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  • New Dominion Bookshop presents America with Fernando Valverde and Samuel Amago

    New Dominion Bookshop 404 East Main St, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    New Dominion Bookshop presents America with Fernando Valverde and Samuel Amago at 7 pm EST. From the organizers: "Join us as we celebrate the release of Fernando Valverde’s new poetry collection, America. Fernando Valverde will be reading his poems in Spanish, and UVA professor Samuel Amago will be reading the translations in English. This in-person […]

  • Green Apple Books presents 9th Ave with Sandra Lim, Natalie Shapero and Noah Warren

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Green Apple Books presents 9th Ave with Sandra Lim, Natalie Shapero and Noah Warren at 6 pm PST both in person and online. From the organizers: "JOIN US ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 6PM PT WHEN SANDRA LIM, NATALIE SHAPERO, AND NOAH WARREN JOIN US FOR AN EVENING CELEBRATING THEIR LATEST POETRY COLLECTIONS AT 9TH […]

  • Phillips Exeter Academy presents the Lamont Poetry Series with Maurice Manning

    Phillips Exeter Academy 20 Main St, Exeter, NH, United States

    Phillips Exeter Academy presents the Lamont Poetry Series with Maurice Manning at 7:30 pm EST. From the organizers: "Phillips Exeter Academy opens its 2021-2022 Lamont Poetry Series on Wednesday, October 20th with a reading by award-winning poet Maurice Manning...The reading will be held at 7:30pm in the Assembly Hall, located on the second floor of […]

  • Cornell University’s Creative Writing Program presents the Zalaznick Reading Series with Ed Skoog

    Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium Klarman Hall, 232 E Ave, Ithaca, New York, United States

    Cornell University's Creative Writing Program presents the Zalaznick Reading Series with Ed Skoog at 5 pm EST. From the organizers: "The Fall 2021 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series continues with a reading by poet Ed Skoog." More information here: https://english.cornell.edu/zalaznick

  • Kearney Street Workshop presents Literary Arts Showcase with Monica Sok

    Arc Gallery & Studio 1246 Folsom Street,, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Kearney Street Workshop presents Literary Arts Showcase with Monica Sok at 7 pm PST. From the organizers: "Our theme for this year is Embrace. As we continue to social distance and keep each other safe, we are collectively imagining what intimacy and closeness mean. During times of sickness, violence, and injustice, how do we come […]

    $10

  • Saint Louis Poetry Center presents the Observable Series with Mary Jo Bang and Mark Bibbins

    High Low 3301 Washington Ave,, St. Louis, MO, United States

    Saint Louis Poetry Center presents the Observable Series with Mary Jo Bang and Mark Bibbins at 7:30 pm CST. From the organizers: "Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Observable series is back for its 18th season, and this year we are going hybrid! The Observable series features local and national poets sharing recently published and new work. Originally […]

    $5

  • University of Scranton’s Department of English & Theatre presents University Reading Series with Kayleb Rae Candrilli

    Brennan Hall 320 Madison Ave,, Scranton, PA, United States

    University of Scranton's Department of English & Theatre presents University Reading Series with Kayleb Rae Candrilli at 6:30 pm EST. From the organizers: "The Department of English & Theatre, with support from Women’s & Gender Studies, S.A.F.E. (Scranton Alliance for Equity), the Rainbow Royals, and a diversity initiatives grant from the Office of Equity and […]

  • San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company presents I, Too, Sing America with work by Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Froham,Victoria Chang, Langston Hughes and others

    Brava Theater 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company presents I, Too, Sing America with work by Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Froham, Victoria Chang, Langston Hughes and others at 8 pm PST. From the organizers:  “I, Too, Sing America” was conceived by composer Othello Jefferson as a love letter to his daughters; a work that reflected them on the […]

  • McNally Jackson Books presents Alex Dmitrov and Richie Hofmann

    McNally Jackson Books 4 Fulton St, New York, NY, United States

    McNally Jackson Books presents Alex Dmitrov and Richie Hofmann From the organizers: Join McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers for a book launch featuring "A Hundred Lovers" by Richie Hofmann in conversation with Alex Dmitrov In-person event. RSVP required.

  • Rooted in the Personal: Poetry by Forrest Gander and Lisa Russ Spaar

    Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 4TH ST NW, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    Rooted in the Personal: Poetry by Forrest Gander and Lisa Russ Spaar From the organizers: Forrest Gander and Lisa Russ Spaar read from their most recent collections. As part of the 2022 Virginia Festival of the Book, this event is FREE and open to the public. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT.Book sales and signing will follow. […]

  • Shadows of Grief: A Discussion with Victoria Chang and Kat Chow

    Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 4TH ST NW, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    Shadows of Grief: A Discussion with Victoria Chang and Kat Chow As part of the 2022 Virginia Festival of the Book, this event is FREE to attend and open to the public. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT. Book sales and signing follow.

  • Virginia Festival of the Book presents Poetry Reading featuring Victoria Chang

    Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 4TH ST NW, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    Virginia Festival of the Book presents Poetry Reading featuring Victoria Chang From the organizers: In partnership with the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA) and as the closing event for the 2022 Virginia Festival of the Book, we present poets Victoria Chang (Obit) and Rita Dove (Playlist for the Apocalypse) as they read from and discuss their recent collections. Moderated by Karen […]

  • Academy of American Poets presents reading with Arthur Sze

    Pennsylvania Convention Center

    Academy of American Poets presents reading with Arthur Sze From the organizers: Join the Academy of American Poets for a reading by Academy Chancellor Emeritus Arthur Sze and award-winning poets Meg Day and Kemi Alabi. Executive Director Jennifer Benka will introduce the event. ASL interpretation will be provided. This is an in-person event at the […]

  • Scissortail Creative Writing Festival features Arthur Sze

    East Central University

    Scissortail Creative Writing Festival features Arthur Sze From the organizers: The annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival returns to ECU campus March 31-April 2, marking the 17th festival to take place. Sze, Berney and Givhan will highlight the three-day festival. This is an in-person event.

  • Public Radio Tulsa presents 23rd Annual Guest Poet Series with Ellen Bass

    Oklahoma City University 2501 N Blackwelder Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, United States

    Public Radio Tulsa presents 23rd Annual Guest Poet Series with Ellen Bass from 10 am to 8 pm CST. From the organizers: "Oklahoma City University will host public presentations by celebrated poet Ellen Bass on April 6 for the 23rd annual Thatcher Hoffman Smith Poetry Series. Our first event at 10:00AM and a follow-up event […]

  • Appalachian State University presents Tyree Daye

    Appalachian State University

    Appalachian State University presents Craft Talk with Tyree Daye Join Appalachian State University for an in-person craft talk and reading with poet Tyree Daye on Thursday, April 7th. More details here: https://english.appstate.edu/node/906

  • Elliott Bay Book Company presents Poetry Reading with Kelli Russell Agodon

    Elliot Bay Book Company

    Elliott Bay Book Company presents Poetry Reading with Kelli Russell Agodon From the organizer: Susan Rich and Kelli Russell Agodon, two superb poets of Seattle and home country across the water from Seattle give this joint in person reading from their new books. Thursday, April 7 at 6 p.m. Live & In-Person at Elliott Bay […]

  • Christopher Soto Book Launch Tour

    Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA, United States

    Christopher Soto Book Launch Tour From the organizers: Join Christopher Soto at Beyond Baroque, CA in celebration of their debut collection, Diaries of a Terrorist. In person event.

  • Dana Levin Book Launch with Paul Tran

    High Low Building 3301 Washington, St. Louis, MO, United States

    Dana Levin Book Launch with Paul Tran Join Dana Levin and Paul Tran for a reading, conversation, and celebration of their new books.

  • Katonah Poetry Series presents Arthur Sze

    Katonah Village Library

    Katonah Poetry Series presents Arthur Sze Join the Katonah Poetry Series for an in-person poetry reading featuring Arthur Sze.

  • Christopher Soto Book Launch Tour

    Making Worlds Bookstore

    Christopher Soto Book Launch Tour From the organizers: Join Christopher Soto at Making Worlds Bookstore in celebration of their debut collection, Diaries of a Terrorist. In person event.

  • Christopher Soto Virtual Book Launch Tour

    Ace Hotel 20 W 29th St, New York, NY, United States

    Christopher Soto Virtual Book Launch Tour From the organizers: Join Christopher Soto at Ace Hotel, NY in celebration of their debut collection, Diaries of a Terrorist.

  • Lannan presents Arthur Sze with Forrest Gander

    Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Lannan presents Arthur Sze with Forrest Gander Join Lannan for an in-person reading and conversation with Arthur Sze and Forrest Gander. This event will also be live-streamed. More info here: https://lannan.org/events/arthur-sze-with-forrest-gander

  • Christopher Soto Book Launch Tour

    Artbook at Hauser and Wirth 917 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Christopher Soto Book Launch Tour From the organizers: Join Christopher Soto at Artbook at Hauser and Wirth in celebration of their debut collection, Diaries of a Terrorist. In person event.

  • Buddhist Film Festival presents Special Screening Event featuring Bill Porter (Red Pine)

    Smith Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Buddhist Film Festival presents Special Screening Event featuring Bill Porter (Red Pine), Copresented with California Film Institute Join the Buddhist Film Festival for a Special Screening of The Mountain Path at the Smith Rafael Film Center with Special Guests: Director Edward Burger, and Bill Porter, author of The Road to Heaven. From the organizers: This […]

  • Raven Book Store presents Poetry Night with Traci Brimhall and Amanda Moore

    Raven Book Store 809 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

    Raven Book Store presents Poetry Night with Traci Brimhall and Amanda Moore From the organizers: Join acclaimed poets Traci Brimhall and Amanda Moore for a wonderful night of poetry and magic at the Raven Book Store on Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 7:00pm CDT.  

  • New York Public Library presents Sarah Ruhl and Ada Limon

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library 455 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    New York Public Library presents Sarah Ruhl and Ada Limon From the organizer: In May, we are proud to partner with independent publishers Milkweed Editions and Copper Canyon press to present readings of new work by poet Ada Limón and playwright Sarah Ruhl. Register here: https://www.showclix.com/event/mayhappyhour/tag/pub

  • McNally Jackson presents Sarah Ruhl in conversation with Paul Muldoon

    McNally Jackson Books 4 Fulton St, New York, NY, United States

    McNally 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 States

    Book 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.

  • 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 Bowl

    Ojai 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 […]

  • Women & Children First presents An Evening with Sarah Ruhl

    Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

    Women & 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 States

    Bookends & 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 […]

  • Silo City Reading Series featuring Jericho Brown

    Silo City 85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Silo 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.

  • Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil

    Nevada Museum of Art 160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV, United States

    Nevada 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 […]

  • Hudson Valley Writers Center presents 2022 Gala honoring Arthur Sze and Lauren Acampora

    Philipse Manor Station 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

    Hudson 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 […]

    $150

  • AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS: TANEUM BAMBRICK presents INTIMACIES, RECEIVED with DOROTHY CHAN

    Skylight Books CA

    AT 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 States

    Left 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 Library

    Katonah 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 Library

    Katonah 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/

    $15

  • Iowa City Book Festival presents Jennifer L. Knox @ Prairie Lights

    Prairie Lights 15 South Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, United States

    Jennifer 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 […]

    Free

  • Can Art Change The World? A Panel Discussion with Jennifer L. Knox

    The Tuesday Agency 404 E College St Suite 408,, Iowa City,, IA

    Jennifer 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 […]

  • John Freeman, Natalie Shapero, and Tayi Tibble Read at Diesel Bookstore

    Diesel, A Bookstore 225 26th St, Santa monica, CA

    From 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, VT

    Cate 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, […]

  • John Freeman and Forrest Gander At City Lights Bookstore

    City Lights Foundation 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA

    A 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, VT

    Randall 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, […]

  • John Freeman with Meng Jin at Portland Book Festival

    Brunish Theater 4th Floor, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR

    John 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 […]

    $15

  • John Freeman Reading with Samiya Bashir at Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, NYU

    Lilliann Vernon Creative Writers House 58 West 10th St., New York,, NY

    John 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, NY

    Copper 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, FL

    Join 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, […]

  • John Freeman and Ha Jin at Harvard Bookstore

    Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

    John 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 […]