACES by Sally Wen Mao and OVERLAND by Natalie Eilbert! Please note: Pre-registration for this […]
Copper Canyon Press 50th Anniversary Celebration: Poets on their Personal Bests Featuring: Jericho Brown, Mark Bibbins, and Cate Marvin
The New School 65 West 11th Street, New York, CA, United StatesIn partnership with The New School Creative Writing Program on November 17th 7pm ET Featuring: Jericho Brown, Mark Bibbins, and Cate Marvin Hosted by: Erin Belieu, Carl Phillips, Michael Wiegers, and John Reed Poetry is vital to language and living. Since 1973, Copper Canyon Press has been publishing extraordinary poetry from around the world to […]
Verse Virtual November Poetry Reading, featuring Dean Rader and Brian Teare
Verse Virtual November Poetry Reading, featuring Dean Rader and Brian Teare on Sunday November 19th at 11am PT For more information from the organizers: https://www.facebook.com/events/1374916263442205/ Register for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsf-iprjMrGdzlpDRCg2Gzdd0g8dDQl-2L
Jacar Press Presents a Reading with Kevin Prufer in Conversation with Molly Twomey
Jacar Press Presents a Reading with Kevin Prufer on Wednesday, December 6, 2pm ET From the organizers: "Their conversation will be centered around Kevin's amazing new book The Fears, Copper Canyon Press. Ghostlit by streetlights” and filtered through tale and recollection, Prufer examines our fears of loss, death, and obscurity. Narratives are braided together as […]
What The Universe Is Presents Kevin Prufer and Adrian Matejka
What The Universe Is Presents Kevin Prufer and Adrian Matejka on December 13th 5:30pm PT Register for this online event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqd-2srTkiEtdirvHf6znAdZIPqrWkXuZi
Danusha Laméris Presents the Nine Lenses of Poetry Workshop Series
Danusha Laméris Presents the Nine Lenses of Poetry Workshop Series from February 11th to March 10th, 5 Sundays at 5pm PT From Danusha: "Are you an Innovator? A Soul Keeper? There are so many ways to write poems. And so many kinds of poems to read. Sometimes, it’s easy to think there's a right way […]
Green Linden Press: Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry featuring Randall Mann, Eduardo C. Corral, etc.
In this third reading for Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry, an anthology edited by Christopher Nelson and introduced by Jack Halberstam, the writers Randall Mann, Brian Blanchfield, Dorothy Chan, Eduardo C. Corral, and Brian Teare will show how "poetry can reveal our shared humanity." Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsd-CgqT0sHNWJ0IEiNR3QAJ7VtyizoKM1#/registration
Cecilia Woloch & Friends: Kevin Prufer and Naomi Shihab Nye
Join the poet Cecilia Woloch's online reading series, in which she features the acclaimed writers Kevin Prufer and Naomi Shihab Nye. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuf-6qpjIvHNUZb-gd1rJZJwqxGZ0AsWP8#/registration
Boutelle-Day Poetry Center: Javier Zamora and Rebecca Foust
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall (Smith College)Join the poets Javier Zamora and Rebecca Foust for an evening of activist poetry that transcends borders. Watch the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IYXArYvK6A
Grolier Poetry Book Shop: Shangyang Fang, C. Francis Fisher, and Charles Kell
Grolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesFrom the presenters: "Please join us for our reading with Shangyang Fang, C. Francis Fisher and Charles Kell with an introduction by Chris Hosea." Register here for the in-person reading: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ek8whi1k63f0c67d&llr=6hztvkcab Register here to attend virtually: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ek8whi1r59ace29b&llr=6hztvkcab
Jim Harrison: A Reading with Rebecca Solnit, Jamie Harrison, & Todd Goddard
Join Rebecca Solnit, Jamie Harrison, and author of Jim Harrison's forthcoming biography, Todd Goddard, for a free livestream event in support of the forthcoming reissue of Jim's beautiful book The Theory and Practice of Rivers. Hosted by Joseph Bednarik, this 70-minute event will feature stories, poems, musings on rivers, thoughts from Rebecca on her introduction to […]
Hudson Valley Writers Center: Poets’ Conversation with Jane Huffman & Diane Seuss
From the organizers: "Please join us on Zoom for an evening of poetry and conversation with Jane Huffman and Diane Seuss on Sunday, March 10, 4 PM ET." Register here: https://www.writerscenter.org/calendar/seuss/
The Community of Writers: Rediscovering Sylvia Plath with Victoria Chang & Matthew Zapruder
From the organizers: "When we think of Sylvia Plath, it’s easy to see the image of the electric confessional poet who took her own life. Her tragic personal history, including her marriage to Ted Hughes, can easily obscure her poetry. But when we return to the work itself, we see a poet of genius, who […]
August Wilson African American Cultural Center presents Nicholas Goodly for Lit Friday
From the organizers: "Nicholas Goodly joins LIT Friday to discuss Black Swim. LIT Friday is an August Wilson African American Cultural Center monthly virtual program. Hosted by poet and art journalist, Jessica Lanay, LIT Friday features in depth conversations on the final Friday of each month with writers and thinkers of the African Diaspora. The conversations […]
Ellen Bass presents Truth and Beauty with Marie Howe and Ellen Bass
Ellen Bass presents Truth and Beauty with Marie Howe and Ellen Bass From the organizers: "If you want to encounter more truth in your poems, to express it in the most beautiful way possible, to craft poems that reflect the inextricable marriage of truth and beauty, love and death, the luminous and the ordinary, please […]
Naomi Shihab Nye & James Crews present Ted Kooser Book Launch
From the organizers: "Naomi Shihab Nye & James Crews will share poems from Ted Kooser's latest book, RAFT, out from Copper Canyon Press in September, 2024. Please note: due to health reasons, Ted Kooser will not be participating in this reading, though he will be watching!" Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ted-kooser-book-launch-tickets-935544367387?aff=oddtdtcreator Preorder the book here. Include a […]
The Essential C.D. Wright: A Reading with Arthur Sze, Brenda Hillman, and Forrest Gander
Join Copper Canyon Press and honored guests Arthur Sze, Brenda Hillman, and Forrest Gander for an evening of poetry and celebration in honor of legendary poet C.D. Wright. Hosted by C.D. Wright’s longtime poetry editor and Copper Canyon Press’s Executive Editor, Michael Wiegers, this livestream benefit reading will launch The Essential C.D. Wright and feature rare […]