Ruth Stone House presents Next Galaxy Poetry Retreat with Arisa White and Bianca Stone
2021-08-19 12:00 - 2021-08-23 12:00 (America/New_York) | Blueberry Hill Inn, 1245 Goshen Ripton Road, Goshen, VT, 05733, United States
The Ruth Stone House presents Next Galaxy Poetry Retreat with instructors Arisa White and Bianca Stone from August 19-23, hosted at the Blueberry Hill Inn.
From the organizers:

Next Galaxy Retreat will be 4 full days of rigorous, generative workshop programming limited to ten students in each class with our talented faculty, Arisa White and Bianca Stone (editor of The Essential Ruth Stone, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020). Workshops will involve craft discussion, group writing prompts, and supportive, critical discussion of each attendee’s work. Each day is scheduled to include ample time to write and enjoy the secluded Blueberry Hill Inn in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
You can learn more about the Inn itself, the instructors, the schedule (including additional activities), pricing and how to apply at the link below.
Register here: https://classroom.ruthstonehouse.org/next-galaxy

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference presents "Debut Books of Poetry: Notes on Sounding Like Yourself" with Brenda Shaughnessy
2021-08-20 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference presents “Debut Books of Poetry: Notes on Sounding Like Yourself,” a virtual lecture by Brenda Shaughnessy on Aug. 20 at 4:30 p.m. (EDT).
From the organizers:
You’ve immersed in flow, process, form, revision, workshop, submissions, and now—what will/could all that creative and administrative energy add up to? What are the hallmarks, conventions, and pitfalls of the debut collection? How can a book “sound like” its author? This talk explores the elements of and issues around the debut poetry collection, both in contemporary literary history and in current publishing practices—and is meant to inform, inspire, and challenge those poets working on their first manuscripts.
Financial aid is available for the Lecture Series; contact us for more information at blwc@middlebury.edu.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/BLWC_Rekdal/register

The San Diego Union Tribune presents Festival of Books feat. Arthur Sze
2021-08-21 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The San Diego Union Tribune, August 21 at 10 AM – 5 PM PDT, presents Festival of Books feat. Arthur Sze
From the organizers:
The single-day virtual festival brings together book lovers of all ages, independent book sellers, authors, poets, illustrators and local businesses to celebrate the written word. Enjoy the event virtually — or in person at a location yet to be announced.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-san-diego-union-tribune-5th-annual-festival-of-books-tickets-144685631619

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference presents "The New Made New: Revisiting to Stephen Henderson" with Jericho Brown
2021-08-21 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference presents “The New Made New: Revisiting to Stephen Henderson,” a virtual lecture by Jericho Brown on Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. (EDT).
From the organizers:
Join us for “The New Made New: Revisiting to Stephen Henderson,” with Jericho Brown.
Financial aid is available for the Lecture Series; contact us for more information at blwc@middlebury.edu.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/BLWC_Rekdal/register

AAWW x Cosmos Book Club: Celebrating AFTERPARTIES by Anthony Veasna So, with Monica Sok and Danny Thanh Nguyen
2021-08-23 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Cosmos Book Club will celebrate Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So, with Monica Sok and Danny Thanh Nguyen, on August 23 at 8 p.m. EDT.
From the organizers:
Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Anthony Veasna So’s debut collection Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family. Dive into Anthony’s vibrant collection of stories centering Cambodian-American life alongside profound insights into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities.

Cosmos Book Club and Asian American Writers’ Workshop have partnered together to host a celebration of Anthony’s life and the release of his book, Afterparties. Joining us will be Monica Sok and Danny Thanh Nguyen.
Anthony Veasna So (1992-2020) was a graduate of Stanford University and earned his MFA in fiction at Syracuse University. His writing has appeared in or is forthcoming in the New Yorker, The Paris Review, n+1, Granta, and ZYZZYVA. Born and raised in Stockton, California, he lived in San Francisco. A native of Stockton, California, he taught at Colgate University, Syracuse University, and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland, California.
Monica Sok is the author of A Nail the Evening Hangs On (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). She has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, Kundiman, MacDowell, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, and others. Sok is currently a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. Alongside Anthony Veasna So and Danny Thanh Nguyen, she taught poetry to Southeast Asian youths at the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland, California. For more about Monica, visit http://www.monicasok.com/about.
Danny Thanh Nguyen (they/he/she equally) has published stories and personal essays in The Offing, The Journal, Gulf Coast, Foglifter, and elsewhere. They have been awarded fellowships and grants from Ragdale Foundation, Lambda Literary, Kundiman, and Djerassi Artist Program. Her column on BDSM/fetish culture appears in the international social network platform Recon and is translated into five languages. For more information about Danny, you can find them found across social media as @engrishlessons and visit https://www.lambdaliterary.org/faculty_and_fellows/danny-thanh-nguyen/.
Cosmos Book Club is a monthly gathering of self-identifying women of Asian descent to read, discuss, and support Asian diaspora literature by women & nonbinary authors. In 2021, we hosted K-Ming Chang and C. Pam Zhang. In 2020, we hosted authors Cathy Park Hong, Mary H.K. Choi, and Laila Lalami. In the past, we’ve hosted authors such as Jia Tolentino, Lisa Ko and Crystal Hana Kim at our book clubs before. Read about us in the New York Times and Guardian! Please sign up for our email newsletters for updates and to RSVP for future events!
The Asian American American Writers’ Workshop is a nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting Asian diasporic literature and storytelling. You can sign up for newsletter, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit us at aaww.org.
Register here: https://aaww.org/curation/aaww-x-cosmos-book-club-celebrating-afterparties-by-anthony-veasna-so/

Falcon Takes Flight Theatre presents a dramatic adaptation of Maurice Manning's Railsplitter
2021-08-26 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Campbell County Library Newport branch, 901 E. Sixth Street, Newport, KY, 41071, United States
Falcon Takes Flight Theatre presents, August 26 at 7 PM EDT, a dramatic adaptation of Maurice Manning‘s Railsplitter
Link for event will appear here: https://falcontheater.net/

Berkeley Lunch Poems presents Noah Warren
2021-09-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Berkeley Lunch Poems, a noontime poetry reading series hosted by UC Berkeley, presents Noah Warren on September 2, 2021 at noon EDT.
From the organizers:
Readings will take place remotely for the 2021-2022 academic year. All readings will be recorded and posted to YouTube. To keep up to date, please join our list by emailing poems@library.berkeley.edu and follow us on Twitter at @PoemsLunch.
Noah Warren was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and educated in the United States. He is the author of The Complete Stories, published by Copper Canyon in 2021, and The Destroyer in the Glass, chosen by Carl Phillips for the 2016 Yale Series of Younger Poets. His work appears in The Paris Review, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The American Poetry Review, and elsewhere, and has been supported by fellowships from Yale, Stanford, the Simpson Literary Project, and the Arts Research Center. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English at UC Berkeley, where he coordinates the Lunch Poems Reading Series.
No registration required.
Watch here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/97996871314

Poets on the Coast presents Poets on the Coast: Weekend Retreat for Women
2021-09-10 12:00 - 2021-09-12 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Poets on the Coast presents Poets on the Coast: Weekend Retreat for Women, September 10th – 12th, with Kelli Russell Agodon and Susan Rich
From the organizers:
Join Kelli Russell Agodon and Susan Rich for the 11h Annual Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Writing Retreat for Women
September 10-12th via ZOOM!
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Be part of the Poets on the Coast family. Join us to write, read, and share your work in a positive creative community. ​ This retreat has been designed for women writers of all levels, from beginning poets to well published.
Register here: http://poetsonthecoast.weebly.com/register.html

Books Are Magic presents Red Ink Series with Marie-Helene Bertino, Victoria Chang, Julie Klam, Denne Michele Norris, and Qian Julie Wang and moderated by Michele Filgate
2021-09-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Books Are Magic presents Red Ink Series with Marie-Helene Bertino, Victoria Chang, Julie Klam, Denne Michele Norris, and Qian Julie Wang and moderated by Michele Filgate at 7 pm to 8 pm EST.
From the organizers:
Red Ink is a quarterly series curated and hosted by Michele Filgate, and co-sponsored by Literary Hub. Red Ink makes one think of vitality, blood, the monthly cycle, correcting history, and making a mark on the world. This dynamic series focuses on women writers, past and present. The next discussion, “Family,” will feature Victoria Chang (Dear Memory), Marie-Helene Bertino (Parakeet), Qian Julie Wang (Beautiful Country), Julie Klam (The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters), and Denne Michele Norris (Electric Literature).
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/red-ink-series-family-registration-169393467421

VCU Visiting Writers Series presents the 2021 Levis Reading Prize with Leila Chatti
2021-09-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave, Richmond, VA, 23284, United States
Virigina Commonwealth University’s Visiting Writers Series presents the 2021 Levis Reading Prize with Leila Chatti at the James Branch Cabell Library from 7 pm – 8 pm EST.

Skagit River Poetry Foundation presents Surrealist Starter Kit: Writing New Poems Based on Surrealist Play with Kelli Russell Agodon
2021-09-25 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Skagit River Poetry Foundation presents Surrealist Starter Kit: Writing New Poems Based on Surrealist Play with Kelli Russell Agodon at 10 am – 3 PM PST
From the organizers:
In this 5-hour online Zoom class, we will swan-dive into the strange through techniques and games used by surrealist writers and artists. The poems we will write will have less to do with “making sense” and more to do with the mystery and mindfulness of our subconscious and dreams. Here we will allow our imaginations to run wild. We will discover new unexpected ways to create new work and to explore new and imagined worlds.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHBqKQTRpc_hHJWWW5dRpUzyj8k3oNVVt0gBugj-B-kITD0w/viewform

The University of Arizona Poetry Center presents Engaged Poetry with Javier Zamora
2021-09-25 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | The University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 East Helen Street, Tucson, AZ, 85721, United States
The University of Arizona Poetry Center presents Engagement in Poetry/Engaged Poetry with Javier Zamora, a workshop on September 25 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. MST.
From the organizers:

Saturday, September 25, 12pm-3pm
Meetings will take place in the Poetry Center Conference Room; limit 12 students.
What keeps us engaged? What drives us down the page to the end of the poem? We will explore “speed” or “momentum,” by analyzing poems that keep our attention. But also, we will explore how as writers, we can be engaged with our surrounding world, to the point that we must do something about it. We will look at poems that have been a “call to arms” of sorts. To inspire our creativity, we will look at the current headlines to draw poetry from the media. This workshop will be half generative and half revision.
Cost: $90

Register here: https://universityofarizonapoetrycenter.submittable.com/submit/199588/fa-21-engagement-in-poetry-engaged-poetry-with-javier-zamora

The Merwin Conservancy presents Garden of Verses 2021: A Virtual Benefit for The Merwin Conservancy on the Occasion of W.S. Merwin’s Birthday with Jorie Graham and Matthew Zapruder
2021-09-30 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Merwin Conservancy presents Garden of Verses 2021: A Virtual Benefit for The Merwin Conservancy on the Occasion of W.S. Merwin’s Birthday with Jorie Graham and Matthew Zapruder
From the organizers:
On Thursday, September 30th at 12:00 pm Hawai‘i (3:00 pm Pacific, 6:00 pm Eastern), The Merwin Conservancy will gather virtually with friends around the world to celebrate the poetry of W.S. Merwin on the occasion of his birthday, and share our vision for stewarding his legacy.
Puanani Burgess, Forrest Gander, Jorie Graham, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Paul Holdengräber, Ada Limón, Christopher Merrill, Kevin Young, and Matthew Zapruder will read selections of William’s poetry along with several other special guests yet to be announced.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/garden-of-verses-2021/register

New Dominion Bookshop presents America with Fernando Valverde and Samuel Amago
2021-10-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | New Dominion Bookshop, 404 East Main St, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
New Dominion Bookshop presents America with Fernando Valverde and Samuel Amago at 7 pm EST.
From the organizers:
“Join us as we celebrate the release of Fernando Valverde’s new poetry collection, America. Fernando Valverde will be reading his poems in Spanish, and UVA professor Samuel Amago will be reading the translations in English. This in-person event will be free and open to the public. We recommend arriving early for the best seating.”
More information here: https://ndbookshop.com/events/america-fernando-valverde/

Brooklyn Book Festival presents Poetry in Times of Crisis with Kendra Allen, Jorie Graham, Donika Kelly, and Mai Der Vang
2021-10-04 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Brooklyn Book Festival presents Poetry in Times of Crisis with Kendra Allen, Jorie Graham, Donika Kelly, and Mai Der Vang at 6 pm EST.
From the organizers:
“Poets Kendra Allen (The Collection Plate), Jorie Graham (Runaway), Donika Kelly (The Renunciations), and Mai Der Vang (Yellow Rain) discuss their explorations of survival and human resilience in the face of political and personal trauma/struggle. Moderated by Jamia Wilson (This Book is Feminist).”
Register here: https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/poetry-in-times-of-crisis/

Green Apple Books presents 9th Ave with Sandra Lim, Natalie Shapero and Noah Warren
2021-10-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94122, United States
Green Apple Books presents 9th Ave with Sandra Lim, Natalie Shapero and Noah Warren at 6 pm PST both in person and online.
From the organizers:
“JOIN US ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 6PM PT WHEN SANDRA LIM, NATALIE SHAPERO, AND NOAH WARREN JOIN US FOR AN EVENING CELEBRATING THEIR LATEST POETRY COLLECTIONS AT 9TH AVE!”
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vHSYhcpURdaNKQ_wr42E1g

Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts presents First Books Conversation (Stadler Center Writers Series) with Leila Chatti and Nana Nkweti
2021-10-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts at Bucknell University presents Poet Leila Chatti & Fiction Writer Nana Nkweti First Books Conversation (Stadler Center Writers Series) at 7 pm – 8 pm EST.
Register here: https://calendar.bucknell.edu/stadler-center/view/event/event_id/29909

Windham-Campbell Prizes presents 2021 Windham-Campbell Virtual Festival with Natalie Scenters-Zapico
2021-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Windham Campbell Prizes presents 2021 Windham-Campbell Virtual Festival with Natalie Scenters-Zapico at 12 pm EST.
Register here: https://windhamcampbell.matchboxvirtualspaces.com/create-account

International Literature Festival Berlin presents Poetry Night with Ana Luísa Amaral, Athena Farrokhzad, Olga Ravn, Arthur Sze, and Charlotte Van den Broeck
2021-10-09 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | silent green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany
The International Literature Festival Berlin presents Poetry Night with Ana Luísa Amaral, Athena Farrokhzad, Olga Ravn, Arthur Sze, and Charlotte Van den Broeck on October 9 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Central European Summer Time (10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pacific).
From the organizers:
Since her debut in 1990, Ana Luísa Amaral has published numerous volumes of poetry. Most recently, the volume »Was ist ein Name« [Eng. »What’s In a Name«, 2017; translated into German by Michael Kegler and Piero Salabè] was published to great acclaim in German. In 2021, she won the Premio Reina Sofía de Poesía, the most important prize for poetry in the Ibero-Romance language category. To kick off this year’s Poetry Night, Amaral will talk about the transformation process that her poetry undergoes when translated into other languages.
Athena Farrokhzad’s haunting long poem »White Blight« [translated by Jennifer Hayashida] is dedicated to the theme of the emigration experience. She alternately lends her voice to the individual members of her family, whose statements illustrate different perspectives on the new place of life and the memory of her native Iran. The daughter of the family, however, remains silent, linking the various voices into a polyphonic work of disorientation and speechlessness.
Olga Ravn is one of Denmark’s most popular authors. Her poetry debut in 2009 was followed by three further volumes of poetry. The minimalist, unrelenting texts in the volume »den hvide rose« [tr: Becoming a Rose; translated into German by Alexander Sitzmann] repeat the classic image of the rose in a meditative rhythm and address love, illness, loss, and heartbreaking loneliness. The book was nominated for the Danish Readers’ Book Prize.
Charlotte Van den Broeck, who opened the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair with Arnon Grunberg, was awarded the Herman de Coninck Debut Prize for her poems, which have been translated into several languages. Her volume »Chameleon, Nachtroe« [translated into German by Stefan Wieczorek] has the theme of failed love running through it as the common thread of many »texts that express the endless feeling of travel, of nocturnal highways and hotel rooms, a world of breathlessness.« [Leipziger Zeitung]
Winner of the American Book Award, the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, and the National Book Award for Poetry, Arthur Sze is the author of eleven volumes of poetry and also a celebrated translator of Chinese. His texts show a condensed lyrical expression of that which often lies far apart in time and space. He reveals the ephemeral in nature and traces phenomena whose meaning and beauty sometimes go unnoticed. Arthur Sze will be joining via live stream.
Event language(s): English/ diverse
Register here:

Hudson Valley Writers Center presents Craft Class with Tyree Daye via Zoom
2021-10-10 10:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Hudson Valley Writers Center presents Craft Class with Tyree Daye via Zoom at 10:30 am – 2:30 pm.
From the organizers:
“The poet Vievee Francis introduced the concept of entering “the cave of one’s self” during my grad school years at North Carolina State University,” Tyree explains. “Vievee encouraged me to explore my narrative, to investigate my symbols, and to break them open and to look inside of them. My narrative is that I’m black, southern, raised by a single mother. Knowing my narrative helps me understand why tobacco fields and dirt roads show up in my poems. By identifying and exploring my symbols, I can begin to telescope inside them, making the language I use to speak about them fresh, and discover why these symbols were given to me. I believe our images come from God and are our egoless souls trying to make us see our connection to the world. In our workshop, I will ask students to enter “the cave of one’s self” through several writing exercises.”
Register here: https://www.writerscenter.org/calendar/tyreedaye/

Green Apple Books presents Virtual Event with Victoria Chang and Ari Banias
2021-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Green Apple Books presents Virtual Event with Victoria Chang and Ari Banias at 6:00 pm PST.
From the organizers:
“JOIN US ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 6PM PT WHEN VICTORIA CHANG AND ARI BANIAS TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THEIR LATEST BOOKS DEAR MEMORY: LETTERS ON WRITING, SILENCE, AND GRIEF AND A SYMMETRY ON ZOOM!”
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4bdGtBITT8CY4Dch_81cHg

Elliott Bay Book Company presents Victoria Chang with Rick Barot
2021-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Elliott Bay Book Company presents Victoria Chang with Rick Barot at 6:00 pm PST.
From the organizers:
“One of our favorite poets at work today, Victoria Chang, author of the multiple-prize-winning OBIT, Barbie Chang, The Boss, Salvinia Molesta, and Circle, virtually visits with her much-anticipated first adult prose book, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief (Milkweed Editions).”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poet-victoria-chang-author-of-dear-memory-with-with-rick-barot-tickets-172382981137

The Saratoga Book Festival presents Poetry Reading with April Bernard, Peggy Boyers, and Chase Twichell
2021-10-16 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Caffè Lena, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, United States
The Saratoga Book Festival presents Poetry Reading with April Bernard, Peggy Boyers, and Chase Twichell from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST at Caffè Lena.
Register here: https://www.squadup.com/events/saratoga-book-festival

Women and Children First presents Virtual Reading: DEAR MEMORY with Victoria Chang and Dana Levin
2021-10-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Women and Children First presents Virtual Reading: DEAR MEMORY with Victoria Chang and Dana Levin at 7:00 pm CDT.
From the organizers:
“Join us for a virtual event on our Crowdcast Channel celebrating the release of Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang. For this event, Chang will be in conversation with Dana Levin.”
Register here: https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/virtual-reading-dear-memory-victoria-chang

Skylight Books presents Susan Nguyen and Victoria Chang in conversation
2021-10-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Skylight Books presents Susan Nguyen and Victoria Chang in conversation at 5 pm PST.
More information here: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-susan-nguyen-discusses-dear-diaspora-victoria-chang

Phillips Exeter Academy presents the Lamont Poetry Series with Maurice Manning
2021-10-20 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Phillips Exeter Academy, 20 Main St, Exeter, NH, 03833, United States
Phillips Exeter Academy presents the Lamont Poetry Series with Maurice Manning at 7:30 pm EST.
From the organizers:
“Phillips Exeter Academy opens its 2021-2022 Lamont Poetry Series on Wednesday, October 20th with a reading by award-winning poet Maurice Manning…The reading will be held at 7:30pm in the Assembly Hall, located on the second floor of the Academy Building on Front Street. The event is open to members of the PEA Community.”
More information here: https://academylibrary.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/lamont-poet-maurice-manning/

Cornell University's Creative Writing Program presents the Zalaznick Reading Series with Ed Skoog
2021-10-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium, Klarman Hall, 232 E Ave, Ithaca, New York, 14850, United States
Cornell University’s Creative Writing Program presents the Zalaznick Reading Series with Ed Skoog at 5 pm EST.
From the organizers:
“The Fall 2021 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series continues with a reading by poet Ed Skoog.”
More information here: https://english.cornell.edu/zalaznick

Strand Book Store presents Dear Memory with Victoria Chang and Kat Chow
2021-10-21 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Strand Book Store presents Dear Memory with Victoria Chang and Kat Chow at 7 pm EST.
From the organizers:
“Join us for a virtual event with author Victoria Chang for the launch of her new book Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief. Joining Victoria in conversation will be journalist and author Kat Chow.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/victoria-chang-kat-chow-dear-memory-tickets-173925805767

The Well Review presents “Halloween,” a workshop session with guest poetry tutor Matthew Dickman
2021-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Dublin)
In Cycle 2: Childhood, a 2021 Poetry Cycle offered by The Well Review, Matthew Dickman will be a guest poetry tutor during Session 3: “Halloween” on October 21 from 8 to 10 p.m. (Irish Standard Time) via Zoom.
From the organizers:
Cycle 2: Childhood (October)
€300.00

Session One: “Are we there yet?” Poetry Workshop Tutor: Sarah Byrne
Session Two: “Roots, Shoots and Boots”: The Beara Rainforest, Guest Speaker: Eoghan Daltun
Session Three: “Halloween” Guest Poetry Tutor: Matthew Dickman
Session Four: Reflections and Group Reading
All sessions will take place live on Zoom Thursdays 8pm-10pm (Irish Standard Time)
Cycle Two: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th October 2021
All cycles also include one 1:1 poetry surgery appointment with Sarah over Zoom

Our new poetry cycles bring together professional poets, scientists and practitioners and connect them with writers who are at any stage of their creative development.
The introductory and reflection sessions are led by Sarah Byrne and will include close readings, writing exercises and craft conversations. Materials will be provided to all participants ahead of sessions.
Each cycle (Sleep, Childhood, The First Person) will have two guests, usually during the middle weeks.
Sleep: Dr. Robert Stickgold (Lecture & Q&A) and Mary-Jane Holmes (Interactive Poetry Workshop)
Childhood: Eoghan Dalton (Lecture & Q&A) and Matthew Dickman (Interactive Poetry Workshop)
The First Person: Dr. Anil Seth (Lecture & Q&A) and Ellen Bass (Interactive Poetry Workshop)
All sessions will happen on Zoom. Places are limited to eight participants per cycle. You are welcome to register for more than one cycle. In addition to the four Zoom meetings, you will also receive a 1:1 editorial session with Sarah Byrne during the course.
COURSE REGISTRATION & BREAKDOWN OF SESSIONS:
www.thewellreview.com/well-review-poetry-cycles-2021-1
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: info@thewellreview.com

Matthew Dickman is the author of All-American Poem (American Poetry Review, 2008), the recipient of The Honickman First Book Prize, The May Sarton Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Kate Tufts Award from Claremont College. His publications include Mayakovsky’s Revolver (W.W. Norton & Co., 2012); and Wonderland (W.W. Norton & Co., 2017). His newest book, Husbandry, is forthcoming in 2022. Matthew’s work was published in Issue One of The Well Review.
Register here: https://www.thewellreview.com/well-review-poetry-cycles-2021-1/donate-35-m84yg

Harvard Divinity School presents The Weather Report Series: The Climate of Grief with Victoria Chang and Terry Tempest Williams
2021-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Harvard Divinity School presents The Weather Report Series: The Climate of Grief with Victoria Chang and Terry Tempest Williams at 7 pm EST.
From the organizers:
“Victoria Chang writes in her New York Times Notable Book of 2020, Obit, “I always knew that grief was something I could smell. But I didn’t know that it’s not actually a noun but a verb. That it moves.” After the deaths of her parents, she refused to write elegies; instead, Chang wrote poetic obituaries of the beautiful, broken world that surrounds her (many see them as love letters). How does poetry illuminate this time of uncertainty? How do we embrace grief and not look away from all that is breaking our hearts? What we thought was a pause is now a place, and grief is part of this place.”
Register here: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BdGi-JXVSDe8RpzNonMLqQ
