PSNY Features Deborah Landau, T﻿errance Hayes, Timothy Donnelly and more at First Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball
2023-10-28 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | The Strand’s Rare Book Room, 826 Broadway, New York, NY, 10003, 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 28th, from 8:00-11:00pm at the historic Strand’s Rare Book Room!
This Halloweekend extravaganza will be the platonic ideal of a New York evening, complete with live jazz, literary legends, and cold champagne. This iconic landmark-in-the-making is a fundraiser to support The Poetry Society of New York, a 501(c)3 non-profit, in its mission to make poetry—and the arts as a whole—accessible. If you haunt our Halloween spectacular, you will certainly have a night to remember while simultaneously supporting the arts! What can we say: we put the fun in fundraising!
Hosted by the uproarious Dandy (@dandyandfriends), the ball will commence with an 8:00pm VIP entrance (open to those with VIP tickets and to Sestina and Epic PSNY members). Until GA admission opens at 8:30pm, VIPs will mingle to the musical stylings of Hot Club of Flatbush and pick up their signed copies of Seymour Licht’s Halloween Underground, all while talking rhythm and rhyme at our open bar with critically-acclaimed poets Terrance Hayes (National Book Award Winner), Deborah Landau (The Believer Book Award Winner), and Timothy Donnelly (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner).”
To get tickets go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psnys-first-annual-halloween-masquerade-ball-tickets-704915831227

Poetry@TECH Presents Victoria Chang, Vievee Francis, and James Davis May
2023-11-02 19:00 (America/New_York) | Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, 30332, 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 travis.denton@lmc.gatech.edu.”

Cascadia Field Guide Presents Paisley Rekdal, Brittney Corrigan, Oliver de la Paz, Jessica E. Johnson, and Derek Sheffield at Portland Book Fest
2023-11-04 11:30 - 11:50 (America/Los_Angeles) | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, 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, and Derek Sheffield pop-up with a reading in the Portland Art Galleries. They are paired with A Canyon River with Pines and Figures by Grafton Tyler Brown; found in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit, on the 2nd floor of the Portland Art Museum.”
For more information and to get tickets to the Portland Book Festival go to: https://pdxbookfest.org/event/pop-up-cascadia-field-guide/

National Book Foundation Presents Paisley Rekdal and Paul Harding at the Portland Book Festival
2023-11-04 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1126 SW Park Ave, Porland, OR, 97205, 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 translate US history for a contemporary literary landscape. Moderated by Anis Mojgani, Oregon’s current Poet Laureate and the author of five books of poetry. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and Literary Arts’ Portland Book Festival.
This is a special conversation with newly-minted 2023 National Book Award honorees only 10 days ahead of the 74th National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 15—featuring special guest Oprah Winfrey and announcing this year’s Winners live! You can learn more about all of the 2023 honorees, and register for the broadcast at the National Book Foundation’s website: nationalbook.org/awards.”
For more information and to get Portland Book Festival tickets go to: https://pdxbookfest.org/event/nbf-pbf-2023/

Portland Book Festival Presents Paisley Rekdal and Oliver de la Paz
2023-11-04 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Portland’s Brunish Theatre, 111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, CA, 97205, 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 poems and essays that draws a powerful, necessary connection between the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882–1943). Moderated by Eric Tran (Moth, Sugar, and Smoke).”
For more information and tickets to the Porland Book Festival go to: https://pdxbookfest.org/event/de-la-paz-rekdal/

Bookends & Beginnings Presents Kevin Prufer and Steven Cramer Poetry Book Launch
2023-11-04 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Avenue, Alley #1, Evanston, IL, 60201, 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
2023-11-08 18:00 (America/Denver) | University of Colorado Denver, 1015 9th St Park, Denver, CO, 80204, 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 his time at CU Denver, Jake helped start the creative writing program and founded the university’s award-winning national literary journal, Copper Nickel.
RANDALL MANN & STEPHEN SEXTON
Wednesday, November 8 / 6pm
Tivoli Building / Zenith Room 640 / Auraria Campus”
For more information go to: https://clas.ucdenver.edu/english/creative-writing-reading-series

Monsters of Poetry Presents Natalie Eilbert and more
2023-11-11 19:00 (America/Chicago) | MA
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

Poetry Society of America Presents Deborah Landau & Ilya Kaminsky
2023-11-16 19:00 (America/New_York) | Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, 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

Seven Stories Press Presents Leila Chatti and Patrice Vecchione Reading at Two Dollar Radio
2023-11-16 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Two Dollar Radio HQ, 1124 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH, 43206, 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 of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience editor and author of My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry & Speaking Your Truth, Patrice Vecchione and anthology contributor Leila Chatti, author of the collection of poems, Deluge, for a reading and discussion.”

The Bookstore Presents Patty Crane with The Blue House: Collected Works of Tomas Transtromer
2023-11-17 18:00 (America/New_York) | The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St, Lenox, MA, United States
The 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
2023-11-17 19:00 (America/New_York) | The New School, 65 West 11th Street, New York, CA, 10011, 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 engage the imaginations and intellects of readers. This 50th anniversary event celebrates the Press—and the many poets who have called it home—by way of a unique, new anthology: Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems that Matter Most. In tandem with its publication, this reading will feature award-winning poets (Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim, and New York Arts Foundation, among others) to read and discuss what they consider to be the best poems they’ve ever written. Offering an intimate portrait into the working mind of writers, this program will ask how writers manage the critic within, who or what they write for, and how we might rethink what literature gets remembered most.
Personal Best editors Erin Belieu and Carl Phillips will host the poets in their reading and conversation. Director of the New School Creative Writing Program, John Reed, will welcome guests, and Executive Editor at Copper Canyon Press, Michael Wiegers, will introduce the program with a survey of this fifty years of extraordinary poetry making.
Wollman Hall, The New School
65 West 11th Street
New York, NY 10011
November 17th, 7pm ET.
Register to join the livestream here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MzM71KSzQDeJ9aQHN5saTQ#/registration
Register for the in-person event here: https://event.newschool.edu/coppercanyonpress50th

Empty Bowl Presents Reading and Reception with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi
2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oberto Commons, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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 pm
Oberto Commons (second floor of the Sinegal Center)
On the Campus of Seattle University
901 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122″

Hudson Valley Writers Center Presents a Reading and Conversation about the work of Tomas Tranströmer, with translator Patty Crane
2023-12-06 19:00 (America/New_York) | Hudson Valley Writers Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, 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 the first American translation of the 2011 Nobel laureate’s complete works. His poetry, translated into dozens of languages, often speaks across cultures, generations and time itself.
This reading and discussion will be in person at HVWC. Please reserve your seat. Space is limited.”
Get tickets for this in-person event here: https://www.writerscenter.org/calendar/transtromer/

Empty Bowl Presents Reading with Bill Porter (Red Pine) and John Brandi
2023-12-08 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
2023-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Farish Theatre, Downtown Public Library 140 E Main St, Lexington, KY, 40507, 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 Younger Poets winner, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. His eighth book, “Snakedoctor,” is newly published by Copper Canyon Press. Manning’s first book won the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Open Mic participants are invited to share 3-4 minutes of poetry, spoken word, etc. Content should be appropriate for teens and adults.”

Black History in Poetry and the Visual Archive featuring Tyree Daye, Niki Herd, Alison C. Rollins
2024-02-10 15:20 - 16:35 (America/Chicago) | 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 the combination of poetry and images can invigorate our exploration of their complexities. Examining the use of both archival materials and personal photographs alongside numerous poetic forms, this reading and conversation will encourage brave new ways of grappling with who we are and how we got here.
Register here: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/25897

Grolier Poetry Book Shop: Shangyang Fang, C. Francis Fisher, and Charles Kell
2024-03-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

Piper Distinguished Visiting Writers Series Presents Arthur Sze and Wang Jiaxin
2024-04-18 19:00 (America/Denver) | Piper Writer’s House, 450 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85281, 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.”
Register for the event here: https://virginia-g-piper-center-for-creative-writing.ticketleap.com/piper-distinguished-visiting-writers-series-with-arthur-sze-and/

Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet
2024-05-08 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Humanities Center at Stanford, 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, 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 of Lawrence and Nancy Mohr.”
For more information go to: https://events.stanford.edu/event/reading_with_arthur_sze_mohr_visiting_poet

Stanford Creative Writing Program Presents a Colloquium with Arthur Sze, the Mohr Visiting Poet
2024-05-22 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Margaret Jacks Hall, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 460, Stanford, CA, 94305, 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 generous support of Lawrence and Nancy Mohr.
The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the next event with the Mohr Visiting Poet: A Colloquium with Arthur Sze.”
For more information and to register go to: https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/events/colloquium-arthur-sze-mohr-visiting-poet

The Keeler Tavern Museum presents Poetry in the Garden with Sophie Cabot Black and Patricia Spears Jones
2024-07-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main St, Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
From 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 6:30 p.m. and readings begin at 7 p.m.
The first event of the season will feature Sophie Cabot Black and Patricia Spears Jones.”
View event here: https://keelertavernmuseum.org/events/483/poetry-in-the-garden/

The 13th Annual New York City Poetry Festival presents Diannely Antigua, Deborah Landau, and Sophie Cabot Black
2024-07-13 11:00 - 2024-07-14 18:00 (America/New_York) | Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York, NY, 10004
The 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 the most accessible large-scale events New York has to offer. It is free to attend, and its programming is designed to cater to audiences of all ages, regardless of their poetry background. The festival’s core comprises five mainstages: The Brinkley, The Algonquin, The White Horse, The Blackbird, and The Beckett. Over two days, more than a hundred literary organizations will share these stages, from established presses to community writing groups. Attendees of NYC PoFest can also expect an open-air artisan market, top-notch Smorgasburg-worthy food trucks, interactive installations, a visual arts gallery, a Youth Poetry Festival, an open mic, and more. At NYC PoFest, there’s truly a little something for everyone.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-13th-annual-new-york-city-poetry-festival-tickets-863989073577?_gl=1*12cdfol*_gcl_au*NzIxOTU4NjEzLjE3MTk0MzA4NTY.

DIESEL, A Bookstore presents Noah Warren, Christian Gullette, and Dan O'Brien
2024-07-30 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Diesel, A Bookstore, 225 26th St, Santa monica, CA, 90402
From 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 Brentwood.
Free seating is limited. To reserve a seat, please purchase one copy of a book for one seat.”
View here: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Christian-Gullette-Dan-O-Brien-Noah-Warren-Author-signing

Flyleaf Books presents their Second Sunday Poetry Series with John Balaban and Anna Lewis
2024-09-08 14:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Flyleaf Books, 752 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Flyleaf 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 limit your reading to one poem, one page. Hope to see you there!”
View here: https://chapelboro.com/events/flyleaf-second-sunday-poetry-series-anna-lewis-and-john-balaban

Ted Kooser Book Release - Raft
2024-09-09 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Chapters Books & Gifts, 548 Seward St, Seward, NE, 68434, United States
From 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 maintain the open-handed and accessible style that thousands have come to love. Yet, deeply imagistic and metaphorically rich, Raft shows us that even the simplest of objects, the simplest of actions, can become a portal.”
View here: https://sewardchapters.com/event/2024-09-09/ted-kooser-release-raft

CCP at Brooklyn Book Festival, Sunday, September 29
2024-09-29 10:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
From 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 attendees. The Festival is known for fostering creative dialogue among the authors, presenting new literary voices as well as established authors, and for serving the literary community by providing a highly visible platform for the work of authors and publishers.
The Brooklyn Book Festival was launched in 2006 as a one-day event to address the need for a free, major literary event that embraced the diverse constituencies of New York City. It has since grown to include 8 days of city-wide Bookend events, its flagship Festival Day with 300 authors and a Literary Marketplace with 250 independent and major publishers, and the BKBF Children’s Day that celebrates childhood reading. The Festival’s credo is ‘hip, smart and diverse’.”
View here: https://brooklynbookfestival.org/

Copper Canyon Press at AWP 2025
2025-03-26 - 2025-03-29 | AWP, Los Angeles Convention Center
Copper Canyon Press looks forward to attending the in-person 2025 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference March 26-29. Here’s how to find the Press, our booth at #AWP25, and your favorite poets.
Copper Canyon Press Events at AWP 2025 Conference
Thursday (March 27)

Jericho Brown, Camille Rankine
9:00am–10:15pm. Room 408A, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Predictable Unpredictability: Celebrating the Poetry of Reginald Shepherd.

Paisley Rekdal
10:35am–11:50pm. Room 406AB, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two.
Breaking Walls: Heirs of Angel Island Write Against the Anti-Chinese West.

Michael Wasson
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 404AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Celebrating Seventy-Five Years of the Beloit Poetry Journal.

Traci Brimhall
12:10pm–1:25pm. Concourse Hall 150 ABC, Level One, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Not Cue Cards or Assignments: The Magic of Prompts in Poetry Workshops.

Geoffrey Brock
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 501ABC, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Twenty Years of Reimagining Place: An Ecotone Anniversary Reading.

Victoria Chang
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 411, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
When Words Are Not Enough: Graphic Literature & Diasporic Histories.

Patricia Spears Jones
12:10pm–1:25pm. Concourse Hall 153 ABC, Level One, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Crowned with Laurels: The Role of the Poet Laureate in a Contemporary Age.

Geoff Bouvier
7:00pm–10:00pm. The Los Angeles Makery, 260 S Los Angeles St.
Black Lawrence Reading.

Friday (March 28)

Victoria Chang, Tyree Daye, Dean Rader
9:00am–10:15am. Room 503, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Eyes Wide: Exploring the Extended Ekphrastic.

Maurya Simon
10:00am–11:00am. Red Hen Press Booth.
Book Signing.

Camille Rankine
10:35am–11:50am. Room 408A, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Failing Again, Failing Better: The Joys of Revision.

Paisley Rekdal
10:35am–11:50pm. Room 503, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two.
Can I Write That? At the Crossroads of Social Change & Conscious Language.

Kerry James Evans
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 518, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Perspective & Perseverance in Writing Sobriety: Hemingway Is Not the Only Way.

Patricia Spears Jones
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 406AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Sisterhood: Friendship, Feminism, Lineage & Perseverance.

Paisley Rekdal
12:30–1:30pm. W.W. Norton Booth.
Signing for Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens.

Diannely Antigua
1:45pm–3:00pm. Room 518, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
How Do You Know When You’re Done? Poets on Revision.

Michael Wasson
3:20pm–4:35pm. Room 518, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Excuse My Beauty: Queer Indigenous Poetics, Story & Time.

Christopher Soto
3:20pm–4:35pm. Room 515A, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Literary Production During Authoritarian Governments.

Tishani Doshi, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Michael Wiegers, and Shangyang Fang
3:20pm–4:35pm. Petree Hall C, Level One, Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Vacancies We Name: Poetry of Global Perspectives, Sponsored by Copper Canyon Press.

Terry Ehret
5:00pm–7:oopm. Catcher in the Rye 10550 Riverside Drive Toluca Lake, CA 91602.
Celebrate 2025 Poetry Books from Sixteen Rivers Press.

Randall Mann
5:00pm–7:30pm. Precinct, 357 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013.
Unbound @ Precinct – a Queer Offsite Reading.

Diannely Antigua
6:00pm–7:30pm. Heavy Manners Library.
Luz y Carbón: an AWP Offsite Reading.

Pádraig Ó Tuama
7:00pm–8:30pm. The Crawford, 474 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena.
The Slowdown Live.

Amanda Gunn
8:00pm–10:00pm. Sybilline Records, Pasadena.
Off-site reading with Dialogist.

Saturday (March 29)

Amanda Gunn
9:00am–10:15am. Concourse Hall 153 ABC, Level One, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Forms of Grief: The Craft of Writing Elegiac Poetry.

Dean Rader
10:ooam–11:00am. Only Poems Table.
Book Signing of Beyond the Borderless.

Philip Metres and Pádraig Ó Tuama
10:35am–11:50am. Room 408A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two.
Spirit Work: Talking (with) Sacred Texts Through Poetry.

Forrest Gander, Shangyang Fang
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 407, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two.
“Traduttore, Traditore!”: Poets on Translation.

Jennifer Chang
12:10pm–1:25pm. Room 408A, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
No Excerpts: On the Long Poem.

Pádraig Ó Tuama
12:30pm–1:30pm. Norton Booth 646.
Book Signing.

Maria Hummel
1:45pm–3:00pm. Concourse Hall 152, Level One, Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Middle March: Novel Writing’s Toughest Mile.

Sophie Cabot Black
3:20pm–4:35pm. Room 408A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two.
Resistance, Refusal, Silence & Life: When We Don’t Write.

Natalie Shapero, Jennifer Chang, Tyree Daye, Christopher Kondrich
5:00pm–6:00pm. R Bar in K Town.
Off-site Reading with Southern Indiana Review.

Sunday (March 30)

Tishani Doshi
4:00pm–5:00pm. Wonzimer Gallery.
Windswept Artist Talk with Susan Ossman.

You can view the full conference schedule here.
Bookfair Booth
Copper Canyon Press’s booth will be located at Booth 418.

Yuki Tanaka Book Signing at AWP
2025-03-28 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CCP Booth #418
Stop by booth #418 at AWP for a book signing with Yuki Tanaka, author of Chronicle of Drifting!

The Vacancies We Name: Poetry of Global Perspectives with Michael Wiegers, Tishani Doshi, Pádraig Ó Tuama, and Shangyang Fang
2025-03-28 15:20 - 16:35 (America/Los_Angeles) | Petree Hall C, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 1
From the Organizers:
When we leave home and move through the world, what vacancies get created inside us? What does it mean to be severed from belonging—and to find it again? And how does poetry give us a mouth with which to tune our empty spaces? In this reading, three celebrated, international poets explore the intersections between distance, home, and spirit, offering a window into the energies we use to make a place in which we can live, whether here, there, or both at once.
