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  • CANCELED: AWP 2020 | Copper Canyon Press & Lambda Literary Showcase

    Esperanza Peace and Justice Center 922 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX, United States

    Updated March 3, 2020: Please note that this event has been canceled. After much deliberation, the team at Copper Canyon Press has decided not to attend the 2020 AWP conference in San Antonio. We made this difficult call out of an abundance of caution after consulting with each staff member who was scheduled to attend the […]

  • CANCELED: AWP 2020 | Big Beautiful Copper Canyon Book Release

    Holy Spirit Hall in the Healy Murphy Center 618 Live Oak St., San Antonio, TX, United States

    Updated March 3, 2020: Please note that this event has been canceled. After much deliberation, the team at Copper Canyon Press has decided not to attend the 2020 AWP conference in San Antonio. We made this difficult call out of an abundance of caution after consulting with each staff member who was scheduled to attend […]

  • Launch Party Livestream: Ellen Bass, Monica Sok, & Mark Bibbins

    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 2, 3pm PT are Ellen Bass, Monica Sok, and Mark Bibbins. Register at this link: […]

  • Launch Party Livestream: Traci Brimhall, Leila Chatti, & John Freeman

    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 9, 11am PT are Traci Brimhall, […]

  • Stegner Fellows National Poetry Month Reading featuring Monica Sok, Taneum Bambrick

    The Ruby will host an online National Poetry Month reading featuring Monica Sok, Safia Elfhillo, Claire Meuschke, and Taneum Bambrick; all current Stegner fellows at Stanford University. This is a Virtual Ruby event, taking place over Zoom. Register here: https://zoom.us/j/285830870?pwd=VU00MlhjZ3VTQVBLZi9Ta3R2TmVSdz09 Password will be sent with registration. 

  • Launch Party Livestream: Ed Skoog, Victoria Chang, & Philip Metres

    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 16, 3pm PT are Ed Skoog, […]

  • 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

  • A Virtual Reading with Michael McGriff and Robert Walicki

    White Whale Bookstore hosts an online evening of poetry with Michael McGriff and Robert Walicki. White Whale says "head to our Bookshop site's list titled 'Recent and Upcoming Events (Pre-order!)' to order one of Bob's books and several of Michael's. You can also check out other curated lists and picks on our main site page, or use […]

  • HRC Fireside Chat With Pulitzer-Prize Winning Poet Jericho Brown

    Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown joins Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David to discuss the resilience of the Black LGBTQ community and celebrate the power and importance of poetry as a vehicle for calling out injustice. Watch here: https://www.hrc.org/resources/fireside-chat-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-jericho-brown

  • A Virtual Reading with James Richardson, Nancy Reddy, and Emily Van Duyne

    Stockton University presents a virtual reading with James Richardson, Nancy Reddy, Emily Van Duyne, livestreamed using Zoom. You don’t need to create a Zoom account in order to "attend," but you do need access to a computer, smart phone or other telephone. You can tune in from your computer or smart phone by clicking this […]

  • SPEAK. EASY. // A Virtual Reading Series presents John Freeman, Mary-Kim Arnold, and Jenny Zhang

    Twenty Stories LA presents SPEAK. EASY.—a virtual reading series with your favorite authors. On May 16, SPEAK. EASY. welcomes John Freeman, Mary-Kim Arnold, and Jenny Zhang to read from their latest works, followed by a conversation and audience Q&A, hosted by Emory and Alexa, owners of Twenty Stories. The event is free. Join here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/speak--easy---a-virtual

  • Virtual Event: A Poetry Reading with Ellen Bass and Tess Taylor

    A virtual reading with Ellen Bass and Tess Taylor, hosted by Brookline Booksmith, who says "Grab a drink and get ready for some poems. Settle in for some breath music. Join Ellen Bass and Tess Taylor to celebrate their new collections. Tess’s book Rift Zone offers poems for an apocalyptic California– the precarious places, the fault lines […]

  • Our Homes, Our Bodies, Our Imaginations: How Place Shapes Identity with Philip Metres, Lisa Olstein, and

    Virtual Views and Brews presents Our Homes, Our Bodies, Our Imaginations: how place shapes identity. Join KUT's Rebecca McInroy in conversation with poet Philip Metres, poet and memoirist Lisa Olstein, and anthropologist Meena Khandelwal,  to talk about everything from how we experience pain collectively, to the fragmented memories that shape our imaginary, to the gendered aspects of space […]

  • The Racket Weekly: THE LONG GONE with Keith S. Wilson

    This week, The Racket celebrates Chicago-based poet Keith S. Wilson, author of Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love. The event's theme—THE LONG GONE—"digs into the idea of what we long for in the past and in the future. The people, the places, the experiences—all of those we've left behind." Doors at 7. Show at 7:15. Find the […]

  • SOMOS presents Ellen Bass and Jericho Brown

    SOMOS presents an online reading with Ellen Bass and Jericho Brown, free and open to the public. Access information here: https://somostaos.org/calendar/#event=38764263

  • Lambda Literary presents The Quarantine Reading Series, featuring Alison C. Rollins

    Lambda Literary's Quarantine Reading Series is "a virtual poetry experience running May 28th and 29th where emerging and established poets share their work and fellowship, and where your ticket purchase or donation supports LGBTQ and BIPOC writers during the global crisis. This month, twenty phenomenal poets including Alison C. Rollins, Julian Randall, Benjamin Garcia, Kai […]

  • The Beautiful Witness We Bear: Writer to Writer featuring Jericho Brown and Nikki Finney

    The Bay Area Book Festival presents Jericho Brown and Nikki Finney in conversation, moderated by Ismail Muhammad, reviews editor for The Believer and board member at the National Book Critics Circle. Register to view the livestream here: https://baybookfest.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0F3m00000ycHwPEAU From the event website:  "In our Writer to Writer series, two writers who are fans of each other’s […]

  • Windows/Shababeek: A Bilingual Virtual Reading featuring Philip Metres

    The Arab American History Museum presents a Sukoon bilingual live reading around the theme of Windows/Shababeek, curated and hosted by Sukoon founding editor Rewa Zeinati, and featuring a fabulous lineup of Arab writers and poets, including: Zeyn Joukhadar, Zeina Hashem Beck, Philip Metres, George Abraham, Sahar Mustafa, Zeina Azzam (Arabic) and Farah Chamma (Arabic). AAHM […]

  • Further Notice Virtual Reading Series: Victoria Chang and Rick Barot

    The Further Notice Virtual Reading Series presents an online reading Victoria Chang and Rick Barot. From the organizers: "Please join us for the eleventh reading in the Further Notice Virtual Reading Series, featuring Victoria Chang and Rick Barot. Imagine listening to all this magic from the comfort of your bed or couch or wherever suits […]

  • White Whale Bookstore presents Leila Chatti, Marlin M. Jenkins, Steffan Triplett, and J. Bailey Hutchinson

    White Whale Bookstore presents a virtual reading with Leila Chatti, Marlin M. Jenkins, Steffan Triplett, and J. Bailey Hutchinson.  This event will be hosted on Zoom. You'll receive the link to the Zoom meeting the day of the event via email. Free registration/ticket sales will end at 6:30pm EDT on 6/10. Please email events@whitewhalebookstore.com if […]