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  • Palm Beach Poetry Festival presents Gregory Orr

    From the organizers: For this year’s Thomas Lux Memorial Reading and special interview, the festival is pleased to present The Beloved: A Poetry and Song Cycle, a collaborative work created by Gregory Orr and The Parkington Sisters. This original work features the extraordinary musical compositions and lyric adaptation of Gregory Orr’s poems by the Parkington […]

  • LOGOS presents Tyree Daye + Hannah VanderHart

    From the organizers: Digital LOGOS Gathering, co-sponsored by EcoTheo Review. LOGOS Collective Collective Gatherings are 'liturgically-inflected' reading events, which engage audience participation. 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 the […]

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  • Princeton University presents Jericho Brown and Danez Smith in Conversation with Tracy K. Smith

    From the organizers: "Join 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, as she discusses poetry, survival, and our pandemic reality with renowned poets Jericho Brown and Danez Smith. This highlighted Wintersession event will feature poetry readings by Jericho Brown, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in poetry; and award-winning poet, performer, and current Princeton Arts […]

  • The Santa Cruz County Community Writers Series presents Ellen Bass

    From the organizers: Ellen Bass’s most recent poetry book is Indigo (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). Her poems appear frequently in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, and other journals. Among her awards are Fellowships from the NEA, the California Arts Council, three Pushcart Prizes, and The Lambda Literary Award. In 1973, she coedited the first […]

  • The Adroit Journal Issue 36 Release Reading featuring Ellen Bass

    From the organizers: "The editors of The Adroit Journal are excited to welcome you to a reading celebrating the release of our thirty-sixth issue. Readers include issue contributors Ellen Bass, Ethan Chatagnier, Martha Collins, Ghinwa Jawhari, Aurielle Marie, Nkosi Nkululeko, and Lydia Wei. The reading will be hosted on Zoom by Heidi Seaborn, executive editor of The Adroit […]

  • Lannan Center for Poetics & Social Practice presents Javier Zamora and Natalie Scenters-Zapico

    Lannen Center for Poetics & Social Practice 3611 Canal Road NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Lannan Center for Poetics & Social Practice welcomes Javier Zamora and Natalie Scenters-Zapico for a reading and discussion moderated by Carolyn Forché. Check here for updated information, including location TBD: https://lannan.georgetown.edu/2020-2021-readings-and-talks/javier-zamora-and-natalie-scenters-zapico/

  • Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters

    From the organizers: "As part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles joins the nationwide celebration of 250 years of African American poetry, on the occasion of the release of Kevin Young’s anthology. This program will include a special reading of these poems that address questions of […]

  • 100 Boots Poetry Series presents Nathaniel Mackey and Natalie Shapero

    From the organizers: "This free program will be hosted on Zoom; registration is required. The 100 Boots Poetry Series presents readings by a range of emerging and established writers from St. Louis and across the United States. 100 Boots is organized by Ted Mathys, poet and educator at Saint Louis University. Mathys will host a […]

  • Fresno MFA Chicanx Writers and Artists Association presents Monica Sok

    From the organizers:   "Join the Chicanx Writers and Artists Association in (re)welcoming Monica Sok, an acclaimed poet, for a reading and Q&A! Monica was previously slated to read with us last Spring and we're fortunate she's able to make space with us this upcoming January."   Register here: https://fresnostate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsfuisrz8uHNYu1zqNcwlo8QW4YsNMsKQs

  • The Chicano Writers and Artists Association at Fresno State presents Monica Sok

    From the organizers: Join the Chicanx Writers and Artists Association in (re)welcoming Monica Sok, an acclaimed poet, for a reading and Q&A! Monica was previously slated to read with us last Spring and we're fortunate she's able to make space with us this upcoming January. Pre-registration is required: here.   

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  • Lit Youngstown presents Philip Metres, Kevin Carey, & Kim Roberts

    Lit Youngstown presents a celebration of three poets and their new books, streaming live on Lit Youngstown's YouTube channel. Tune in for a reading and conversation with Philip Metres, Kevin Carey, and Kim Roberts. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSU2yQJz2gpHQWwdMAfrWzw

  • HOME: Poetry Reading and Open Mic Series presents Rachel McKibbens

    From the organizers: The theme, HOME, is born out of our current space, time, crisis, and future-shaping. What does home mean? What isn’t home? Who is lacking home? Now that we are all home so much, how do we like our homes? Ourselves? Our families? What is home, in the literal and figurative sense? Is […]

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  • Home Poetry Workshop Series: A Poetry Reading & Open Mic with Rachel McKibbens

    From the organizers: “HOME is a poetry reading, open mic, and workshop series led by Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola. It consists of a featured reader and brief open mic every first Friday of the month, followed by a writing workshop the following Saturday morning. Anthony Febo will host the readings and open mics." This […]

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  • Home Poetry Workshop Series: The Magic and Uncertainty of Memory with Rachel McKibbens

    From the organizers: "HOME is a poetry reading, open mic, and workshop series led by Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola. It consists of a featured reader and brief open mic every first Friday of the month, followed by a writing workshop the following Saturday morning."  This workshop is led by Rachel McKibbens. "The magic and […]

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  • Observable Reading Series presents Tyree Daye and Fatimah Asghar

    The St. Louis Poetry Center's Observable reading series presents a livestreamed reading with Tyree Daye and Fatimah Asghar. The event is free, with a suggested $5 donation. Enjoy the livestream here: https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/observable/ Or here: https://www.facebook.com/stlouispoetrycenter/live

  • Winter 2021 Launch Party Livestream: Natalie Shapero, Alex Dimitrov, & Erin Belieu

    Join Copper Canyon Press for a livestream launch party reading in celebration of our winter 2021 season of books! Natalie Shapero, Alex Dimitrov, and Erin Belieu 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 to the event […]

  • Georgia Poetry Circuit presents Victoria Chang

    Georgia Poetry Circuit, February 11 at 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM ET, presents Victoria Chang From the organizers: The Georgia Poetry Circuit and The Department of Writing & Linguistics present poet Victoria Chang for two events. The schedule of events is as follows, and all events are free to the public and take place via […]

  • Unbound Book Festival presents Poetry and Prayer, feat. Jericho Brown

    From the organizers: "Featuring Jericho Brown, Molly McCullly Brown, Alicia Jo Rabins, with moderator Rev. Molly Housh Gordon If, as Mary Oliver declared, attention is the beginning of devotion, then many poems are akin to prayer. But for those poets steeped in liturgical traditions or marked by celestial yearnings, that connection is more direct. The […]

  • The Poetry Project presents Forms of Love: 10 Session Workshop with Nikki Wallschlaeger

    The Poetry Project presents a 10-session workshop, Feb. 11—April 15, led by Nikki Wallschlaeger. From the organizers: "When we think of love poems, we think of the dominant form: the romantic. In this workshop we will be unpacking, examining and writing love poems from the platonic, familial, spiritual, to the romantic, to expand our horizons […]

    $275

  • Folger Shakespeare Library presents O.B. Hardison Poetry with Tracy K. Smith & Maurice Manning

    Folger Shakespeare Library presents O.B. Hardison Poetry, February 11th at 7:30 PM ET, with Tracy K. Smith & Maurice Manning From the organizers: Poet Maurice Manning will join with recent Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith for a live reading that speaks to the words and actions of Abraham Lincoln. After a virtual tour of President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C., Manning […]

    $5

  • Poets on the Coast presents Demystifying the Poetry Manuscript with Kelli Agodon & others

    Poets on the Coast presents Demystifying the Poetry Manuscript, Feb. 13 10 AM - 4 PM PST, with Kelli Agodon & others. From the organizers: How does a notebook full of poems transform into a published collection? How does one choose an enticing title, the right layout? Chapbook or full-length? Contest route or open reading […]

    $229

  • UCR Writers Week presents Alison C. Rollins, Kelli Jo Ford, and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

    UCR Writers Week presents Alison C. Rollins, Kelli Jo Ford, and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle From the organizers: Entering its 44th year, UCR’s Writers Week is the longest-running free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. The week of events is open to […]

  • NBF Presents: Secrets of the South, feat. Jericho Brown, Tayari Jones, and Deesha Philyaw

    From the organizers: "Join National Book Award–honored authors Jericho Brown (The Tradition, 2019 Poetry Finalist), Tayari Jones (An American Marriage, 2018 Fiction Longlist), and Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, 2020 Fiction Finalist) for a conversation on Southern literature and how Black writers are redefining stereotypes of the South, one poem, story, and […]

  • Lit Youngstown presents Kelli Russell Agodon, Erica Bodwell, & Jennifer Jean

    From the organizers: "Lit Youngstown will celebrate Kelli Russell Agodon, Erica Bodwell, and Jennifer Jean and the publication of their new books Sunday, February 21 at 7 PM EST. Join us on Lit Youngstown’s YouTube channel for a live reading and conversation." Event will stream at Lit Youngstown's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSU2yQJz2gpHQWwdMAfrWzw/

  • Emory University presents Faculty Showcase feat. Jericho Brown & others

    Emory University presents Faculty Showcase feat. Jericho Brown & others From the organizers: Join the Office of the Provost in celebrating Black History Month through the extraordinary research, creativity, and diversity of Emory’s faculty. Sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs, the event features the poetry of Professor Jericho Brown and offers interactive engagement with […]

  • Elliot Bay Book Company presents Valzhyna Mort with Ilya Kaminsky

    Elliot Bay Book Company presents Valzhyna Mort with Ilya Kaminsky, Feb. 22 at 6 PM PST From the organizers: Published late in 2020 to universal high praise, Valzhyna Mort’s utterly powerful poetry collection, Music for the Dead and Resurrected (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), is steeped in a tradition of poetic witness for her native Belarus in this […]

  • Brazos Bookstore presents VIRTUAL with Erin Belieu, Cate Marvin, and Mark Wunderlich

    Brazos Bookstore presents VIRTUAL , Thursday, February 25 at 7 PM CST, with Erin Belieu, Cate Marvin, and Mark Wunderlich From the organizers: START:  Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 7:00pm LOCATION:  This event will be presented on Zoom.   Register here: https://brazosbookstore.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ddf4FdM3SyGN7MODUgHwsQ?_x_zm_rtaid=--nUJ32pTW2Hw2psDBz5hQ.1612804047802.b7948ea1c961bd16e576906ac8d544c2&_x_zm_rhtaid=105  

  • Iowa State University presents Monday Monologue with Jennifer Knox

    Iowa State University presents Monday Monologue, March 1 at 12 PM - 1 PM EST, with Jennifer Knox From the organizers: ISU’s Monday Monologue series presents a livestream reading with Jennifer L. Knox. This reading will be accessible on Zoom; it’s free and open to the public. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdoUfZ4bSstnfkw4LF2R5-Q/featured

  • The 2021 Tomás Rivera Conference presents A Reading & Conversation with Javier Zamora

    From the organizers:  Our theme for the Fall 2020 conference seeks to explore, challenge, and interrogate the myriad ways in which activism—in all its forms—influences the production and consumption of art from various mediums (writing, visual art, film, music, performance). We hope to open up dialogues and lines of communication between a cross-section of artists […]

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  • The New School presents Poetry Forum with Erin Belieu

    The New School presents Poetry Forum with Erin Belieu From the organizers: The New School's Creative Writing Program curates a series of forums and special events throughout the academic year, featuring new and established writers. The forums in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Writing for Children & YA, explore work from a writerly perspective, featuring a […]

  • TYR presents Writing in an Age of Crisis with Jericho Brown

    TYR presents Writing in an Age of Crisis, March 4 at 7 PM EST with Jericho Brown From the organizers: As part of a new series on craft, “TYR Talks,” the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner will read and talk about the craft of writing poetry—and his current work—with Meghan O’Rourke and Roger Reeves of The Yale Review. […]

  • Bootleg Reading Series presents Leila Chatti & others

    Bootleg Reading Series presents, March 4 at 8 PM ET,  Leila Chatti & others From the organizers: Autumn House Press + Bull City Press + Four Way Books present Michael Bazzett, Susan Buttenweiser, Leila Chatti, Cynthia Cruz, John Foy, Matthew Lippman, T..J. McLemore, Hadley Moore, John Murillo, M. Randal O’Wain, Ed Pavlic, Abigail Wender, Patricia […]

  • HOME Poetry Series presents Monica Sok

    HOME Poetry Series presents Monica Sok From the organizers: HOME is a poetry reading, open mic, and workshop series led by Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola. It consists of a featured reader and brief open mic every first Friday of the month, followed by a writing workshop the following Saturday morning. Anthony Febo will host the […]

  • Hugo House presents Writing the Duplex with Jericho Brown

    From the organizers: In this 90-minute class, Jericho Brown will lead students through an exercise for writing a duplex poem — a form he invented that blends the ghazal, the sonnet, and the blues. Each student should bring 14 disparate lines of 9–11 syllables to class. Lines may be from sentences of the student’s own […]

    $90

  • The Adroit Journal presents Word is Bond Benefit Reading, feat. Victoria Chang

    The Adroit Journal presents Word is Bond Benefit Reading, March 9, 8 PM EST, feat. Victoria Chang From the organizers: Join us for Word is Bond #2! All proceeds will be donated to the Houston Area Women's Center—addressing domestic violence & homelessness—& Lucilles 1913—a Black-run organization addressing food insecurity. Your support will go a long […]

    $10

  • Loyola University Chicago presents War, Peace, and the Catholic Imagination with Philip Metres & Phil Klay

    Loyola University Chicago presents War, Peace, and the Catholic Imagination, March 11 from 4 PM - 5:30 PM CST,  with Philip Metres & Phil Klay From the organizers: Featuring national book award winning novelist Phil Klay and multiple award winning poet Philip Metres discussing how violence, warfare, and oppression are mediated through an imagination that […]

  • HOME: Poetry Reading and Open Mic Series presents Monica Sok

    From the organizers: The theme, HOME, is born out of our current space, time, crisis, and future-shaping. What does home mean? What isn’t home? Who is lacking home? Now that we are all home so much, how do we like our homes? Ourselves? Our families? What is home, in the literal and figurative sense? Is […]

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  • SUNY Brockport presents The Writers Forum with Victoria Chang

    SUNY Brockport presents The Writers Forum, March 17 at 6:30 PM EDT, with Victoria Chang From the organizers: Please Note: The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced the Writers Forum reading series to move online. Our readings will be hosted on Zoom, and will be accessible to one and all, near and far. Zoom links will be posted […]

  • George Mason University presents Visiting Writer Series with Arthur Sze

    George Mason University presents Visiting Writer Series, March 18 at 7 PM EDT, with Arthur Sze From the organizers: George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Spring 2021 Visiting Writers Series, featuring two writers each in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/visiting-writers-series-5/register

  • The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing presents An Evening with Michael Wiegers

    The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing presents, March 19 at 6 PM MST, An Evening with Michael Wiegers From the organizers: Join us for an evening with Michael Wiegers, Editor in Chief of Copper Canyon Press, as he shares advice and insights on the world of publishing with independent presses. Hosted by the Virginia G. Piper […]

  • Literati Bookstore presents At Home With Literati ft. Erin Belieu

    Literati Bookstore presents At Home With Literati, March 23 at 7 PM EDT, ft. Erin Belieu From the organizers: We're pleased to welcome Kim Addonizio and Erin Belieu to our At Home with Literati Series in support of Now We're Getting Somewhere and Come-Hither Honeycomb. Register here: https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-kim-addonizio-erin-belieu  

  • Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival presents Two Poets with Tishani Doshi

    Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival presents, March 27th at 11 AM GMT, Two Poets with Tishani Doshi From the organizers: We meet two poets at the height of their powers, former Ireland Professor of Poetry Paula Meehan for an exploration of her generous collection of selected poems As If By Magic and Tishani Doshi with her […]

    $6

  • Eastwind Books presents Southeast Asian American Poetry Reading with Monica Sok & Krysada Phounsiri

    From the organizers: "Join us for a poetry reading with Monica Sok and Krysada Phounsiri! Monica Sok and Krysada Phounsiri will be joined by SEA student poets from Stanford and UC Berkeley's Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) anthology group." Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southeast-asian-american-poetry-reading-with-monica-sok-krysada-phounsiri-tickets-139752677019