Copper Canyon Press

Palm Beach Poetry Festival presents Gregory Orr
2021-01-18 08:00 - 2021-01-23 17:00 (America/New_York)
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 Sisters sequenced with Gregory Orr’s reading and performance. Don’t miss this!
We will also present a one-on-one interview of Gregory Orr by Laure-Anne Bosselaar to be followed by a Q&A session with the poet.
More information about these special events is forthcoming.
Application information here.

LOGOS presents Tyree Daye + Hannah VanderHart
2021-01-19 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Chicago)
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 LOGOS page via FacebookLIVE (@logospoetrycollective).
Register here.

The Black Matter Is Life: Poetry for Engagement and Overcoming - Love, Love, Love, feat. Jericho Brown
2021-01-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
“Join us this winter for a virtual series of public conversations entitled, The Black Matter is Life: Poetry for Engagement and Overcoming. In this series, we will explore and discuss the rich tradition and innovation found in African American poetry.

Poetry is a powerful art form, one that offers profound insights into what it means to be human. Through the creative, succinct, and melodious use of language, poets render into words their joys, their challenges, their vulnerabilities, and their discoveries, thus providing shape and meaning to the human connection and shared emotional experience.
In the wake of our nation’s current unrest, this program is designed to build bridges across the racial divide by introducing the audience to the writings of a number of African American poets whose work has shone a light on a rich cultural heritage that has often gone unexplored. This program asks the audience to consider how African American poetry provides tools for healing our nation’s deep racial wounds.

To begin this exploration of the vast diversity within African American poetic tradition, UNH professors Reginald Wilburn and Dennis Britton will facilitate three online conversations. Each discussion deconstructs four poems grouped by themes. Conversations will center these poems within the context of the African American literary tradition, their cultural heritage, the traditions they encompassed, and the relevance this tradition has to us today. The series will also explore the question, ‘Why does African American Poetry matter?'”
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdu-vqz8oG9MzJH1DYmxo_GMc5qQrRn7c

Princeton University presents Jericho Brown and Danez Smith in Conversation with Tracy K. Smith
2021-01-22 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
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 Fellow Danez Smith. Professor Smith will moderate a conversation on art, America, and the feelings and determinations arising from this complicated moment. An interactive audience Q&A will conclude the evening.”
Register here: https://campusevents.princeton.edu/OWCE/rsvp_boot?id=904109

The Santa Cruz County Community Writers Series presents Ellen Bass
2021-01-23 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 major anthology of women’s poetry, No More Masks!, and her nonfiction includes the groundbreaking The Courage to Heal. A Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Bass founded poetry workshops at Salinas Valley State Prison and the Santa Cruz jails, and teaches in the MFA writing program at Pacific University.

OPEN MIC
The virtual doors will open at 2pm PT. You can sign up to read your own original work for up to five minutes then or by email: communitywritersscco@gmail.com.

Access information: We’ll be meeting virtually via Zoom. You may join us via computer, laptop, or smartphone.
Email us to get on the email reminder list and receive zoom link and password: [REDACTED]

The Adroit Journal Issue 36 Release Reading featuring Ellen Bass
2021-01-26 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 Journal.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-adroit-journal-issue-36-release-reading-tickets-137030336425

Lannan Center for Poetics & Social Practice presents Javier Zamora and Natalie Scenters-Zapico
2021-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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
2021-01-28 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 identity, race, place, voice and the richness and diversity of African American poetic imagination.”
Poets in the anthology in include Jericho Brown, Camille Rankine, Roger Reeves, Alison C. Rollins, among many others. The event will feature special guests Kevin Young, Amanda Gorman, Kris Bowers, Robin Coste Lewis, and Safiya Sinclair.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lift-every-voice-why-african-american-poetry-matters-today-tickets-133028637235

100 Boots Poetry Series presents Nathaniel Mackey and Natalie Shapero
2021-01-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 virtual discussion and reading with poets Nathaniel Mackey and Natalie Shapero. A selection of their books are available courtesy of Left Bank Books at left-bank.com.

“Blue Fasa” by Nathaniel Mackey: bit.ly/3beSTQp
“Popular Longing” by Natalie Shapero: bit.ly/396oktM”

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3owhd8ZESOycDJ1qQvtXzw

Fresno MFA Chicanx Writers and Artists Association presents Monica Sok
2021-01-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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
2021-01-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

Lit Youngstown presents Philip Metres, Kevin Carey, & Kim Roberts
2021-01-31 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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

The Academy of American Poets presents All We Can Save: A Virtual Reading & Comprehension feat. Ellen Bass
2021-02-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
The Academy of American Poets presents All We Can Save: A Virtual Reading & Comprehension, February 4 at 7 PM EST, feat. Ellen Bass
From the organizers:
All We Can Save: A Virtual Reading & Conversation featuring women leaders who are at the forefront of the climate movement. This event will include Academy of American Poets Chancellor Ellen Bass and Camille T. Dungy, two poet contributors to the anthology All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, co-edited by climate leaders Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson, who will also participate in the event. Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m. EST. Free with registration. Closed captioning will be available.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/all-we-can-save-a/register?mc_cid=efa8ee01bd&mc_eid=13f51d1abd

HOME: Poetry Reading and Open Mic Series presents Rachel McKibbens
2021-02-05 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
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 the body a type of home? How so? Is a poem a type of home? How do we integrate this into content and craft?
Register for Rachel McKibbens‘s reading here.

Home Poetry Workshop Series: A Poetry Reading & Open Mic with Rachel McKibbens
2021-02-05 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
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 reading and open mic features Rachel McKibbens.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS1OcXWCfLt4hsXE8kGR-KI1OpQQGeO_sKyMWatxjbquqBEA/viewform

Home Poetry Workshop Series: The Magic and Uncertainty of Memory with Rachel McKibbens
2021-02-06 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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 uncertainty of memory often gives way to the fantastic, allowing our stories to inherit the dreamlike qualities of the subconscious. In this discussion, we will explore how fragments and masks (in both language and persona) allow us to push art beyond the boundaries of truth, permitting the core depths of ourselves to be revealed in their darkest, most feral forms. By examining the work of contemporary poets and visual artists, we will learn the importance of allowing the many versions of truth to push back against oppressive realities.”
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZuKPSS5Whb95wyA0yX_O3yVNWG15uMQwngGRJeUS0jSagWw/viewform

Observable Reading Series presents Tyree Daye and Fatimah Asghar
2021-02-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
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

An Instagram Live Reading with Alex Dimitrov
2021-02-09 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
An Instagram Live Reading with Alex Dimitrov
Watch here:
https://www.instagram.com/wildeamericanboy/

Winter 2021 Launch Party Livestream: Natalie Shapero, Alex Dimitrov, & Erin Belieu
2021-02-11 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 recording will be available here on our website.
Our partnering bookseller for the Launch Party Livestream series is the Seattle-based Estelita’s Library—a Black/Brown-owned community bookstore and library. We encourage you to support Estelita’s by purchasing or pre-ordering books by our Launch Party poets through their storefront on Bookshop.org. Start here, then search the titles you’d like to buy: https://bookshop.org/shop/estelitaslibrary
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8915990663528/WN_DEWJlZY8Qku-e8wYQCjfOg

Georgia Poetry Circuit presents Victoria Chang
2021-02-11 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
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 Zoom:

2-3 p.m. : [email Prof. Christina Olson for class Zoom access]
6:30-7:30 p.m. : Reading

Register here: https://cah.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/2021/01/25/georgia-poetry-circuit-presents-victoria-chang/

Unbound Book Festival presents Poetry and Prayer, feat. Jericho Brown
2021-02-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 poets on this panel will discuss poetry’s relationship to prayer, as well as to other religious vocalizing, such as chants, hymns, koans, and mantras. Moreover, they will consider poetry as a religion itself, an unorthodox source of holiness and redemption.”
Access link forthcoming here: http://www.unboundbookfestival.com/poetry-and-prayer

The Poetry Project presents Forms of Love: 10 Session Workshop with Nikki Wallschlaeger
2021-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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 on what the love poem can be.”
Register here: https://poetryproject.z2systems.com/np/clients/poetryproject/eventRegistration.jsp?event=33&

Folger Shakespeare Library presents O.B. Hardison Poetry with Tracy K. Smith & Maurice Manning
2021-02-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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 and Smith will read from their work. Manning’s latest collection Railsplitter is in the posthumous voice of Lincoln. Smith’s most recent book, Wade in the Water takes an unflinching look at the ravages of slavery, the lives of Black Civil War soldiers and America’s history on race, gender, immigration and more.
Register here: https://events.folger.edu/7182/7193?_ga=2.81422551.1163987389.1612885769-535854862.1612885769

Poets on the Coast presents Demystifying the Poetry Manuscript with Kelli Agodon & others
2021-02-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 periods? Come spend the day working on your poetry manuscript from the comfort of your own home and find out the answers to these questions.
This unique class includes: an intensive morning session with facts and figures, creation of your mission statement, and determining your own publication goals as a poet. The class will also include several ways to organize your manuscript, strategies to create your strongest manuscript, guest poets sharing their tips and stories to publication, a Q&A literary salon, and much more.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ39YSUBFgLTC3xRbNwzlA_gx7C9DTrwSesQuffxW1XYweEA/viewform

Raven Book Store presents Poetry with Jennifer L. Knox and Meg Johnson
2021-02-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Raven Book Store presents Poetry with Jennifer L. Knox and Meg Johnson
From the organizers:
Join two acclaimed Midwestern poets for a weird and wonderful night of poetry!
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/knoxjohnson/register

UCR Writers Week presents Alison C. Rollins, Kelli Jo Ford, and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
2021-02-16 13:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 the public and includes readings, conversations, panels, and social activities focused on the varied and exciting work of our participants, many of them among UCR’s powerhouse Creative Writing faculty.
ONLINE. Free and open to the public.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/session-1—tuesday

NBF Presents: Secrets of the South, feat. Jericho Brown, Tayari Jones, and Deesha Philyaw
2021-02-16 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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 secret at a time. Moderated by Kiese Laymon, author of, most recently, Heavy: An American Memoir.”
Streaming here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjAJDxQwyrObh-ph3OZtng

NYU Creative Writing Program presents Poetry Reading with Alex Dimitrov, Megan Fernandes, & Noah Warren
2021-02-18 19:00 - 2021-02-19 21:00 (America/New_York)
NYU Creative Writing Program presents Poetry Reading, Feb.18 at 7 PM EST, with Alex Dimitrov, Megan Fernandes, & Noah Warren
From the organizers:
This event is free and open to the public, though registration is required.
Register here: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuc-qspjMtGNHP6fWW62AXbOrVdFuc8HtI

Lit Youngstown presents Kelli Russell Agodon, Erica Bodwell, & Jennifer Jean
2021-02-21 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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
2021-02-22 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
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 new faculty from across the campus and disciplines, ranging from the humanities to the social and natural sciences.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwXv67qKIyLih7kDVxNTd1Mu0fgU8E38Ezel2LmsoAqB4PzA/viewform
