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  • Costura Creative presents Surreal Poetics with Alison C. Rollins IV

    From the organizers: Surreal Poetics is a weekly writing workshop series led by Alison C. Rollins! Registration via Zoom is required for these workshops. A link to the Zoom registration will be sent to your email 2 days, and again 2 hours, before the workshop begins. Registration cost is donation-based (suggested $20 per session), and […]

  • A Wild and Precious Life Series: A Reading with Victoria Chang, Roberto Carlos Garcia, Marilyn Nelson, and Ruben Quesada

    Join Victoria Chang, Roberto Carlos Garcia, Marilyn Nelson, and Ruben Quesada for a reading on July 22. From the organizer of Wild and Precious Life Series, Dustin Brookshire:  Sipping a beverage at your local coffee shop. Eating a slice a pizza at your favorite pizzeria. Happy hour with friends. Going to the gym. Reading poetry […]

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  • Reading with Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, and Adrian Matejka

    Join us for a virtual poetry reading on Wednesday July 22 at 8pm EDT. The featured readers will be Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, and Adrian Matejka. The event is free. Please register in advance at the link. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-reading-series-7-erin-belieu-mark-bibbins-adrian-matejka-tickets-113858158818    

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  • Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass III

    From Ellen Bass: “If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. […]

  • [Rescheduled] Bookshop.org presents Ellen Bass and Toi Derricotte

    From the organizer: Please join us for a poetry reading with Toi Derricotte and Ellen Bass. Toi and Ellen are dear friends and have shared their poetry for many years. They are now coming together for this special reading of work from their new books. Of Toi Derricotte's most recent book, "I":New and Selected Poems, Terrance Hayes writes: "What song do you […]

  • [Rescheduled] Reading with Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, and Adrian Matejka

    Join us for a virtual poetry reading on Sunday July 26 at 7pm EDT. The featured readers will be Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, and Adrian Matejka. The event is free. Please register in advance at the link. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-reading-series-7-erin-belieu-mark-bibbins-adrian-matejka-tickets-113858158818

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  • Copper Canyon Press + PSNY: Leila Chatti, Alberto Ríos, Victoria Chang

    Join Copper Canyon Press and The Poetry Society of New York for a New York City Poetry Festival streaming event on Facebook Live. Enjoy readings, conversation, and Q&A with Copper Canyon Press authors Leila Chatti, Alberto Ríos, and Victoria Chang. This FREE event is brought to you by The Poetry Society of New York as […]

  • Costura Creative presents Surreal Poetics with Alison C. Rollins V

    From the organizers:  SURREAL POETICS: weekly generative writing workshops with Alison C. Rollins! Registration via Zoom is required for these workshops. A link to the Zoom registration will be sent to your email 2 days, and again 2 hours, before the workshop begins. Suggested donation of $20 per session.  Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surreal-poetics-w-alison-c-rollins-tickets-109847938140

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  • PEN America presents DREAMing Out Loud: Reading featuring Javier Zamora, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Sonia Guiñansaca, Martyna Majok, and Jenny Zhang

    From the organizers:  PEN America is proud to present a reading with the rising stars from DREAMing Out Loud, our tuition-free workshop series for young undocumented writers in New York City. Since the program’s founding in 2016, DREAMing Out Loud has served over 125 emerging writers. Our students are primarily first-generation immigrants who came to the United […]

    $5

  • Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass IV

    From Ellen Bass: “If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. […]

  • Kundiman Summer Session: Hybrid Poetry and Prose Experiments with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

    From the organizers: THE EDGE OF THE SEA IS A STRANGE & BEAUTIFUL PLACE: HYBRID POETRY & PROSE EXPERIMENTS WITH AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL Building upon Rachel Carson’s famous maritime observations, this class will investigate and interrogate the “strange and beautiful place” of genre-blurring work—work that melds elements of creative nonfiction and poetry. The primary focus of […]

    $50

  • The Center For Fiction + BINC: Fundraiser Reading with Jericho Brown, Carmen Maria Machado, Celeste Ng, and Karen Russell

    From the organizers:  In solidarity with our fellow indie booksellers, we are hosting a fundraiser for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s COVID-19 relief fund with special guests Jericho Brown (The Tradition), Carmen Maria Machado (In the Dream House), Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere), and Karen Russell (Orange World). This event is the season finale of The Antibody, a weekly reading and Q&A hosted by Brian […]

    $15

  • Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass V

    From Ellen Bass: "If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. […]

  • Queer Futures: A Benefit Reading for The Majestic featuring Ocean Vuong

    From the organizers: 𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙐𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀𝙎: 𝘼 𝘽𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙁𝙄𝙏 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾 featuring the generously donated time and words of Ocean Vuong, Alexander Chee, Andrea Lawlor, CAConrad, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Franny Choi, Shira Erlichman  𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙉 & 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 Monday, August 7th at 7pm EST THE INTERNET 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾 The Majestic is the only queer bar in Western Massachusetts. […]

    $10

  • Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass VI

    From Ellen Bass: “If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. […]

  • One Poem: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives, feat. Jericho Brown, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Alberto Ríos, and Kwame Dawes

    From the organizers: On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 5 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT, the founding members of the Poetry Coalition will present One Poem: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives.  The virtual reading will be broadcast live via Crowdcast and YouTube (closed captioning available). Poets reading include: Prisca Afantchao, Sojourner Ahebee, Kazim Ali, Kimberly Blaeser, […]

  • LOGOS presents Tess Taylor and Forrest Gander, with EcoTheo Review

    From the organizer: LOGOS Collective Collective Gatherings are 'liturgically-inflected' reading events, which engage audience participation. This event features Tess Taylor and Forrest Gander. To participate in the ZOOM call, please RSVP through Eventbrite. A confirmation email will be sent with ZOOM link and PW for access. You can also tune-in and watch the event on […]

  • UA Distinguished Visitor Series presents Philip Metres

    From the organizers:  Sponsored by the University of Arizona English Department. Philip Metres has written ten books, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon 2020), Sand Opera, and The Sound of Listening. Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lannan Fellowship, three Arab American Book Awards, and two NEAs, he is professor of English and director of the Peace, […]

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