McNally Jackson presents Sarah Ruhl in conversation with Paul Muldoon
McNally Jackson Books 4 Fulton St, New York, NY, United StatesMcNally Jackson presents Sarah Ruhl in conversation with Paul Muldoon From the organizers: Join two celebrated writers, Sarah Ruhl and Paul Muldoon, to celebrate the publication of their new books, both lyrical and ambitious works which grapple with pandemics, quarantine, and the crises of our times. We ask that all guests show proof of vaccination and […]
Book Launch for Cate Marvin’s Event Horizon
Space Gallery Portland, Maine, United StatesBook Launch for Cate Marvin's Event Horizon Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is sponsoring a Launch Party for Cate Marvin's fourth book, Event Horizon, on June 2nd at Space Gallery in Portland, Maine.
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
House of SpeakEasy presents Seriously Entertaining with Sarah Ruhl
House of SpeakEasy presents Seriously Entertaining with Sarah Ruhl From the organizer: On June 7, Pulitzer-Prize and Tony Award-nominated playwright and writer Sarah Ruhl, author and essayist Zakiya Dalila Harris, writer and creative director Jen Winston, and debut novelist David Santos Donaldson will share engaging and entertaining stories tied to the evening’s theme “Being and […]
Ojai Music Festival presents The Echoing of Tenses with Arthur Sze
Libbey BowlOjai Music Festival presents The Echoing of Tenses with Arthur Sze From the organizers: A new song cycle, the echoing of tenses, commissioned from Anthony Cheung, sets poetry by Asian-American writers interconnected by the larger theme of memory, made complicated by the circumstances and tensions of cultural and personal identity, family, migration, loss, and reflection. The […]
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 […]
Women & Children First presents An Evening with Sarah Ruhl
Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United StatesWomen & Children First presents An Evening with Sarah Ruhl From the organizer: "Join us for an in-person reading, audience Q&A, and book-signing with Sarah Ruhl in honor of her two recent releases, Love Poems in Quarantine and Smile: The Story of a Face. Please note: all in-person events held at Women & Children […]
Bookends & Beginnings presents A Conversation with Sarah Ruhl and Chris Abani
Bookends & Beginnings 1712 Sherman Avenue, Alley #1, Evanston, IL, United StatesBookends & Beginnings presents A Conversation with Sarah Ruhl and Chris Abani! From the organizers: "Join us in the Bookends & Beginnings Courtyard for a conversation between Sarah Ruhl and Chris Abani about their new books of poetry, Love Poems in Quarantine and Smoking the Bible. We will have copies of both books for sale in the […]
1053 Main Street Gallery presents P.O.I. / P.O.V. Poetry Reading featuring Elizabeth J. Coleman
1053 Main Street Gallery 1053 Main St, Fleischmanns, NY, United States1053 Main Street Gallery presents P.O.I. / P.O.V. Poetry Reading featuring Elizabeth J. Coleman From the organizers: Join us for a reading with acclaimed writers: Miriam Atkin, Jerrice J. Baptiste, Cheryl Clarke, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Robert Cucinotta, Sharon Israel
Just Buffalo Literary Center presents Silo Reading Series with Victoria Chang
Silo City 85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJust Buffalo Literary Center presents Silo Reading Series with Victoria Chang From the organizers: "Silo City Reading Series: Victoria Chang, Joe Hall, Lizzi Bougatsos, Dara Friedman Join us for the July 2022 SILO CITY READING SERIES featuring poetry from Victoria Chang & Joe Hall, a music performance by Lizzi Bougatsos, and an installation by Dara Friedman. […]
San Francisco Main Library presents Victoria Chang on Exploring Grief
San Francisco Main Library presents Victoria Chang on Exploring Grief From the organizers: "Writers Victoria Chang and Kristin Keane discuss Chang's most recent, powerful, form-bending collection of work exploring longing, grief and memory, three books released in three years: Obit (2020), Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence and Grief (2021), and The Trees Witness Everything […]
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/
Silo City Reading Series featuring Jericho Brown
Silo City 85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY, United StatesSilo City Reading Series featuring Jericho Brown From the organizer: Join us for the season finale of the 2022 SILO CITY READING SERIES featuring poetry from Jericho Brown and JBLC Poetry Fellow TBA, a musical performance by Florist, and an installation by Johann Diedrick.
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 […]
UC Berkeley Lunch Poems presents Alex Dmitrov
UC Berkeley Lunch Poems presents Alex Dmitrov From the organizers: "Alex Dimitrov is the author of three books of poetry — Love and Other Poems, Together and by Ourselves, and Begging for It — and the chapbook American Boys. His poems have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, […]
Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Nevada Museum of Art 160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV, United StatesNevada Humanities Literary Crawl presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil. From the organizers: "Keynote Event: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments. We are thrilled to welcome authors, artists, and community members back to the streets of Reno for a Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl reunion like no other. Join […]
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 […]
Hudson Valley Writers Center presents 2022 Gala honoring Arthur Sze and Lauren Acampora
Philipse Manor Station 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United StatesHudson Valley Writers Center presents 2022 Gala, Thursday, September 22 at 6:30 PM ET, honoring Arthur Sze and Lauren Acampora From the organizers: "The Hudson Valley Writers Center is thrilled to present the 2022 Gala honoring poet Arthur Sze and novelist Lauren Acampora! Join the festivities in person (Thursday, September 22, 6:30 PM) Enjoy live readings […]
AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS: TANEUM BAMBRICK presents INTIMACIES, RECEIVED with DOROTHY CHAN
Skylight Books CAAT SKYLIGHT BOOKS: TANEUM BAMBRICK presents INTIMACIES, RECEIVED with DOROTHY CHAN From the organizers: "In this astonishing second collection by Taneum Bambrick, violence hides in the glint of the carving knife—every intimacy a shadow, every memory a maze to navigate. Set primarily in rural Southern Spain, Intimacies, Received moves through streets and fields, households and years, […]
Left Bank Ciders presents The Northern Spy Reading Series with Dana Levin
Left Bank Ciders 150 Water Street, Catskills, NY, United StatesLeft Bank Ciders presents The Northern Spy Reading Series, 7:30 PM ET, with Dana Levin From the organizers: "Wednesday September 28th! 7:30 at Left Bank Ciders, Dana Levin + HR Webster" For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070143199289
Katonah Poetry Series features Dana Levin
Katonah Village LibraryKatonah Poetry Series features Dana Levin Join the Katonah Poetry Series for an in-person poetry reading featuring Dana Levin on October 2, 2022. More info here: https://katonahpoetry.com/october-2-2022-dana-levin/
Katonah Poetry Series presents Dana Levin
Katonah Village LibraryKatonah Poetry Series presents, Sunday, October 2 at 4 PM ET, Dana Levin From the organizers: "This in-person reading at the Katonah Village Library does not require registration. Admission fee ($15) can be paid at the door." More information will appear here: https://katonahpoetry.com/
Iowa City Book Festival presents Jennifer L. Knox @ Prairie Lights
Prairie Lights 15 South Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, United StatesJennifer L. Knox presents Crushing It at Prairie Lights. Part of the Iowa City Book Festival. From the organizers: The poems in Jennifer Knox’s darkly imaginative collection, Crushing It, unearth epiphanies in an unbounded landscape of forms, voices and subjects―from history to true crime to epidemiology―while exploring our tenuous connections and disconnections. From Merle Haggard lifting his head […]
Can Art Change The World? A Panel Discussion with Jennifer L. Knox
The Tuesday Agency 404 E College St Suite 408,, Iowa City,, IAJennifer L. Knox will participate in a vital discussion of the function of art in our present day. From the Organizers: Hosted by Maya Davis (Stanley Center for Peace and Security) with guests Cynthia Lazaroff (Impact Fellow, Games for Change), Rodrigo Reyes (Director, Sansón and Me), and Jennifer L. Knox Listen to a multitude of […]
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 […]
John Freeman at The Vancouver Writer’s Fest
The Revue Stage, Vancouver 1601 Johnston St,, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9, CanadaJohn Freeman reads and discusses poetry with a panel of five poets moderated by Aislinn Hunter. From the Organizers: Join five poets at the height of their prowess as they share works from their new collections and speak to the urgency of poetry in today’s world. Amidst such turmoil, art is increasingly important. Poems reclaim […]
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 […]
John Freeman With Debra Gwartney at Elliot Bay Book Co.
Elliot Bay Book CompanyJoin John Freeman and Debra Gwartney for readings and a discussion of Wind, Trees.
John Freeman, Natalie Shapero, and Tayi Tibble Read at Diesel Bookstore
Diesel, A Bookstore 225 26th St, Santa monica, CAFrom the Organizers: Join us on Thursday October 27th at 6:30pm as we welcome John Freeman, Tayi Tibble and Natalie Shapero to the store to read from and sign Wind, Trees and other selected works. This event is free to attend and will be held in the courtyard at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood. Masks are required to attend. John Freeman is the founder […]
Cate Marvin and Randall Mann in Conversation with Michael Dumanis
Commons 326 North Bennington, VTCate Marvin and Randall Mann will have a discussion with Michael Dumanis as part of Bennington College's Poetry at Bennington programs on Thursday, November 3 at 12 PM ET 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, […]
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 […]
John Freeman and Forrest Gander At City Lights Bookstore
City Lights Foundation 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CAA reading and discussion of John Freeman's forthcoming collection Wind, Trees. From the Organizers: City Lights Foundation, in partnership with Alta Journal, presents John Freeman in a reading of new work and conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Forrest Gander. This free event celebrates Freeman’s new collection of poetry, Wind, Trees, published by Copper Canyon Press, and […]
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 […]
John Freeman with Meng Jin at Portland Book Festival
Brunish Theater 4th Floor, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, ORJohn Freeman will read and be in conversation with Meng Jim on November 5th at 5 pm PST at the Brunish Theater in Portland. From the Organizers: Poet John Freeman and short story writer Meng Jin explore the isolation and search for connection of the past few years, through the quarantines of the pandemic and the political division of […]
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 […]
John Freeman Reading with Samiya Bashir at Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, NYU
Lilliann Vernon Creative Writers House 58 West 10th St., New York,, NYJohn Freeman will read with Samiya Bashir at 7 PM EST on Thursday, November 10th. From the organizers: Poetry Reading: Samiya Bashir and John Freeman Readings by Samiya Bashir and John Freeman, with a reception and book signing to follow. Please see below for more information about the authors. Open to the public All attendees […]
John Freeman and Deborah Landau
Greenlight Bookstore 632 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NYCopper Canyon Press authors John Freeman and Deborah Landau will present from their new books at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn at 7:30 PM ET on Monday, Novemeber 14th. From the organizers: John Freeman—poet, editor, and founder of the literary annual Freeman's—joins us along with prizewinning poet Deborah Landau for an evening of all things Copper […]
John Freeman, Victoria Chang, Peter Balakian, and Victoria Redel on “Redemption, Refuge, and Release”
Miami Dade College Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor) 300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FLJoin John Freeman, Victoria Chang, Peter Balakian, and Jennifer Redel for a panel discussion of "Redemption, Refuge, and Release," at the Miami Book Fair on Saturday November 19th at 12 PM ET. From the Organizers: Whether meditating on the sensuality of fruits and vegetables, the COVID-19 pandemic, the trauma and memory of the Armenian genocide, […]
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 […]
Natalie Shapero Reading at Heavy Manners Library
Heavy Manners Library 1200 North Alvarado Street,, Los Angeles,, CAJoin Heavy Manners Library for a night of poetry and music featuring poets Natalie Shapero and Meg Shevenock, and musician Calvin Lee Reeder. The event will be held on Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 at 7pm PST at Heavy Manners Library in Los Angeles. From the organizers: Natalie Shapero is the author, most recently, of the […]
John Freeman and Ha Jin at Harvard Bookstore
Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MAJohn Freeman and Ha Jin will read at Harvard Bookstore on Tuesday December 13th at 7 PM ET. From the organizers: Harvard Book Store welcomes JOHN FREEMAN—author and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf—and award-winning author HA JIN for an evening of poetry and eggnog, featuring readings from Wind, Trees and The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li […]