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Tricycle presents Arthur Sze & Marie Myung-Ok Lee on Meditative Poetry
2021-04-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Tricycle presents, April 13 at 3 PM – 4 PM ET, Arthur Sze & Marie Myung-Ok Lee on Meditative Poetry
From the organizers:
The meditative poetry of Arthur Sze is marked by a quality of “deep noticing,” in the words of poet Dana Levin. Sze has written ten collections of poetry, including Compass Rose, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His collection Sight Lines, the winner of the National Book Award for poetry, integrates Buddhist and Taoist influences. He joins Marie Myung-Ok Lee for a reading and conversation about his newly published book, The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/tricycle-30th-anniversary/register

One Book, One Philadelphia presents A Conversation with Jericho Brown: One Book, One Philadelphia Kickoff
2021-04-14 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
One Book, One Philadelphia presents,Wednesday, April 14 at 4:30 PM – 6 PM PDT, A Conversation with Jericho Brown: One Book, One Philadelphia Kickoff
From the organizers:
*Registrants will receive a Zoom event link by email one hour before the event begins.*
The 2021 One Book programming season kicks off with a reading and conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown and Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta B. Mayson.
The event will feature special performances of original works inspired by The Tradition, including by vocussionist Bethlehem Roberson, as well as students from the Curtis Institute of Music.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-jericho-brown-one-book-one-philadelphia-kickoff-tickets-136823902977

Collected Works Bookstore presents Arthur Sze with Luci Tapahonso
2021-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver)
From the organizers:
“In conversation with inaugural poet laureate of the Navajo Nation, Luci Tapahonso. National Book Award winner Arthur Sze is a master poet, and The Glass Constellation is a triumph spanning five decades, including ten poetry collections and twenty-six new poems.”
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uxDjQcP7Tc6ijQYxNc-3Bw

Literary Arts presents Oregon Book Award Poetry Finalists Reading feat. Ed Skoog
2021-04-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Literary Arts presents Oregon Book Award Poetry Finalists Reading, April 14 at 7 PM – 8 PM PDT, feat. Ed Skoog
From the organizers:

Wed, April 14 from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT, online via Zoom. Register in advance for this webinar.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eB2MQTt7TJuofnZpMl_PiA

One Book, One Philadelphia presents A Conversation with Jericho Brown
2021-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
One Book, One Philadelphia presents, April 14 at 7:30 PM EDT, A Conversation with Jericho Brown
From the organizers:
The 2021 One Book programming season kicks off with a reading and conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and One Book featured author, Jericho Brown, and Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta B. Mayson.
The event will feature special performances of original works inspired by The Tradition, including by vocussionist Bethlehem Roberson, as well as students from the Curtis Institute of Music.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-jericho-brown-one-book-one-philadelphia-kickoff-tickets-136823902977

Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival presents Tishani Doshi
2021-04-15 12:00 - 2021-04-18 17:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival presents, April 15 – 18 GMT , Tishani Doshi
From the organizers:
It feels like a lifetime since we hosted our 2020 festival in the Temple of Peace last February. At the time, as Storm Denis raged outside, none of us knew what we would face in the coming months. Now we are looking ahead to the Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival 2021 which we are delighted to announce will take place online from Thursday 15 – Sunday 18 April 2021.
The festival team are currently working on another fantastic programme showcasing both new and established voices and featuring some of the world’s best poets and artists.
Like many festivals, we have had to adapt to a new virtual world. Our 2021 programme will be entirely digital and to make it accessible for everyone, all of our main events (excluding workshops) will be free.
Festival Director Amy Wack says she is “Really looking forward to this poetry-packed celebration in April 2021!” We hope you are too!
Access link will appear here: https://cardiffpoetryfestival.com/2021/01/18/seren-cardiff-poetry-festival-returns-april-2021/

Midnight Insight presents A Late Night Conversation with Sherwin Bitsui and artist-duo robyko
2021-04-17 22:00 - 23:00 (America/Denver)
Midnight Insight presents A Late Night Conversation, April 17 at 10 PM MST, with Sherwin Bitsui and artist-duo robyko
Register at: owhite@mail.com

Left Bank Books presents Alice Quinn & Contributors - Together in a Sudden Strangeness feat. Traci Brimhall & Dana Levin
2021-04-19 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Left Bank Books presents Alice Quinn & Contributors – Together in a Sudden Strangeness, April 19 at 7 PM CDT, feat. Traci Brimhall & Dana Levin
From the organizers:
In this urgent outpouring of American voices, our poets speak to us as they shelter in place, addressing our collective fear, grief, and hope from eloquent and diverse individual perspectives.
**Featuring 107 poets, from A to Z—Julia Alvarez to Matthew Zapruder—with work in between by Jericho Brown, Billy Collins, Fanny Howe, Ada Limón, Sharon Olds, Tommy Orange, Claudia Rankine, Vijay Seshadri, and Jeffrey Yang**
As the novel coronavirus and its devastating effects began to spread in the United States and around the world, Alice Quinn reached out to poets across the country to see if, and what, they were writing under quarantine. Moved and galvanized by the response, the onetime New Yorker poetry editor and recent former director of the Poetry Society of America began collecting the poems arriving in her inbox, assembling this various, intimate, and intricate portrait of our suddenly altered reality.
In these pages, we find poets grieving for relatives they are separated from or recovering from illness themselves, attending to suddenly complicated household tasks or turning to literature for strength, considering the bravery of medical workers or working their own shifts at the hospital, and, as the Black Lives Matter movement has swept the globe, reflecting on the inequities in our society that amplify sorrow and demand our engagement.
From fierce and resilient to wistful, darkly humorous, and emblematically reverent about the earth and the vulnerability of human beings in frightening times, the poems in this collection find the words to describe what can feel unspeakably difficult and strange, providing wisdom, companionship, and depths of feeling that enliven our spirits.

Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/LeftBankBooks.STL/live

Scripps College presents @Noon: 21st-Century Indigenous Poets feat. Sherwin Bitsui
2021-04-20 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Scripps College presents @Noon: 21st-Century Indigenous Poets, April 20 at 12 PM PDT, feat. Sherwin Bitsui
From the organizers:
In celebration of National Poetry Month, join Sherwin Bitsui, Santee Frazier, and this spring’s Mary Routt Chair in Creative Writing, Joan Naviyuk Kane, for a reading and discussion of their work.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noon-21st-century-indigenous-poets-tickets-149179474825

Diesel, A Bookstore presents Arthur Sze
2021-04-20 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Diesel, A Bookstore presents Arthur Sze
From the organizers:
Join us on Tuesday, April 20th at 6:30 pm for a virtual event with with Arthur Sze in conversation with John Evans as they discuss The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems.

Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/arthur-sze-in/register

Lift Every Voice presents Sisters in Struggle and Song: A Reading and Conversation with Mariposa Fernández, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, and Patricia Spears Jone
2021-04-20 19:00 (America/New_York)
Lift Every Voice presents Sisters in Struggle and Song: A Reading and Conversation, April 20 at 7 PM EDT, with Mariposa Fernández, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, and Patricia Spears Jones
From the organizers:
Join New York-based poets Mariposa Fernández (Bronx), LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (Harlem) and Patricia Spears Jones (Brooklyn) to celebrate the publication of the Library of America’s history-making anthology, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, edited by Kevin Young, and their place within the Black poetic tradition.
Register here: https://lehman-cuny-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nHtK1zCtSOmmzkDd-Qxe8w

Cuirt International Festival of Literature presents Conversations on Craft with Tishani Doshi
2021-04-21 17:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Cuirt International Festival of Literature presents Conversations on Craft, April 21 at 5 PM GMT, with Tishani Doshi
From the organizers:
Cúirt presents Conversations on Craft, a series of events to exercise the formal muscles of new and emerging writers at every stage of their development. A series of webinars with live Q&As, these events will see contemporary Irish writers take a forensic look at how some of the world’s best writers make their craft sing. These focused, illuminating discussions on form, structure and the creative process are not to be missed.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/conversations-on-craft-tishani-doshi-with-jess-traynor-tickets-144887455279

Lift Every Voice presents The Enduring Power of Langston Hughes, with Kevin Young, Edgar Tidwell, Glenn North, Tahraji Milsap, Jayden James
2021-04-21 18:30 (America/New_York)
Lift Every Voice presents, April 21 at 6:30 PM EDT, The Enduring Power of Langston Hughes, with Kevin Young, Edgar Tidwell, Glenn North, Tahraji Milsap, Jayden James
From the organizers:
It was 100 years ago, in June 1921, that a young Langston Hughes published what would become one of his best-known poems, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” He moved that fall into New York’s predominantly African American Harlem neighborhood and became a towering figure in the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement, promoting equality, condemning racism and injustice, and depicting Black culture, humor, and spirituality.
The Library celebrates the life and work the Missouri-born poet, playwright, and novelist in a multifaceted event coinciding with National Poetry Month.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoPIDBl45-cTvTsiDYi8jxQ

Cave Canem presents New Works: Writing Grief feat. Nikki Wallschlaeger
2021-04-21 19:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Cave Canem presents New Works: Writing Grief, April 21 at 7 PM – 7:30 PM EDT, feat. Nikki Wallschlaeger
From the organizers:
Poets Saddiq Dzukogi (Your Crib, My Qibla), Natasha T. Miller (Butcher), and Nikki Wallschlaeger (Waterbaby) read poems from recent collections that grapple with grief.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_APUEXl-YSEGlpSzkSobySg

Friendly City Books presents Virtual Event with poets Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Catherine Pierce
2021-04-22 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Friendly City Books presents Virtual Event, April 22 at 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT, with poets Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Catherine Pierce
From the organizers:
RSVP below for our Earth Day virtual event with poets Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Catherine Pierce on Thursday, April 22, at 6:30 pm Central.
Register here: https://www.friendlycitybooks.com/events/earth-day-poetry

Bloodaxe Books presents Poetry Online with Tishani Doshi
2021-04-22 19:00 (Europe/London)
Bloodaxe Books presents Poetry Online, April 22 at 7 PM, with Tishani Doshi
From the organizers:
7pm Free launch event on YouTube Live with Dom Bury and Jenna Clake. Hosted by Neil Astley, editor of Bloodaxe Books.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBrXaZ0wUw7JwdfrAvAbTUg

Wisconsin Union presents Ocean Vuong: Book Reading and Q&A
2021-04-22 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Wisconsin Union presents, April 22 at 7 PM CDT, Ocean Vuong: Book Reading and Q&A
From the organizers:
The Wisconsin Union Theater and the Madison Public Library’s Wisconsin Book Festival are proud to present a memorable night with award-winning author Ocean Vuong. Vuong will read from his powerful 2019 novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” and then participate in a Q&A. Daniel Sanji, the cultural programming intern at the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Student Center and APIDA Heritage Month chair, will serve as the Q&A moderator. Event organizers are honored to have this event included in APIDA Heritage Month 2021, a month-long exploration of the many ways that APIDA identity is shaped both within and outside the community.
Register here: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1ZgttHrDj1spgfc

Pangyrus presents What Tells You Ripeness: Black Poets on Nature with Nikki Wallschlaeger
2021-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Pangyrus presents What Tells You Ripeness: Black Poets on Nature with Nikki Wallschlaeger
From the organizers:
Pangyrus is proud to present a collection of Black writing on nature, What Tells You Ripeness. Soliciting and selecting poets for the collection, guest poetry editor Nikki Wallschlaeger aims to continue the work of Camille T. Dungy’s anthology Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, published in 2009. In Nikki’s words, “I think it’s important to highlight, during this time, that white supremacy and trauma are not the only topics Black writers are capable of writing about. The natural world itself is not racist. Isn’t that great? We can at least have that—as a space of connection, abundance, and complexity.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-tells-you-ripeness-black-poets-on-nature-launch-and-reading-tickets-147199954025

Unbound Book Festival Keynote, feat. Jericho Brown and Tracy K. Smith
2021-04-23
From the organizers:
“Panelists: Jericho Brown and Tracy K. Smith
Join us for an unforgettable evening when we welcome these two beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poets in conversation to conclude Unbound’s sixth festival.”
Access link will appear here: http://www.unboundbookfestival.com/keynote-event

Malvern Books presents Malvern’s Line/Break Poetry Book Club with Ocean Vuong
2021-04-24 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Malvern Books presents Malvern’s Line/Break Poetry Book Club, April 24 at 1 PM CDT, with Ocean Vuong
From the organizers:
We’d like to invite you to join Malvern’s Line/Break Poetry Book Club! Hosted by Malvernian Claire, this is a reading group for those of you interested in exploring works from our expansive poetry section.
Register by emailing: becky@malvernbooks.com with “poetry book club” in the subject line

Skagit River Poetry Foundation presents Truth, Beauty & Tulips feat. Nikki Wallschlaeger
2021-04-25 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Skagit River Poetry Foundation presents Truth, Beauty & Tulips, April 25 at 3 PM PDT, feat. Nikki Wallschlaeger
From the organizers:
Join Washington State Poet Laureate, Rena Priest, Copper Canyon Press poet, Nikki Wallschlaeger, along with local poets, Jessica Gigot & Gail Davern.
Watch here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88533703634?pwd=[REDACTED]

Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Jericho Brown
2021-04-26 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
From the organizers:
This livestream* reading will be accessible from the Inprint website. General admission tickets go on sale Tuesday, February 23. Details on how to access the reading will be provided to season subscribers and to those who purchase general admission tickets in the Eventbrite email receipt.
Jericho Brown will read a selection of poems, followed by a conversation with a poet.

KGB Bar presents Monday Night Poetry Series with Natalie Shapero & Jennifer Knox
2021-04-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
KGB Bar presents Monday Night Poetry Series, April 26 at 7 PM – 9 PM EDT, with Natalie Shapero & Jennifer L. Knox
Watch here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86561522512?pwd=[REDACTED]

Literati Bookstore presents At Home with Literati: Susan Briante, Phil Metres, & Tess Taylor
2021-04-29 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Literati Bookstore presents At Home with Literati: Susan Briante, Phil Metres, & Tess Taylor
From the organizers:
In 1936, noting a turn toward the documentary in a variety of arts, Wallace Stevens explained the Depression had focused attention “in the direction of reality, that is to say, in the direction of fact.” At a time of unprecedented environmental, political, and economic crisis we may be experiencing another such turn. But what does this mean for poetry, and what are the limits and pitfalls of the documentary project? What roads does it open up? Poets Susan Briante, Philip Metres, and Tess Taylor will discuss and share some work from their recent books: Briante’s Defacing the Monument, lyric essays on immigration, archives, aesthetics and the state, Metres’ Shrapnel Maps, a docupoetic investigation into the wounds and reverberations of the Israel/Palestine conflict, and Taylor’s Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange a poet’s retracing of the steps of the documentary photographer.
Link to watch the event here: https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-susan-briante-phil-metres-tess-taylor

Library of Congress presents Poetry Spotlight with Victoria Chang & Brenda Shaughnessy
2021-04-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Library of Congress presents Poetry Spotlight, April 29 at 7 PM – 8 PM EDT, with Victoria Chang & Brenda Shaughnessy
From the organizers:
Poets Victoria Chang (“Obit”) and Brenda Shaughnessy (“The Octopus Museum”) discuss their poetry collections, which address issues of loss, fear and the future of the planet. A National Poetry Month event.
This is part of National Book Festival Presents, a year-round series that features high-caliber authors, their books and corresponding Library treasures.
Watch here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongress
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbObxjfi3W9YKnDS0PgadNA

Third Place Books presents Live on Zoom! Deborah Bacharach & Kelli Russell Agodon - Shake & Tremor and Dialogues with Rising Tides
2021-04-30 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Third Place Books presents Live on Zoom!, April 30 at 6 PM PDT, Deborah Bacharach & Kelli Russell Agodon – Shake & Tremor and Dialogues with Rising Tides
From the organizers:
This is a virtual event, taking place via Zoom Webinar!
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2JhyOoPRSNe3m7vO7A_qNg

Seattle Arts and Lectures presents Natalie Diaz
2021-04-30 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Seattle Arts and Lectures presents a reading and conversation with poet Natalie Diaz, moderated by Laura Da’. Tickets are available for in-person attendance and online viewing, or online viewing only.
Tickets here: https://lectures.org/event/natalie-diaz/

Poets on the Coast present The Surrealist’s Toolkit: Generating New Poems from the Subconscious World with Kelli Russell Agodon & Susan Rich
2021-05-01 10:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Poets on the Coast present The Surrealist’s Toolkit: Generating New Poems from the Subconscious World, May 1 10 AM – 2:30 PST, with Kelli Russell Agodon & Susan Rich
From the organizers:
What do Sylvia Plath’s braid, an hourglass museum, and a lampshade of silvering hair have in common? They represent the New Surrealism. Together, we will generate a collage of poems using surrealist prompts from 20th-century surrealists as well as our own. We’ll also look at the wild surrealist women artists: Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, and Remedios Varo. Whether you know anything about the new surrealism or not, you will leave this class with 4-7 new poem starts and new pathways into writing a poem. A copy of Dialogues with Rising Tides, by Kelli Russell Agodon, Copper Canyon Press, 2021 is included in the registration.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqsn1OtcCK1GmLHFtcp5BFmoQ6Zo9j6pwhkrtah7_pGWveRQ/viewform

Poets on the Coast presents The Surrealist’s Toolkit: Generating New Poems from the Subconscious World with Kelli Russell Agodon & Susan Rich
2021-05-01 10:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Poets on the Coast presents The Surrealist’s Toolkit: Generating New Poems from the Subconscious World, May 1 at 10 AM – 2:30 PM PST, with Kelli Russell Agodon & Susan Rich
From the organizers:
What do Sylvia Plath’s braid, an hourglass museum, and a lampshade of silvering hair have in common? They represent the New Surrealism. Together, we will generate a collage of poems using surrealist prompts from 20th-century surrealists as well as our own. We’ll also look at the wild surrealist women artists: Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, and Remedios Varo. Whether you know anything about the new surrealism or not, you will leave this class with 4-7 new poem starts and new pathways into writing a poem. A copy of Dialogues with Rising Tides, by Kelli Russell Agodon, Copper Canyon Press, 2021 is included in the registration.
And after our class ends, Kelli & Susan will email you a list of curated journals for you to submit your work to along with a model submission letter. In addition, we will provide you with places to send your book manuscript, now or in the future.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqsn1OtcCK1GmLHFtcp5BFmoQ6Zo9j6pwhkrtah7_pGWveRQ/viewform

The Brooklyn Rail presents Radical Poetry Reading with Jorie Graham feat. Claudia Rankine, Forrest Gander, Victoria Chang, D.A Powell, and Jericho Brown
2021-05-05 11:00 (America/New_York)
The Brooklyn Rail presents Radical Poetry Reading with Jorie Graham, May 5 at 11 AM EDT, feat. Claudia Rankine, Forrest Gander, Victoria Chang, D.A Powell, and Jericho Brown
From the organizers:
Jorie Graham curates the 35th Radical Poetry Reading featuring Claudia Rankine, Forrest Gander, Victoria Chang, D.A Powell, and Jericho Brown.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-poetry-reading-with-jorie-graham-tickets-152895008085
