Copper Canyon Press

Brooklyn Public Library presents MISSING THEM Poetry Reading: Holding Space for Grief
2020-12-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Join us on Friday night to kick off THE CITY’s MISSING THEM Memorial Event with poetry readings on loss, grieving and celebrating life during a pandemic, presented by Brooklyn Public Library featuring poets Ellen Bass, Ross Gay and Aracelis Girmay.
THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project is an ambitious effort to track down every New Yorker that died due to COVID-19 and write a story about them. What started in May as a digital memorial has now transformed into a two and a half day virtual event to honor and celebrate those we’ve lost. The event will include performances, writing workshops and, most importantly, stories and memories shared by the families who have written into the MISSING THEM memorial.
The night will also include a short video of community members from across New York City reciting a poem they wrote based on the 200+ obituaries written by THE CITY’s MISSING THEM writers and reporters. This is presented by Brooklyn Public Library’s Poetry of Comfort class.
When you sign up for any of the MISSING THEM Memorial events, you’ll be asked if you would like to share a story or listen to stories shared by family members. We encourage you to not only participate in our events, but to also to bear witness to the stories shared by those who lost someone they loved.
RSVP here.

Maynooth University English Department presents Philip Metres: Shrapnel Maps, A Poetry Reading and Discussion
2020-12-08 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
In the second event of our Poetry and Poetics reading and discussion series, Maynooth English Department is delighted to host multi-award-winning poet Philip Metres, who will read from, and talk about, his new poetry collection, Shrapnel Maps. The event will include an interactive Q&A with the poet, featuring questions from Maynooth students and attendees of the webinar.
Organised by Dr Catherine Gander and Dr Karl O’Hanlon.
This event will take place via Zoom webinar. Registered attendees will be sent the secure link the day before the event.
Register here.

WE SPEAK Youth Poetry Slam Competition with Special Guest Jericho Brown
2020-12-03 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
From the organizers:
Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) presents the first-ever WE SPEAK Festival, a virtual, evening-length celebration of spoken word poetry and storytelling. Integrating critically-acclaimed artists Jericho Brown, Andrea Gibson, Kealoha, Shane Koyczan, and Robin Sanders, alongside talented local youth chosen through a juried selection process, WE SPEAK seeks to embody the complex themes and concerns of the year 2020. Through performance, artists are invited to respond to issues including (but not limited to) the global health crisis, Black Lives Matter and the racial justice movement, and experiences of disability, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ communities. Their voices call for action, dignity, and, ultimately hope.

This fall, as part of ECA’s Education & Outreach programming, Kealoha is leading virtual spoken word workshops with young people through partnerships with Leadership Launch and Scriber Lake High School. Three student finalists from the WE SPEAK Youth Poetry Slam Competition will receive virtual mentorship sessions with Kealoha, as well as the opportunity to perform their work live from the ECA stage on Dec. 3.

Warning: Student and professional artist submissions to the WE SPEAK Festival may contain adult or explicit language.

Ticket Holders will receive a Livestream link via email 24 hours prior to the event.
Pay What You Can $5-$45

The Institute of Black Intellectual Innovation at CSUF presents Black Center: An Online Poetry Reading
2020-12-03 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Featuring Tommye Blout, Nandi Comer, T’ai Freedom Ford, Luther Hughes, Nabila Lovelace, Joy Priest, Phillip B. Williams, Keith S. Wilson.
Hosted by Ashaki M. Jackson

tinyurl.com/BLACKCENTER
ID: 968 5822 9617
For additional information, contact Dr. Natalie Graham at NGraham@fullerton.edu. Learn more about the institute at http://hss.fullerton.edu/ibii

The Still Queer Reading Series presents Mark Bibbins in Conversation with Alexander Chee & Dustin Schell
2020-12-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
In honor of World AIDS Day, the Still Queer reading series welcomes Mark Bibbins, author of 13th Balloon. Mark will be joined in conversation by Still Queer co-curators Alexander Chee and Dustin Schell.
Register here.

RHINO Poetry presents RHINO Reads Online: Aricka Foreman + Keith S. Wilson
2020-11-27 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Log on with us for a reading by Aricka Foreman + Keith S. Wilson! It’s just like our regular readings you know and love, but from the comfort of your own home/phone.
Register here.

The Academy of American Poets presents Gather in Poems: A Virtual Reading and Offering of Community Through Poetry Featuring Award-Winning Poets from Across the U.S.
2020-11-24 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
The Academy of American Poets is honored to present Gather In Poems: A Virtual Reading on Tuesday, November 24, at 7:30 pm EDT, which will reflect on the importance of community through the sharing of poetry between people.
This reading will be free and open to the public, with presentations by:
Francisco Aragón
Nickole Brown
Rafael Campo
Geffrey Davis
Toi Derricotte
Aracelis Girmay
Joy Harjo
Robert Hass
Jessica Jacobs
Airea D. Matthews
Yesenia Montilla
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Ladan Osman
Patricia Smith
Arthur Sze
Ethan Wang
Seema Yasmin
Register here.

The Adroit Journal presents Adroit Turns Ten: An Evening of Writing & Verse
2020-11-21 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
The editors of The Adroit Journal are thrilled to welcome you to a special reading in celebration of our ten year anniversary, honoring our Founding Editor-in-Chief, Peter LaBerge. Readers include K-Ming Chang, Victoria Chang, Chen Chen, Tiana Clark, Megan Giddings, Laura Kasischke, Dorianne Laux, Ben Loory, LaTanya McQueen, José Olivarez, Justin Phillip Reed, and Arthur Sze. The reading will be hosted on Zoom by Heidi Seaborn, executive editor of The Adroit Journal.
Register here.

The Arab American National Museum presents Upping the Stakes: Persecution and Resistance Across Contexts — Live Arts Share + Panel Discussion
2020-11-21 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
FREE with RSVP or suggested $10 donation*
*Donate $25 or more and receive a free e-subscription of Michigan Quarterly Review!
RSVP for streaming link
Writers published in Sukoon Magazine and the Michigan Quarterly Review’s special issue on Persecution will share their work and participate in a panel discussion around the theme of persecution, injustice, displacement and disenfranchisement. Arab writers and artists will share their poetry, essays, music and film and engage in dialogue about what it means to up the stakes on human rights campaigns and artistic endeavors that transcend borders. In the shifting political and literary landscape of Arab culture, what does the future hold?
Featuring writers/artists Rahim AlHaj, Zeina Hashem Beck, Esmat Elhalaby, Mona Kareem, Ahmed Naji and Hind Shoufani, with host/emcee Rewa Zeinati and panel moderator Khaled Mattawa.
If you have any questions, e-mail Kathryn Grabowski, Curator of Public Programs at kgrabowski@accesscommunity.org.

Transylvania University Theater presents Maurice Manning's "Railsplitter"
2020-11-20 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Transylvania University Theater, in partnership with Maurice Manning, an esteemed American poet, Guggenheim Fellow, Pulitzer Prize finalist and professor of English, presents a performance adaptation of his latest book of poetry, “Railsplitter.”
Through this filmed, online performance, the Theater program asks the question: How does the mythology of Lincoln speak currently through us, expressed by Manning’s words?
Railsplitter is a collection of 31 short interpretations of Manning’s poems — ranging from straight recitations of the lines to music videos. A choose-your-own adventure style of online theater performance, the production crew boasts of more than 10 directors, working with over 40 performers, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, put together by eight student video editors.
Tune into this page or Transylvania’s YouTube channel on Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. for the premiere of the video performance. If you miss the premiere, the video will be available for viewing through the end of January 2021.

Beyond Baroque presents Part I of The Poetry Stage Redux
2020-11-19 21:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Beyond Baroque presents the first installment of The Poetry Stage Redux, a series of readings by nationally acclaimed poets from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage. Featured readers for November 19 include Sara Borjas, Nickole Brown, Cyrus Cassells, Victoria Chang, Cathy Colman, Megan Fernandes, Jane Hirshfield, Jessica Jacobs, John Murillo, & Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

West X Midwest presents Claudia Rankine and Jericho Brown
2020-11-16 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
From the organizers:
Spend an evening with McArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Jericho Brown and as they discuss Just Us, Rankine’s brilliant new collection. This arrangement of essays, poems, and images, speaks to the mechanics of race in this country, and invites us to discover what it takes to build better futures.

92Y presents Young Writers Workshop: Poetry with Monica Sok
2020-11-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2020-11-08 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
“Online Class for high school students, ages 15-18
Our poems have the power to reflect us. We may look into the mirror to see ourselves in plain sight. But what about windows that invite our own reflections inside another space?

The self, looking into a room. The self, staring outside at a whole landscape. The self, catching its reflection inside a car window while turning around the corner. Depending on where you stand, poetry invites the hidden self. In this class we will read and write poems that go inward. We will address ourselves and focus on the unknowns that may be buried inside of us.
Class meets Sundays: November 8 and 15.”
Register here: https://www.92y.org/class/young-writers-workshop-monica-sok

Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Zyzzyva: the L.A. Issue Group Reading
2020-11-14 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
From the organizers:
Please note: this event will take place live on Crowdcast. RSVP here to join the livestream or watch the replay!
Join us for a group reading to celebrate the launch of ZYZZYVA’s LA Issue featuring Douglas Manuel, Michelle Latiolais, Victoria Chang, David Hernandez, Henry Lara.
ZYZZYVA was founded in 1985 in San Francisco with the goal of publishing a superb literary journal shining a spotlight on West Coast poets, writers, and artists from a wide range of backgrounds, many of whom were otherwise overlooked by established publications, and providing them with a much needed platform.
Since then, the journal has evolved into a nationally distributed, widely acclaimed publication showcasing contributors from across the country and around the world. As the journal marks 35 years of continuous publishing in 2020, we celebrate more than three decades of enriching contemporary literature and supporting literary communities in the Bay Area and beyond.

VerseFest 2020 presents American Interests with Philip Metres and Laura Kasischke
2020-11-14 13:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | CA
This event will feature three speakers: Philip Metres, Laura Kasischke, and Johannes Göransson.

Minnesota State University's Good Thunder Series presents Leila Chatti
2020-11-12 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Minnesota State Univeristy, Mankato — Centennial Student Union, 620 West, S Rd, Mankato, MN, 56001
Minnesota State Univeristy, Mankato’s Good Thunder Series presents a day with Leila Chatti:
Workshop 10:00-11:00am CT
Emy Frentz Arts Guild | 523 S 2nd St, Mankato
Craft Talk 3:00-4:00pm CT
Ostrander Auditorium, Centennial Student Union | Minnesota State University, Mankato
Books will be available for purchase
Reading 7:30-8:30pm CT
Room 243/4/5, Centennial Student Union | Minnesota State University, Mankato
Real-time captioning will be provided
Books will be available for purchase

Quail Ridge Books presents Eduardo C. Corral, Tyree Daye, and Monica Sok
2020-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Join Eduardo Corral, Tyree Daye and Monica Sok for an open discussion of the struggles to finish, to find the language and subjects, best advice, worst advice, and more.
Buy tickets here.

Prairie Lights presents Ada Limón in conversation with Jennifer L Knox: Writers @ Grinnell
2020-11-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | CA
From the organizers:
Live from Prairie Lights, a reading and conversation between Ada Limón and Jennifer L. Knox.
Register here.

The C.D Wright Women Writers Conference presents Is Anyone Out there? Fostering Community in Rural Places with Traci Brimhall
2020-11-07 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | CA
From the organizers:
Is Anyone Out There? Fostering Community in Rural Places
Jacque Boucher, Traci Brimhall, Luisa Muradyan, Mawi Sonna, Winniebell Zong
Living in a rural place can make it hard to connect with other writers. Despite these challenges our panelists have run reading series, book clubs, created literary non-profits, edited journals, started writing groups, and found ways to foster genuine connection online. Our panel will discuss tips and tricks we’ve learned through both our successes and failures.
*With current social isolation as the rule, this panel will be helpful to many of us regardless of our rural or urban settings.

Twenty Summers presents Jaswinder Bolina & Victoria Chang in Conversation
2020-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Poets Jaswinder Bolina and Victoria Chang will talk about their latest books — Jaswinder’s first essay collection Of Color (McSweeney’s, 2020) and Victoria’s latest collection Obit (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) recently nominated for New Yorker’s National Book Award — as well as, perhaps, the state of the world during Twenty Summers’ first virtual arts festival and seven season of programming.
To receive the full conversation video and breakout clips delivered to your email, please register here.

To Marvin: A Celebration of Marvin Bell in Poems
2020-11-01 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | CA
Please join us for a reading and celebration of Marvin Bell’s poetry by his friends, colleagues, and former students, including John Irving, Tess Gallagher, Heather McHugh, David St. John, Naomi Shihab Nye, Kwame Dawes, Ellen Bass, Juan Felipe Herrera, Stephen Kuusisto, Dorianne Laux, Lia Purpura, Eric Pankey, and many more. Nathan Bell will sing, and we will raise a toast to the ways in which this extraordinary poet has shaped our literary landscape. “Your are not beautiful, exactly,” he writes in his famous poem for his wife, “To Dorothy.” “You are beautiful, inexactly.” Marvin’s precise understanding of what the inexact beauty surrounding us means has made all the difference in the lives writers and readers around the world.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4dsT1yN4QtuQ8PmToWgJ5A

Poets & Writers present Unique and Unified: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the NOMMO Literary Society with Jericho Brown
2020-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | CA
From the organizers:
Founded in 1995, the NOMMO Literary Society was a writing workshop specifically for Black writers in New Orleans. Although Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in 2005 led to the workshop’s formal disbandment, its legacy and impact is felt to this day.
Join us for a panel with former NOMMO Literary Society workshop participants as they discuss the value of NOMMO in shaping craft, developing voice, and fostering community. Curated by P&W Literary Outreach Coordinator Kelly Harris.
Register here.

Poetry@Tech presents Atlanta Poetry Festival & Translation Summit
2020-10-29 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
featuring
Jericho Brown, Linda Gregerson, Brenda Shaughnessy, Sandra Meek, Ilya Kaminsky, Mario Chard
& a group of distinguished special guest poets from Germany
This event is made possible in co-operation with Poetry@Tech, Terminus Magazine, Emory University, Westminster School, Berry College, and the Haus für Poesie Berlin.
The event will be broadcast virtually over BlueJeans. As always, the reading is FREE and open to the public.
There will also be a number of other partner events through the week as part of the Poetry Festival, organized by our partner institutions.
Join the reading here.

The Wisconsin Book Festival presents Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod & Descent
2020-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | CA
From the organizers:
Presented in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Program in Creative Writing, this edition of Wisconsin Wednesdays features UW Alumnae Traci Brimhall and Lauren Russell for their new poetry collections, Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod, and Descent.
Register here.

The Adroit Journal presents Issue 35 Release Reading
2020-10-22 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
The editors of The Adroit Journal are thrilled to welcome you to a reading celebrating the release of our thirty-fifth issue. Readers include issue contributors Traci Brimhall, Kyle Dargan, Randall Mann, Jenny Molberg, Elle Nash, Alison C. Rollins, Darius Simpson, and Jenny Tseng. The reading will be hosted on Zoom by Heidi Seaborn, executive editor of The Adroit Journal.
Register here.

Washington University in St. Louis presents Reading with Mark Bibbins
2020-10-22 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | CA
From the organizers:
Visiting Hurst Professor Mark Bibbins is the author of four books of poetry: 13th Balloon; They Don’t Kill You Because They’re Hungry, They Kill You Because They’re Full; The Dance of No Hard Feelings; and Sky Lounge, winner of a Lambda Literary Award. The recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in poetry, Bibbins teaches in the graduate programs at Columbia University and The New School, where he cofounded LIT magazine.
Register here.

The Dodge Poetry Program presents the Dodge Poetry Festival 2020
2020-10-22 08:00 - 2020-11-01 17:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Come experience a deep, personal connection to poetry. Join the online festival to engage with beloved and distinguished poets and take part in community conversations no matter where you are (with Ellen Bass and other Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.)
‍
Live Streaming Passes to the Festival are free.
Captioning will be available for all Dodge Poetry Festival Events

The English Department at The Ohio State University presents Editors Panel 2020
2020-10-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | CA
From the organizers:
Join The Writers Guild at The Ohio State University as we host a conversation with four publishing industry leaders:

Amber Oliver: Editor at Dutton/Plume
Leila Chatti: Inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Fellow and Author of Deluge (Copper Canyon Press)
Evette Dionne: Editor-in-Chief of Bitch Media
Rio Cortez: Sales & Retail Marketing Manager at HarperCollins

The event is a panel discussion followed by a short Q&A for attendees. The event is open to the public and designed to help audience members learn more about submitting work for publication, gain insights on publishing trends from industry leaders, and become aware of additional career opportunities like editing and serving as an agent.
Please register for this event in advance.

Left Bank Books presents ONLINE: Pandemic Poets - Tess Taylor and Dana Levin, in conversation with "The Common." Hope, resiliency, and poetry in the time of lockdown.
2020-10-21 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
From the organizers:
Join Left Bank Books and The Common for a conversation about poetics in the time of pandemic and the ecology of lockdown on October 21 at 7pm CDT/ 5pm PST/ 8pm EST. Acclaimed poets Dana Levin and Tess Taylor will read new work and discuss the importance of place, hope, and resilience in their creative and personal lives in a conversation moderated by editor-in-chief Jennifer Acker. The event will be held on Left Bank Books’ Facebook Live Page.

This event is a fundraiser to celebrate The Common‘s 10th publishing year and launches the place-based magazine into its second decade. Join us for stirring poetry and thoughtful talk!
The event is free, with a suggested donation of $10.
All donations up to $500 will be matched by a donor.
