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  • One Book, One Philadelphia presents Re-Creating a New World: One Book Finale with Jericho Brown

    One Book, One Philadelphia presents, June 9 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM EDT,  Re-Creating a New World: One Book Finale with Jericho Brown From the organizers: Join us to celebrate a season of discussing The Tradition. Following a reading and conversation with One Book, One Philadelphia 2021 author, Jericho Brown, and Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker, we’ll listen to […]

  • Cafe con Libros presents Author Talk: Akwaeke Emezi, “Dear Senthuran”

    Cafe con Libros presents, June 10 at 6 PM - 7 PM EDT, Author Talk: Akwaeke Emezi, "Dear Senthuran" From the organizers: Akwaeke Emezi in dialogue with Lisa-Kaindé Diaz of Ibeyi. A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times-bestselling author, “a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of […]

  • Hugo House presents RESCHEDULED: Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness

    Hugo House presents, June 11 at 6 PM PDT, RESCHEDULED: Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness From the organizers: This event has been rescheduled from March 5, 2021. Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove has said that “poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” Yet many readers still struggle to understand […]

    $15

  • Arts for Art presents William Parker Tribute to David Budbill

    Arts for Art presents, June 13 at 8 PM EDT, William Parker Tribute to David Budbill From the organizers: William Parker's Tribute to David Budbill in Performance & Discussion. Suggested minimum donation is $5. Donations go towards funding artist fees. Arts for Art's On_Line Salon series features live streaming FreeJazz performances and conversations every Tuesday […]

  • Rain Taxi presents Arthur Sze in conversation with Eric Lorberer

    Rain Taxi presents, June 17 at 5:30 PM CDT,  Arthur Sze in conversation with Eric Lorberer From the organizers: Join us for a conversation and reading with Arthur Sze to celebrate his latest publication, a monumental New and Collected Poems called The Glass Constellation (Copper Canyon Press)—a triumph spanning five decades of work that ranges from compressed lyrical poems […]

  • The Merwin Conservancy presents Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil in Conversation

    The Merwin Conservancy presents, June 26 at 5 PM PDT,  Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil in Conversation From the organizers: Join us on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 2:00PM Hawai‘i time as accliamed poets and writers Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil come together for readings and conversation about place, poetry, and the wonders of the […]

  • Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Heidi Seaborn with Kelli Russell Agodon

    Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Heidi Seaborn discusses An Insomniac's Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe with Kelli Russell Agodon on July 1, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. (PDT). From the organizers: Heidi Seaborn’s astonishing second collection of poems, An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe is a middle-of-the-night poetic conversation with Marilyn Monroe that explores obsessions, addictions, […]

  • City of Asylum presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends

    City of Asylum virtually presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends on July 1 at 7:00 p.m. (EDT), in partnership with Vox Populi. From the organizers: This is a virtual-only event streamed on City of Asylum’s virtual platform, City of Asylum @ Home. Run time: 90 minutes Naomi Shihab Nye, the current Young […]

  • Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Valzhyna Mort and Victoria Chang, chaired by Neil Astley

    Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Valzhyna Mort and Victoria Chang, chaired by Neil Astley, on July 2, 2021 from 6 to 7 p.m. (BST); 10 to 11 a.m. (PDT); noon to 1 p.m. (CDT); 1 to 2 p.m. (EDT). From the organizers: After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief […]

    £5.00

  • Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Jorie Graham hosted by Sarah Howe

    Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Jorie Graham hosted by Sarah Howe, on July 2, 2021 from 8 to 9 p.m. (BST); noon to 1 p.m. (PDT); 2 to 3 p.m. (CDT); 3 to 4 p.m. (EDT). From the organizers: Celebrated American poet Jorie Graham, will read from her latest collection Runaway and chat about her work with poet Sarah […]

    £5.00

  • Costura Creative presents Sweetness Poetics with Alison C. Rollins

    Costura Creative presents Sweetness Poetics, an online writing workshop led by Alison C. Rollins with sessions on Sundays in July (July 4, 11, 18 and 25) at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). From the organizers: Online writing workshops led by: Alison C. Rollins SWEETNESS POETICS Sundays in July 7/4   7/11   7/18   7/25 3:00 PM EDT Suggested donation: […]

  • EcoTheo Collective presents Wonder in Wyoming, a literary festival

    St. John's Episcopal Church (Jackson, WY) 170 North Glenwood Street, Jackson, WY, United States

    EcoTheo Collective presents Wonder in Wyoming, a literary festival taking place July 9–11, hosted by St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson. From the organizers: Wonder in Wyoming: Three Days + Two Nights of LIVE Reading Events, Free and open to the public Wonder in Wyoming is the brainchild of Board member Spencer Reece, acclaimed poet, memoirist, […]

  • Kenyon Review presents The Writers Workshops Online feat. Natalie Shapero

    Kenyon Review presents, July 11 - 17, The Writers Workshops Online feat. Natalie Shapero From the organizers: Our summer 2021 workshops take on a new dimension this year. Entirely online, they are designed to fit more easily into writers’ daily lives, all while providing the stimulating and supportive experience that writers seek from Kenyon Review. […]

    $250

  • Literary Cleveland presents “Poetry and Basketball” with Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez

    Literary Cleveland presents "Poetry and Basketball," a panel featuring Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez, on July 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (EDT). This panel is presented as part of The Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's free annual festival for writers and readers. From the organizers: From the first Olympics in ancient Greece, […]

  • West Cork Literary Festival presents Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore

    West Cork Literary Festival presents Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore, on July 15 at 8 p.m. (GMT+1) (12 p.m. PDT). From the organizers: But sometimes it’s too much to ask a person to inhabit the strange region of a foreign heart –‘Experiment in Empathy’ by Ellen Bass, from Indigo (2020) Later that afternoon, lonely […]

    €5

  • Moberg Gallery presents Larassa Kabel’s A Ghost at the Feast, with a reading by Jennifer L. Knox

    Moberg Gallery 2411 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

    Jennifer L. Knox will give a reading at Moberg Gallery in Des Moines on July 16, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. to celebrate A Ghost at the Feast, an art show by Larassa Kabel. From the organizers: In conjunction with Larassa Kabel's exhibit, A Ghost at the Feast, and Mary Jones' installation, The Map Room, Moberg […]

  • Arcadia Books presents Nikki Wallschlaeger

    Arcadia Books 102 East Jefferson St., Spring Green, WI, United States

    Arcadia Books presents Nikki Wallschlaeger for a poetry reading on July 17, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. From the organizers: Nikki Wallschlaeger, 2021-22 visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Group, reads from Waterbaby, her third collection of poetry. Using the element of water to connect her poems, Nikki Wallschlaeger writes about family, memory, Blackness, motherhood, work […]

  • The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop with Philip Metres and Lydia Munnell

    John Carroll University 1 John Carroll Boulevard, University Heights, OH, United States

    The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop is a writing workshop for students entering grades 8–12 hosted by John Carroll University from July 19–23, 2021, with award-winning faculty Philip Metres and Lydia Munnell. From the organizers: The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop (for students grades 8–12) will take place on July 19-July 23, 2021, on the […]

    $980

  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum presents Nature Authors: From NYT to BTA with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

    Boyce Thompson Arboretum presents Nature Authors: From NYT to BTA with Aimee Nezhukumatathil on July 22 at 6 p.m. (MST) via Zoom. From the organizers: Boyce Thompson Arboretum welcomes bestselling nature authors Gary Nabhan, Doug Tallamy, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Emma Marris in a special virtual series throughout the summer. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of […]

    $10

  • The New York City Poetry Festival presents Deborah Landau

    Colonels Row Hay Rd, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    The New York City Poetry Festival presents Deborah Landau for a headliner reading on July 25 from 3:30 to 4 p.m. on Governors Island. From the organizers: Join us in celebrating 10 years of uniting New York City's vast and diverse poetry community! Every year on the last weekend in July, the New York City […]

  • Left Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center present Maggie Smith with Dana Levin

    Left Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center present Maggie Smith in conversation with Dana Levin on Facebook Live on July 27 at 5:30 p.m. (central). From the organizers: Left Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center welcome award-winning poet and bestselling author of Keep Moving and Good Bones, Maggie Smith, who will discuss and read from […]