Ellen Bass presents Truth & Beauty: An Online Writing Workshop
Ellen Bass presents, June 7-11, Truth & Beauty: An Online Writing Workshop 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 […]
Hudson Valley Writers presents Monday Night Poetry with Alex Dimitrov (via Zoom)
Hudson Valley Writers presents, June 7, 14, 21, & 28 at 6:30 PM - 9 PM EDT, Monday Night Poetry with Alex Dimitrov (via Zoom) From the organizers: This is a 4-week class, occurring on 4 consecutive Mondays beginning June 7 ending on June 28 via Zoom. 6:30-9:00pm EST. HVWC is lucky to have award-winning […]
Hennepin Avenue UMC presents An Evening with Jericho Brown
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHennepin Avenue UMC presents, June 19 at 6 PM - 8 PM CDT, An Evening with Jericho Brown From the organizers: There are two ways to attend. This is a hybrid event, with registered tickets available for in-person or virtual attendance. In-person Attendance ($20) Experience Jericho in person, with reserved, socially-distanced seating for 150 in the beautiful […]
New York Public Library presents Spiritfirst: Akwaeke Emezi with Saidiya Hartman
New York Public Library presents, June 8 at 7 PM - 8 PM EDT, Spiritfirst: Akwaeke Emezi with Saidiya Hartman From the organizers: The bestselling author shares their debut work of nonfiction, Dear Senthuran, a memoir that "deeply engages with the metaphysics of Black spirit and singularly faces the Black reader." Register here: https://www.showclix.com/event/akwaekeemezi/tag/nyplwebsite
Seattle Arts & Lectures presents Ocean Vuong: Live & Online‑Only
Seattle Arts & Lectures presents, June 9 at 6 PM PDT, Ocean Vuong: Live & Online‑Only From the organizers: Ocean Vuong is a poet and fiction writer whose work considers class, queerness, family, and identity. His epistolary novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), was an immediate and enduring bestseller described by the Los Angeles Times as a “series […]
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/
One Book, One Philadelphia presents Re-Creating a New World: One Book Finale with Jericho Brown
One Book, One Philadelphia presents, June 9 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM EDT, Re-Creating a New World: One Book Finale with Jericho Brown From the organizers: Join us to celebrate a season of discussing The Tradition. Following a reading and conversation with One Book, One Philadelphia 2021 author, Jericho Brown, and Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker, we’ll listen to […]
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 […]