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  • The Sierra Poetry Festival “Un-Keynote” with Ellen Bass

    Times listed are in Pacific Time. In her Sierra Poetry Festival "un-keynote" address, Ellen Bass will read from her new book, Indigo, and talk about poetry as a way to transmute suffering into beauty, to find the exquisite tenderness in pain, to make meaning in the face of our fragility. She will explore poetry as a path […]

  • Launch Party Livestream: James Richardson, Sarah Ruhl, & Heather McHugh

    Note: Event times listed are in Pacific Time (PT). Every week in April, join Copper Canyon Press for a series of free livestreaming book launch readings! Launch Party will introduce you to twelve brilliant new and forthcoming poetry collections—three every Thursday, plus our Tuesday finale. The guests for April 21, 11am PT are James Richardson, […]

  • Ellen Bass: An Online Reading with Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Times listed are in Pacific Time. Bookshop Santa Cruz presents a live online reading with Ellen Bass, who will read from her brand new poetry collection, Indigo.  Sign up to receive a link to join via the form here: https://mailchi.mp/ellenbass/bookshopsantacruz

  • The Deluge Book Release Reading with Leila Chatti and Friends

    Times listed are in Eastern Time (ET). Leila Chatti launches her book Deluge with a live online poetry reading also featuring Naomi Shihab Nye, Anita Skeen, Mary Szybist, and Dorianne Laux. Presented by Costura Creative. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_heuXYwvHRgKOb6xXDtEL1Q

  • RAWI Spring 2020 Release Reading & Fundraiser with Philip Metres, Leila Chatti, and More

    The Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) is organizing a spring release reading featuring 10 authors with March/April releases from our community, including Philip Metres and Leila Chatti. The reading will happen via Zoom (details forthcoming) at 6:00pm EST and there is a suggested $5 donation for the reading. All proceeds will go toward establishing […]

  • A Digital Reading with Philip Metres and Erika Meitner

    Times listed are in Central Time (CT). The Paper Plains Literary Festival and Raven Book Store present a digital reading with Philip Metres and Erika Meitner. Two writers steeped in the documentary poetry tradition, Philip Metres and Erika Meitner, present a joint reading of their urgent, political, and deeply felt poetry. Metres reads from his […]

  • UCross Spotlight Presents Sherwin Bitsui and Musician Kate Schutt

    Poet Sherwin Bitsui and musician Kate Schutt will be featured in a Ucross Spotlight Zoom event as part of a nationwide series of artist-centric events. The event is designed to highlight Ucross alumni, their work and their contribution to the nation’s arts and letters. Registration is required in advance. Schutt is an award-winning songwriter, singer, […]

  • Shelter in Poems: A Virtual Reading with the Academy of American Poets

    In this unprecedented time, as more and more of us are turning to poetry, the Academy of American Poets launched Shelter in Poems, an initiative that invites poets and poetry lovers to share poems on social media that give them comfort or courage. Shelter in Poems: A Virtual Reading extends this idea with a special […]

  • Greenlight Bookstore presents John Freeman and Julia Alvarez

    Acclaimed authors and friends John Freeman and Julia Alvarez present their new books, both of which engages with questions of how we decide who to care for, which bodies matter, how we occupy space with strangers... and whose presences we don't see. - Freeman’s poetry collection The Park is a series of meditations inspired by The Luxembourg […]

  • Live with Victoria Chang and Monica Sok

    A reading with Victoria Chang and Monica Sok will be streamed live online as part of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore's Virtual Event Series. Register to attend here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/victoria-chang-and-monica-sok/register