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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 class, race, and nationalism in High Desert, to Jenny Xie's explorations of public secrecies, and the psychic fallout of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in The…

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 United States’s premiere independent presses, Copper Canyon Press and Graywolf Press Winner of The American Poetry Review’s 2022 First book Prize selected by Jericho Brown,…

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 to leave their dead behind. The traditional elegy ritualizes grief, gives it language, and offers at least the beginnings of consolation. The modern elegy may…

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 Travis Denton via email at travis.denton@lmc.gatech.edu .

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 author of the debut full-length collection Deluge (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), winner of the 2021 Levis Reading Prize, the 2021 Luschei Prize for African Poetry,…

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 7pm ET/4pm PT for the book launch of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven by Brian Teare, joined by Victoria Chang! RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kfu-urDMqHND8xQcJNpJTRl1rVKQ4Ieml

Victoria Chang and Matthew Zapruder will be teaching a class called Comet of Stillness: A five-week short course on the Poetry of W.S. Merwin. The course will meet on Sundays from January 22 – February 19, 2023. Early Bird Tuition (before January 12, 2023): $270. Standard Tuition (After January 12, 2023): $300. Financial Aid is available From the organizers: W.S. Merwin’s poetry was visionary, ecological, anti-war, and humanist, and exhibits a clarity and strangeness that continues to exert a profound…