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 […]

Elliott Bay Book Company Presents FREEMAN’S Launch with John Freeman, Deborah Landau, and Sasha LaPointe

Elliot Bay Book Company

Elliott Bay Book Company Presents FREEMAN’S Launch with John Freeman, Deborah Landau, and Sasha LaPointe on Monday October 23rd, 2023 @ 6:00PM - 7:00 PM Pacific Time. Additionally followed by readings with Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Sasha LaPointe, and Deborah Landau from their recently released collections. From the organizers: "Editor John Freeman launches the latest issue […]

Cambridge Center Presents Randall Mann and Daniel Brock Johnson, Blacksmith House Poetry Series

Cambridge Center for Adult Education 56 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Cambridge Center Presents Randall Mann and Daniel Brock Johnson, Blacksmith House Poetry Series on Monday, October 23rd 8-9pm Eastern Time From the organizers: "Randall Mann reads from his new book, DEAL: New and Selected Poems, with Daniel Johnson, author of Shadow Act. Founded in 1973, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging […]

$5

Rose Theatre Presents Red Pine at Premiere of the Film “Dancing with the Dead”

Rose Theatre 235 Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA, United States

World Gala Premiere of Dancing with the Dead including Q&A with Director, Ward Serrill and a reading by Bill Porter (Red Pine) on Friday October 27th at 7pm PT From the organizers: "We are so excited to be hosting the World Premiere Gala of DANCING WITH THE DEAD and hope you will join us on […]

$20

PSNY Features Deborah Landau, Terrance Hayes, Timothy Donnelly and more at First Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball

The Strand's Rare Book Room 826 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

PSNY's First Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball features Deborah Landau, Terrance Hayes, Timothy Donnelly and more on Saturday October 28th 8pm-11pm ET From the organizers: "To all poets, poetry lovers, and poets-to-be: look no further for your dream spooky season soiree! Join The Poetry Society of New York for our first ever Masquerade Spectacular on October […]

Poetry@TECH Presents Victoria Chang, Vievee Francis, and James Davis May

Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA, United States

Poetry@TECH Presents Victoria Chang, Vievee Francis, and James Davis May at the 22nd Bourne Poetry Reading at Thursday, 02 November, 2023 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time From the organizers: "The reading is FREE and open to the public. Our doors open at 6:45 pm Eastern Time. For more information, contact Travis Denton via email at […]

Cascadia Field Guide Presents Paisley Rekdal, Brittney Corrigan, Oliver de la Paz, Jessica E. Johnson, and Derek Sheffield at Portland Book Fest

Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Cascadia Field Guide Presents Paisley Rekdal, Brittney Corrigan, Oliver de la Paz, Jessica E. Johnson, and Derek Sheffield at the Portland Book Festival on November 4th, 11:30am-11:50am PT From the organizers: "This pop-up reading features contributors to the mixed-genre anthology Cascadia Field Guide. Join Brittney Corrigan, Oliver de la Paz, Jessica E. Johnson, Paisley Rekdal, […]

National Book Foundation Presents Paisley Rekdal and Paul Harding at the Portland Book Festival

First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Porland, OR, United States

National Book Foundation Presents Paisley Rekdal and Paul Harding at the Portland Book Festival November 4th 1:30-2:30pm PT From the organizers: "Join 2023 National Book Award–honored authors Paul Harding (This Other Eden, Fiction) and Paisley Rekdal (West: A Translation, Poetry) in a cross-genre conversation on how to bring historical voices to life, and how to […]

Portland Book Festival Presents Paisley Rekdal and Oliver de la Paz

Portland's Brunish Theatre 111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, CA, United States

Portland Book Festival Presents Paisley Rekdal and Oliver de la Paz on November 4th, 3:30pm-4:30pm PT From the organizers: "In The Diaspora Sonnets, Oliver de la Paz uses the traditional sonnet to eloquently invoke the perseverance and myth of the Filipino diaspora in America. Paisley Rekdal’s West: A Translation is an unflinching hybrid collection of […]

Bookends & Beginnings Presents Kevin Prufer and Steven Cramer Poetry Book Launch

Bookends & Beginnings 1712 Sherman Avenue, Alley #1, Evanston, IL, United States

Bookends & Beginnings Presents Kevin Prufer and Steven Cramer Poetry Book Launch on Saturday September 4th at 6pm CDT From the organizers: "Steven Cramer launches DEPARTURES FROM RILKE and Kevin Prufer launches THE FEARS at our MiniBar." To RSVP go to the event page here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-book-launch-steven-cramer-and-kevin-prufer-tickets-720591898767

Jake Adam York Memorial Reading Series Featuring Randall Mann & Stephen Sexton

University of Colorado Denver 1015 9th St Park, Denver, CO, United States

The University of Colorado Denver Creative Writing Reading Series Featuring Randall Mann & Stephen Sexton on Wednesday November 8th, 6pm MT From the organizers: "Founded to honor the memory of Jake Adam York, a poet and editor who taught at the University of Colorado Denver from 2000-2012, and passed away suddenly in December 2012. During […]

Monsters of Poetry Presents Natalie Eilbert and more

Monsters of Poetry Presents Natalie Eilbert, Brett DeFries, Nicholas Gulig, and Sadia Hassan on Saturday November 11th at 7pm From the organizers: "monsters of poetry 11/11/23 7pm BYOB 402 E Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703 $3 suggested donation" For more information go to: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyjy5FjLWqT/?hl=en

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 […]

Poetry Society of America Presents Deborah Landau & Ilya Kaminsky

Poetry Society of America 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Poetry Society of America Presents Deborah Landau & Ilya Kaminsky for the PSA Reading Series on Thursday November 16th at 7pm ET From the organizers: "Address: Poetry Society of America 119 Smith Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Registration required: Tickets $5/ Free for Members" Register for this event here: https://poetrysociety.givecloud.co/product/57C27E3/reading-series

$5

Seven Stories Press Presents Leila Chatti and Patrice Vecchione Reading at Two Dollar Radio

Two Dollar Radio HQ 1124 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH, United States

Seven Stories Press Presents Leila Chatti and Patrice Vecchione Reading at Two Dollar Radio on November 16th at 7pm CST From the organizers: "An Evening of Poetry Celebrating the Power of Voice November 16, 2023 at 7:00pm CST Two Dollar Radio HQ 1124 Parsons Ave. Columbus, OH 43206 United States Join Ink Knows No Borders: Poems […]

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 States

In 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

Empty Bowl Presents Reading and Reception with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi

Oberto Commons 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States

Empty Bowl Presents Reading and Reception with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM From the organizers: "Join us for a reading & reception with acclaimed translator Bill Porter (Red Pine) and Haiku poet, artist, and translator John Brandi. Tuesday, December 5, 2023 from 7 – 9 […]

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 […]

Hudson Valley Writers Center Presents a Reading and Conversation about the work of Tomas Tranströmer, with translator Patty Crane

Hudson Valley Writers Center 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Hudson Valley Writers Center Presents a Reading and Conversation about the work of Tomas Tranströmer, with translator Patty Crane on December 6th at 7pm ET From the organizers: "Please join Jennifer Franklin, Program Director, as she welcomes the translator of The Blue House: Complete Works of Tomas Tranströmer (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). This collection is […]

Empty Bowl Presents Reading with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi

Port Townsend Friends Meeting House 1841 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA, United States

Empty Bowl Presents Reading with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi at Friday, December 8, 2023 4:30 PM 6:00 PM From the organizers: "Please join Empty Bowl Press for a reading with two acclaimed poets and translators: Red Pine and John Brandi. Port Townsend Friends Meeting House, 1841 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA."

Lexington Public Library Open Mic Night featuring Maurice Manning

Farish Theatre Downtown Public Library 140 E Main St, Lexington, KY, United States

Lexington Public Library Open Mic Night featuring Maurice Manning Dec 13, 2023 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM From the organizers: "Farish Theatre - Downtown Public Library 140 E Main St, Lexington, Kentucky 40507 "Lexington Public Library’s next Open Mic Night will feature renowned poet Maurice Manning. Manning is a former Guggenheim Fellow, Yale Series of […]

Exhibit B: Black Archives of Mid-America with Niki Herd, Roger Reeves, & more

Black Archives of Mid-America 1722 E 17th Terrace, Kansas City, MO, United States

From the organizers: "In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex, Cave Canem, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore, Exhibit B will be hosting a series of literary events, free and open to the public, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies." The poets who will give the opening reading include Roger […]

Black History in Poetry and the Visual Archive featuring Tyree Daye, Niki Herd, Alison C. Rollins

Kansas City Convention Center Kansas City

Black History in Poetry and the Visual Archive featuring Tyree Daye, Niki Herd, Alison C. Rollins at 3:20 pm to 4:35 pm, Saturday, February 10th How do we think of ourselves in history, and when we do, what do we see? Three innovative poets consider how personal and public histories—Black histories in particular—are intertwined and how […]

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 […]

$250

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

Kent Cultural Alliance: Pádraig Ó Tuama’s Poetry

Raimond Cultural Center 101 Spring Avenue, Chestertown, MD, United States

From the presenters: "Readings from Pádraig’s forthcoming volume Kitchen Hymns (Copper Canyon Press, October 2024)." Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/padraig-o-tuama-poetry-reading-tickets-799983240407?aff=oddtdtcreator

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

Harvard Divinity School: Poetry & Craft Talk with Amanda Gunn

Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA, United States

From the presenters: "Amanda Gunn grew up just at the edge of the woods in southern Connecticut with two older brothers. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, she is a PhD candidate in English at Harvard where she studies poetry, ephemerality, and Black pleasure. Her recent work appears in Poetry, Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal, and Narrative Magazine. […]

Grolier Poetry Book Shop: Shangyang Fang, C. Francis Fisher, and Charles Kell

Grolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA, United States

From 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 […]

Portland Arts & Lectures Series Presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil and more

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, CA, United States

Portland Arts & Lectures Series Presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil on April 18th, 2024 at 6:30pm From the organizers: "We are pleased to announce the lineup of our 39th annual Portland Arts & Lectures season. All lectures take place in person at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Portland, OR. Subscriptions start at $110 for the […]

$66 – $258

Piper Distinguished Visiting Writers Series Presents Arthur Sze and Wang Jiaxin

Piper Writer's House 450 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, United States

Piper Distinguished Visiting Writers Series Presents Arthur Sze and Wang Jiaxin on Thurs April 18th 2024 at 7pm MST From the organizers: "In honor of National Poetry Month 2024, two distinguished poets read and talk about form, tradition, innovation and imitation. The conversation will be moderated by Lucas Klein, translator and ASU Professor of Chinese." […]

Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet

Humanities Center at Stanford 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA, United States

Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet on Wednesday May 8th, 2024 at 8pm PT From the organizers: "Sze is this year's Mohr Visiting Poet. Each year, the Creative Writing Program welcomes distinguished writers to teach a Stanford writing seminar to undergraduates. These seminars are made possible with the generous support […]

Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents a Colloquium with Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet

Margaret Jacks Hall 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 460, Stanford, CA, United States

Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents a Colloquium with Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet on Wednesday May 22nd at 11am PT From the organizers: "Sze is this year's Mohr Visiting Poet. Each year, the Creative Writing Program welcomes distinguished writers to teach a Stanford writing seminar to undergraduates. These seminars are made possible with the […]