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  • 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 […]

  • My Name Is My Own: Celebrating June Jordan & Ruth Stone | A Virtual Benefit

    Featuring Jericho Brown, Elizabeth Gilbert, Rio Cortez, Monica Sok, and Alison C. Rollins, plus editors Jan Heller Levi, Christoph Keller, Bianca Stone, and Michael Wiegers Join Copper Canyon Press and an all-star lineup to celebrate the legacies of two iconic feminist poets, while raising crucial funds to support our spring season of phenomenal books. You’ll […]

  • Hugo House Presents Book Launch: Rae Armantrout & Heather McHugh

    From the organizers: Join us for a virtual reading with celebrated writers Rae Armantrout and Heather McHugh, who will read from their new books, Conjure and Muddy Matterhorn (respectively). RSVP for this free reading at the “Tickets” link.

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  • Poets House presents Tyree Daye

    Poets House Presents is a series of 10 minute readings that are posted on IGTV, YouTube, and the Poets House Archive on Fridays at noon. On October 2, poet and educator Tyree Daye reads from his forthcoming second collection Cardinal, from Raleigh, NC. Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/poetshouse On IGTV here: https://www.instagram.com/poets_house/channel/ Or check the archive for footage after the […]

  • FEMS2020 Presents Finals Showcase Featuring Charlotte Abotsi & Rachel McKibbens!

    From the organizers:  As a part of our 4th Annual FEMS Festival, we will be hosting a Finals Showcase featuring Charlotte Abotsi and Rachel McKibbens! We will be showcasing FEMS 2020 Festival participants alongside two features. Instead of a Finals stage of competition, we are creating space to celebrate the folks who have joined us […]

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  • USF Humanities Institute Presents A Poetry Reading with Pulitzer Prize Winner, Jericho Brown

    From the organizers: This year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Jericho Brown, will read from "The Tradition" and take questions from the audience. "The Tradition" details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. His poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their […]

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  • Brooklyn Public Library Presents Indigenous Peoples Day Poetry Celebration with Sherwin Bitsui

    From the organizers:  Join award-winning authors Sherwin Bitsui, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and Tommy Pico for a poetry reading of new poems. Of Sherwin Bitsui's poetry, Library Journal writes, “Bitsui’s poetry returns things to their basic elements and voice in a flowing language rife with illuminating images," and went on to call his work "serious and innovative.”  "Through a […]

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  • Fall 2020 Launch Party Livestream: Tyree Daye, Jennifer L. Knox, Alberto Ríos, & Lewis Hyde

    Join Copper Canyon Press for a livestream launch party to celebrate four extraordinary books from our fall 2020 season! Tyree Daye, Jennifer L. Knox, Alberto Ríos, and Lewis Hyde will read from their new collections, followed by a Q&A with viewers. Access is free. We’ll also share the livestream from our Facebook Page, and a link […]

  • UNC Chapel Hill presents Tyree Daye’s Cardinal: A Virtual Book Launch with Special Guest Nabila Lovelace

    From the organizers:  Please join us in a virtual book launch for Tyree Daye’s second collection Cardinal, from Copper Canyon Press, featuring the poet Nabila Lovelace. Tyree Daye’s Cardinal is a generous atlas that serves as a poetic “Green Book”—the travel-cum-survival guide for black motorists negotiating racist America in the mid-twentieth century. Interspersed with images […]