• The Deluge Book Release Reading with Leila Chatti and Friends

    Times listed are in Eastern Time (ET). Leila Chatti launches her book Deluge with a live online poetry reading also featuring Naomi Shihab Nye, Anita Skeen, Mary Szybist, and Dorianne Laux. Presented by Costura Creative. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_heuXYwvHRgKOb6xXDtEL1Q

  • RAWI Spring 2020 Release Reading & Fundraiser with Philip Metres, Leila Chatti, and More

    The Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) is organizing a spring release reading featuring 10 authors with March/April releases from our community, including Philip Metres and Leila Chatti. The reading will happen via Zoom (details forthcoming) at 6:00pm EST and there is a suggested $5 donation for the reading. All proceeds will go toward establishing […]

  • A Digital Reading with Philip Metres and Erika Meitner

    Times listed are in Central Time (CT). The Paper Plains Literary Festival and Raven Book Store present a digital reading with Philip Metres and Erika Meitner. Two writers steeped in the documentary poetry tradition, Philip Metres and Erika Meitner, present a joint reading of their urgent, political, and deeply felt poetry. Metres reads from his […]

  • UCross Spotlight Presents Sherwin Bitsui and Musician Kate Schutt

    Poet Sherwin Bitsui and musician Kate Schutt will be featured in a Ucross Spotlight Zoom event as part of a nationwide series of artist-centric events. The event is designed to highlight Ucross alumni, their work and their contribution to the nation’s arts and letters. Registration is required in advance. Schutt is an award-winning songwriter, singer, […]

  • Shelter in Poems: A Virtual Reading with the Academy of American Poets

    In this unprecedented time, as more and more of us are turning to poetry, the Academy of American Poets launched Shelter in Poems, an initiative that invites poets and poetry lovers to share poems on social media that give them comfort or courage. Shelter in Poems: A Virtual Reading extends this idea with a special […]

  • Greenlight Bookstore presents John Freeman and Julia Alvarez

    Acclaimed authors and friends John Freeman and Julia Alvarez present their new books, both of which engages with questions of how we decide who to care for, which bodies matter, how we occupy space with strangers... and whose presences we don't see. - Freeman’s poetry collection The Park is a series of meditations inspired by The Luxembourg […]

  • Live with Victoria Chang and Monica Sok

    A reading with Victoria Chang and Monica Sok will be streamed live online as part of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore's Virtual Event Series. Register to attend here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/victoria-chang-and-monica-sok/register

  • A Virtual Reading with Michael McGriff and Robert Walicki

    White Whale Bookstore hosts an online evening of poetry with Michael McGriff and Robert Walicki. White Whale says "head to our Bookshop site's list titled 'Recent and Upcoming Events (Pre-order!)' to order one of Bob's books and several of Michael's. You can also check out other curated lists and picks on our main site page, or use […]

  • HRC Fireside Chat With Pulitzer-Prize Winning Poet Jericho Brown

    Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown joins Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David to discuss the resilience of the Black LGBTQ community and celebrate the power and importance of poetry as a vehicle for calling out injustice. Watch here: https://www.hrc.org/resources/fireside-chat-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-jericho-brown