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 CompanyElliott 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 StatesCambridge 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 […]
Rose Theatre Presents Red Pine at Premiere of the Film “Dancing with the Dead”
Rose Theatre 235 Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA, United StatesWorld 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 […]
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 StatesPSNY'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 StatesPoetry@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 StatesCascadia 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 StatesNational 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 StatesPortland 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 StatesBookends & 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 StatesThe 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 StatesPoetry 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
Seven Stories Press Presents Leila Chatti and Patrice Vecchione Reading at Two Dollar Radio
Two Dollar Radio HQ 1124 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH, United StatesSeven 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 […]
The Bookstore Presents Patty Crane with The Blue House: Collected Works of Tomas Transtromer
The Bookstore 11 Housatonic St, Lenox, MA, United StatesThe Bookstore Presents Patty Crane with The Blue House: Collected Works of Tomas Transtromer on Friday, Nov. 17 @ 6pm at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St., Lenox, MA For more information go to: https://www.bookstoreinlenox.com/events/
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
Empty Bowl Presents Reading and Reception with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi
Oberto Commons 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesEmpty 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 StatesHudson 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 StatesEmpty 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 StatesLexington 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 […]
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
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 StatesFrom 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 CityBlack 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 […]
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 StatesFrom 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 StatesFrom 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 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/
Hudson Valley Writers Center: Poetry & Conversation with Patricia Spears Jones, Peter Covino, & E.J. Antonio
Hudson Valley Writers Center 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United StatesFrom the organizers: "Join us IN PERSON at HVWC on Sunday, April 14, at 4 PM ET to hear poetry and conversation with Patricia Spears Jones, Peter Covino, and E.J. Antonio." Register here: https://www.writerscenter.org/calendar/april14/
Portland Arts & Lectures Series Presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil and more
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, CA, United StatesPortland 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 […]
Piper Distinguished Visiting Writers Series Presents Arthur Sze and Wang Jiaxin
Piper Writer's House 450 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, United StatesPiper 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." […]
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 […]
Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet
Humanities Center at Stanford 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford 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 StatesStanford 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 […]
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 […]
The Keeler Tavern Museum presents Poetry in the Garden with Sophie Cabot Black and Patricia Spears Jones
Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center 152 Main St, Ridgefield, CT, United StatesFrom the organizers: "Poetry in the Garden (formerly "A Garden of Verse") is back for another summer season! The series, produced by Ridgefield Poet Laureate Emerita Barb Jennes, will feature some of the nation's leading poets. Join us in KTM&HC's beautiful historic walled garden for weekly readings throughout the month of July. Doors open at […]
The 13th Annual New York City Poetry Festival presents Diannely Antigua, Deborah Landau, and Sophie Cabot Black
Nolan Park Governors Island, New York, NYThe 13th Annual New York City Poetry Festival presents Diannely Antigua, Deborah Landau, and Sophie Cabot Black From the organizers: "A literary institution in its thirteenth year, funded by NYSCA, DCLA, and more, The New York City Poetry Festival is a progressive and transformative event that draws over 15,000 attendees. NYC PoFest is one of […]
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 […]
DIESEL, A Bookstore presents Noah Warren, Christian Gullette, and Dan O’Brien
Diesel, A Bookstore 225 26th St, Santa monica, CAFrom the organizers: "Join us on Tuesday July 30th at 6:30 pm as we welcome Christian Gullette, Dan O'Brien and Noah Warren to the store to discuss and sign Coachella Elegy, Survivors's Notebook and The Complete Stories. This event is free to attend and will be held in the courtyard at DIESEL, A Bookstore in […]
Flyleaf Books presents their Second Sunday Poetry Series with John Balaban and Anna Lewis
Flyleaf Books 752 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFlyleaf Second Sunday Poetry Series presents readings with John Balaban and Anna Lewis From the organizers: "Join us for our Monthly Poetry series, an afternoon of poetic readings. Featured poets will each read for 20 minutes, followed by a short break to sign books, then an open mic. Please sign up by 2:30 pm, and […]
Ted Kooser Book Release – Raft
Chapters Books & Gifts 548 Seward St, Seward, NE, United StatesFrom the organizers: "Delightfully universal, Raft by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ted Kooser travels the Midwest landscape, attuned to life's shared experiences and emotions--illness, aging, beauty, and love. Raft is our fourth collection of poetry from Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser. Open in his desire to write for the everyday reader, these poems […]
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 […]
2024 Jackson Poetry Prize Reading featuring Fady Joudah and Pádraig Ó Tuama
The Greene Space 44 Charlton St, New York, NY, United StatesFrom the organizers: The Jackson Poetry Prize honors an American poet of exceptional talent. It was established in 2006 with a gift from the Liana Foundation and is named for the John and Susan Jackson family. Eligible poets must have published at least two books of acknowledged literary merit. The 2024 prize carries a monetary value of […]
CCP at Brooklyn Book Festival, Sunday, September 29
Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFrom the organizers: "The Brooklyn Book Festival is New York City’s largest free literary festival and connects readers with local, national and international authors and publishers during the course of a celebratory literary week. The Festival presents original programming and enthusiastically welcomes New York City’s cross cultural book readers as well as national and international […]
New Works: Sophie Cabot Black and Marie Howe
Poets House 10 River Terrace, New York, NY, United StatesFrom the organizers: Experience the newest poetry collections from Sophie Cabot Black and Marie Howe through poems that capture visions of the pastoral and glimpses of the quotidian. In Cabot Black’s Geometry of the Restless Herd (Copper Canyon, 2024), poems about sheep herding examine the connection between people, land, animals, and power. Howe’s New and Selected Poems […]
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 […]
Reimagine Virtual Candlelight Vigil with Danusha Laméris and Naomi Shihab Nye
From the organizers: Let's honor our loved ones, hold space for grief, and reflect on the possibilities of transformation with poets Danusha Laméris and Naomi Shihab Nye. Reimagine has been hosting candlelight vigils since March 2020, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to break down taboos and hold space for all that we've […]
2024 Sharon Springs Poetry Festival with Sophie Cabot Black
From the organizers: Poetry Reading - Friday night, October 18, at 7:30 PM (EDT): Each of our guest poets Peter Balakian, Sophie Cabot Black, and Maya C. Popa present a public reading in the auditorium of the Sharon Springs Central School. Afterward, you’ll be able to meet the poets in the lobby, purchase a copy […]