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  • Cuyahoga County Public Library presents A Conversation with Philip Metres

    From the organizers: "Join us on Facebook Live for a conversation with author Philip Metres and Karen Long of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. This event will be broadcast live at facebook.com/cuyahogalib/live. A Facebook account is not required to view the program." Watch here: facebook.com/cuyahogalib/live

  • The 39th Northern California Book Awards with finalist Matthew Zapruder

    From the organizers: "Celebrate the Bay Area’s vibrant literary scene. This event will simultaneously broadcast on the SF Public Library YouTube. For accommodations, call 415-557-4557 or contact marti.goddard@sfpl.org. Requesting 72 hours in advance will help ensure availability." Register to attend via Zoom here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qhzjQX25R8-rd3C2QC7yTg

  • Lift Every Voice: 250 Years of African American Poetry featuring Jericho Brown, Nikki Finney, Sonia Sanchez, Tyehimba Jess, and more

    From the organizers: "Library of America, in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, presents the launch of Lift Every Voice, a nationwide celebration of the 250-year-long African American poetic tradition. The celebration is anchored by the publication of the anthology, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, edited by poet and Schomburg […]

  • Blue Flower Arts presents a Master Class with Jericho Brown

    From the organizer: "In this 90-minute virtual master class, poet and educator Jericho Brown will lead you through a set of unconventional exercises he's designed to keep your ears open and your fingers moving. Brown believes there is a profound relationship between reading poetry and writing it. He will lead our virtual gathering through focused readings, discussions, and recitations of the […]

    $85

  • Wisconsin Book Festival presents Leila Chatti and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

    From the organizers: "Presented in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Program in Creative Writing, this edition of Wisconsin Wednesdays features UW Alumnae Rowan Hisayo Buchanan for her new novel, Starling Days, and Leila Chatti for her new poetry collection, Deluge." Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/starling-days--deluge/register

  • Academy of American Poets presents Books Noted Live: Tyree Daye & Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

    From the organizers: "Join the Academy of American Poets for Books Noted Live, a new, virtual reading and conversation series featuring poets with new or forthcoming books. The first of four events will take place Friday, September 25th at 7PM EDT. The Academy is pleased to host Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Age of Phillis, which was […]

  • A Reading & Conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil & Ross Gay, moderated by Cathy Linh Che & Malcolm Tariq

    From the organizers: "In celebration of the publication months of Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments and Ross Gay’s Be Holding: A Poem, we’re co-hosting a virtual reading with Cave Canem and Milkweed Editions! Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay will read and join Cathy Linh Che of […]