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Loyalty Bookstores presents Akwaeke Emezi with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola for DEAR SENTHURAN
Loyalty Bookstores presents, June 9 at 6 PM EDT, Akwaeke Emezi with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola for DEAR SENTHURAN From the organizers: Loyalty is incredibly excited to welcome back Akwaeke Emezi in conversation with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola to celebrate Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click here to register for […]
Seattle Arts & Lectures presents Ocean Vuong
Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United StatesSeattle Arts and Lectures presents a reading and conversation with Ocean Vuong. Tickets are available for in-person attendance and online viewing, or online viewing only. Tickets here: https://lectures.org/event/ocean-vuong/
Cafe con Libros presents Author Talk: Akwaeke Emezi, “Dear Senthuran”
Cafe con Libros presents, June 10 at 6 PM - 7 PM EDT, Author Talk: Akwaeke Emezi, "Dear Senthuran" From the organizers: Akwaeke Emezi in dialogue with Lisa-Kaindé Diaz of Ibeyi. A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times-bestselling author, “a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of […]
Hugo House presents RESCHEDULED: Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness
Hugo House presents, June 11 at 6 PM PDT, RESCHEDULED: Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness From the organizers: This event has been rescheduled from March 5, 2021. Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove has said that “poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” Yet many readers still struggle to understand […]
Arts for Art presents William Parker Tribute to David Budbill
Arts for Art presents, June 13 at 8 PM EDT, William Parker Tribute to David Budbill From the organizers: William Parker's Tribute to David Budbill in Performance & Discussion. Suggested minimum donation is $5. Donations go towards funding artist fees. Arts for Art's On_Line Salon series features live streaming FreeJazz performances and conversations every Tuesday […]
Rain Taxi presents Arthur Sze in conversation with Eric Lorberer
Rain Taxi presents, June 17 at 5:30 PM CDT, Arthur Sze in conversation with Eric Lorberer From the organizers: Join us for a conversation and reading with Arthur Sze to celebrate his latest publication, a monumental New and Collected Poems called The Glass Constellation (Copper Canyon Press)—a triumph spanning five decades of work that ranges from compressed lyrical poems […]
The Merwin Conservancy presents Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil in Conversation
The Merwin Conservancy presents, June 26 at 5 PM PDT, Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil in Conversation From the organizers: Join us on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 2:00PM Hawai‘i time as accliamed poets and writers Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil come together for readings and conversation about place, poetry, and the wonders of the […]
Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Heidi Seaborn with Kelli Russell Agodon
Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Heidi Seaborn discusses An Insomniac's Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe with Kelli Russell Agodon on July 1, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. (PDT). From the organizers: Heidi Seaborn’s astonishing second collection of poems, An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe is a middle-of-the-night poetic conversation with Marilyn Monroe that explores obsessions, addictions, […]
City of Asylum presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends
City of Asylum virtually presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends on July 1 at 7:00 p.m. (EDT), in partnership with Vox Populi. From the organizers: This is a virtual-only event streamed on City of Asylum’s virtual platform, City of Asylum @ Home. Run time: 90 minutes Naomi Shihab Nye, the current Young […]
Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Valzhyna Mort and Victoria Chang, chaired by Neil Astley
Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Valzhyna Mort and Victoria Chang, chaired by Neil Astley, on July 2, 2021 from 6 to 7 p.m. (BST); 10 to 11 a.m. (PDT); noon to 1 p.m. (CDT); 1 to 2 p.m. (EDT). From the organizers: After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief […]