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 […]

£5.00

Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Jorie Graham hosted by Sarah Howe

Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Jorie Graham hosted by Sarah Howe, on July 2, 2021 from 8 to 9 p.m. (BST); noon to 1 p.m. (PDT); 2 to 3 p.m. (CDT); 3 to 4 p.m. (EDT). From the organizers: Celebrated American poet Jorie Graham, will read from her latest collection Runaway and chat about her work with poet Sarah […]

£5.00

Costura Creative presents Sweetness Poetics with Alison C. Rollins

Costura Creative presents Sweetness Poetics, an online writing workshop led by Alison C. Rollins with sessions on Sundays in July (July 4, 11, 18 and 25) at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). From the organizers: Online writing workshops led by: Alison C. Rollins SWEETNESS POETICS Sundays in July 7/4   7/11   7/18   7/25 3:00 PM EDT Suggested donation: […]

Kenyon Review presents The Writers Workshops Online feat. Natalie Shapero

Kenyon Review presents, July 11 - 17, The Writers Workshops Online feat. Natalie Shapero From the organizers: Our summer 2021 workshops take on a new dimension this year. Entirely online, they are designed to fit more easily into writers’ daily lives, all while providing the stimulating and supportive experience that writers seek from Kenyon Review. […]

$250

Literary Cleveland presents “Poetry and Basketball” with Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez

Literary Cleveland presents "Poetry and Basketball," a panel featuring Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez, on July 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (EDT). This panel is presented as part of The Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's free annual festival for writers and readers. From the organizers: From the first Olympics in ancient Greece, […]

West Cork Literary Festival presents Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore

West Cork Literary Festival presents Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore, on July 15 at 8 p.m. (GMT+1) (12 p.m. PDT). From the organizers: But sometimes it’s too much to ask a person to inhabit the strange region of a foreign heart –‘Experiment in Empathy’ by Ellen Bass, from Indigo (2020) Later that afternoon, lonely […]

€5

The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop with Philip Metres and Lydia Munnell

John Carroll University 1 John Carroll Boulevard, University Heights, OH, United States

The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop is a writing workshop for students entering grades 8–12 hosted by John Carroll University from July 19–23, 2021, with award-winning faculty Philip Metres and Lydia Munnell. From the organizers: The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop (for students grades 8–12) will take place on July 19-July 23, 2021, on the […]

$980