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Literary Cleveland presents "Poetry and Basketball" with Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez
2021-07-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Literary Cleveland presents “Poetry and Basketball,” a panel featuring Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez, on July 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (EDT). This panel is presented as part of The Inkubator, Literary Cleveland’s free annual festival for writers and readers.
From the organizers:
From the first Olympics in ancient Greece, where poets would gather to share their works and write poems for the victors, writers and athletes have competed with each other. Some modern writers, like panelists David Tomas Martinez, Philip Metres, and Tomas Q. Morin, sharpened their ball skills, their attention to detail, their verbal and non-verbal communication, and their team play, on the basketball court. This panel will explore the art of athletics and the athletics of art, calling a truce between the jocks and nerds once and for all.
PRESENTERS
Philip Metres has written numerous books, including Shrapnel Maps, Sand Opera, and The Sound of Listening. Awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim and Lannan Foundations, and three Arab American Book Awards, he is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. On basketball courts ranging from Chicago and Moscow, he was a gym rat, wing man, and slasher.
Tomás Q. Morín is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection Machete and the memoir Let Me Count the Ways. He is also a translator, editor, and essayist. He teaches at Rice University and Vermont College of Fine Arts where he is always open in the paint on a backdoor cut.
David Tomas Martinez’s work has been published or is forth coming in Poetry Magazine, Plough Shares, Tin House, Boston Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford American, Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Forklift; Ohio, Poetry International, LitHub, Gulf Coast, Academy of American Poet’s Poem-A-Day, Poetry Foundation’s PoetryNow, Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and others. Martinez has an MFA from San Diego State University, is the former reviews and interviews editor for Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, and has been a Breadloaf and CantoMundo Fellow. His debut collection of poetry, Hustle, was released in 2014 by Sarabande Books, and his latest collection, Post Traumatic Hood Disorder, was published in 2018, also by Sarabande Books. He is a Pushcart Prize winner, NEA recipient, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Details: Poetry and Basketball takes place Thursday, July 15 from 7-8:30pm remotely through Zoom.
Zoom Info: Register for the talk and Lit Cleveland will send you an invitation and instructions on how to attend via Zoom.
Register here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/_neKyd12h9hQrv3XxaFEXw

Hudson Valley Writers Center presents An Evening with Copper Canyon Poets Ellen Bass & Arthur Sze on Zoom
2021-07-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Hudson Valley Writers Center presents, July 14 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM, An Evening with Copper Canyon Poets Ellen Bass & Arthur Sze on Zoom
From the organizers:
This reading will take place via Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed after registration. (Please check spam / promotions folder for this email and email admin@writerscenter.org with any questions.) Please note that the reading takes place from 7-8:30pm Eastern time.
Register here: https://www.writerscenter.org/calendar/szebass/

Kenyon Review presents The Writers Workshops Online feat. Natalie Shapero
2021-07-11 12:00 - 2021-07-17 12:00 (America/New_York)
Kenyon Review presents, July 11 – 17, The Writers Workshops Online feat. Natalie Shapero
From the organizers:
Our summer 2021 workshops take on a new dimension this year. Entirely online, they are designed to fit more easily into writers’ daily lives, all while providing the stimulating and supportive experience that writers seek from Kenyon Review. Three different options are available for each genre, during both sessions (June and July):
The Rosse Event Series: The most flexible option, the Rosse Event Series provides enrichment and insights through readings and conversations with faculty (including Kaveh Akbar, David Baker, Angie Cruz, Geeta Kothari, Dinty W. Moore, Carl Phillips, Natalie Shapero, Nancy Zafris, and more). Participants can experience the events synchronously or access them asynchronously until September 1.
Register here: https://whova.com/portal/registration/hekrw_202106/

EcoTheo Collective presents Wonder in Wyoming, a literary festival
2021-07-09 12:00 - 2021-07-11 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | St. John’s Episcopal Church (Jackson, WY), 170 North Glenwood Street, Jackson, WY, 83001, United States
EcoTheo Collective presents Wonder in Wyoming, a literary festival taking place July 9–11, hosted by St. John’s Episcopal Church, Jackson.
From the organizers:
Wonder in Wyoming: Three Days + Two Nights of LIVE Reading Events, Free and open to the public
Wonder in Wyoming is the brainchild of Board member Spencer Reece, acclaimed poet, memoirist, and Episcopal priest. While serving the Cathedral in Madrid, Spencer created the Unamuno Author Series that brought renowned poets such as Richard Blanco and Jericho Brown to read as part of a poetry festival in Spain. We envision a literary festival that connects participants with the sacred beauty of the Grand Tetons along with the power of literature and the arts to inspire, heal, and transform.
This festival is made possible through the generous support of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jackson, Wyoming, and the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming. Our first annual gathering will consist of LOGOS readings, workshops, and meditation services that incorporate poetry. Featured poets are Spencer Reece, Paisley Rekdal, Diane Glancy, Carrie Fountain, Mark Wunderlich, Joanna Klink, and Gregory Pardlo. In addition, the four recipients of the 2021 Starshine and Clay Fellowships will give readings.
As we look to 2022 we plan to include more writers and makers as Wonder in Wyoming continues to fulfill EcoTheo Collective’s mission to celebrate wonder, enliven conversations, and inspire commitments in ecology, spirituality, and art.
Generously hosted by St. John’s Episcopal Church, Jackson and co-hosted by Jackson Hole Writers.
The Poet-Organizers of Wonder in Wyoming 2021 are Travis Helms, Jason Myers, and Jeremy Voigt.
Register here: https://www.ecotheo.org/how-to-participate

Costura Creative presents Sweetness Poetics with Alison C. Rollins
2021-07-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Costura Creative presents Sweetness Poetics, an online writing workshop led by Alison C. Rollins with sessions on Sundays in July (July 4, 11, 18 and 25) at 3:00 p.m. (EDT).
From the organizers:
Online writing workshops led by: Alison C. Rollins
SWEETNESS POETICS
Sundays in July
7/4 7/11 7/18 7/25
3:00 PM EDT
Suggested donation: $20 per session
Register here: http://www.costuracreative.com/workshops.html

Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Jorie Graham hosted by Sarah Howe
2021-07-02 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Jorie Graham hosted by Sarah Howe, on July 2, 2021 from 8 to 9 p.m. (BST); noon to 1 p.m. (PDT); 2 to 3 p.m. (CDT); 3 to 4 p.m. (EDT).
From the organizers:
Celebrated American poet Jorie Graham, will read from her latest collection Runaway and chat about her work with poet Sarah Howe. Graham is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including PLACE, which won the Forward Prize for Best Collection and The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994, which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. ‘For 30 years Jorie Graham has engaged the whole human contraption — intellectual, global, domestic, apocalyptic’ (New York Times).
Sarah Howe is a Hong Kong-born British poet, academic and editor. Co-founder, with Sandeep Parmar of the Ledbury Poetry Critics scheme. Her first collection of poems is Loop of Jade.
Register here: https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/events/jorie-graham-hosted-by-sarah-howe/

Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Valzhyna Mort and Victoria Chang, chaired by Neil Astley
2021-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Ledbury Poetry Festival presents Valzhyna Mort and Victoria Chang, chaired by Neil Astley, on July 2, 2021 from 6 to 7 p.m. (BST); 10 to 11 a.m. (PDT); noon to 1 p.m. (CDT); 1 to 2 p.m. (EDT).
From the organizers:
After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. In Obit, longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award in Poetry, Chang writes of “the way memory gets up after someone has died and starts walking.” These poems reinvent the form of newspaper obituary to both name what has died (“civility,” “language,” “the future,” “Mother’s blue dress”) and the cultural impact of death on the living.
In her book of letters to the dead, the prize-winning poet Valzhyna Mort relearns how to mourn those erased by violent history. With shocking, unforgettable lyric force, Valzhyna Mort’s Music for the Dead and Resurrected confronts the legacy of violent death in one family in Belarus. In these letters to the dead, the poet asks: How do we mourn after a century of propaganda? Can private stories challenge the collective power of Soviet and American historical mythology?
Register here: https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/events/valzhyna-mort-and-victoria-chang/

City of Asylum presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends
2021-07-01 19:00 (America/New_York)
City of Asylum virtually presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends on July 1 at 7:00 p.m. (EDT), in partnership with Vox Populi.
From the organizers:
This is a virtual-only event streamed on City of Asylum’s virtual platform, City of Asylum @ Home.
Run time: 90 minutes
Naomi Shihab Nye, the current Young People’s Poet Laureate, and poet Michael Simms gather international poets to share works that navigate themes of identity, displacement, and home in Gaza.
About the poets:
Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist, and is theYoung People’s Poet Laureate through the Poetry Foundation, has recently published Everything Comes Next, The Tiny Journalist, Cast Away, and Voices in the Air – Poems for Listeners.

Michael Simms’smost recent book of poetry is American Ash. As the founding editor of Vox Populi and the founding editor emeritus of Autumn House Press and Coal Hill Review, Simms was recognized in 2011 by the Pennsylvania State Legislature for his contribution to the arts.
Philip Metres is a poet, professor, and author of Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) and Sand Opera, among other books, has recently been working with We Are Not Numbers, an organization dedicated to mentoring Palestinian youth from Gaza as they write their stories for English-reading audiences.
Zeina Azzam is a Palestinian American poet, writer, editor, and community activist, whose chapbook Bayna Bayna In-Between was published in 2021.
Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, fiction writer, essayist from Gaza, is the Founder of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza and was a visiting poet/scholar at Harvard in 2019-2020.
Californian Danusha Laméris is the author of The Moons of August (Autumn House Press, 2014), and Bonfire Opera, (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020), teaches poetry independently, and is on the faculty of Pacific University’s low residency MFA program.
Kathy Engel, poet & cultural worker, teaches in Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, recently published The Lost Brother Alphabet, and, in 2007, co-edited with Kamal Boullata, We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon.
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. Her first book of poems, WATER & SALT, won the 2018 Washington State Book Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks, Arab in Newsland, winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize and Letters from the Interior, finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Award.
The son of Arab immigrants, born in Detroit, Hayan Charara is a poet, children’s book author, essayist and editor who lives in Houston.
Nour Al Ghraowi, a Syrian writer, activist, and educator, writes about social justice, and migrant identity with works appearing in Poetry magazine and others.
This program is in proud partnership with Vox Populi, a public sphere for poetry, politics, and nature.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/poets-gaza/register

Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Heidi Seaborn with Kelli Russell Agodon
2021-07-01 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Skylight Books presents Live on Crowdcast: Heidi Seaborn discusses An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe with Kelli Russell Agodon on July 1, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. (PDT).
From the organizers:
Heidi Seaborn’s astonishing second collection of poems, An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe is a middle-of-the-night poetic conversation with Marilyn Monroe that explores obsessions, addictions, abuse, objectification, marriage, work, children, childlessness and death. Pressing on the themes of her acclaimed debut, Give a Girl Chaos {see what she can do}, Seaborn illuminates the biographical and emotional journey of Marilyn as intimacies whispered between two women. These are women who have lived “on the glittering edge” and know that when a third husband “draws a blank page from his typewriter,” it means she needs to go to work in a world dominated by men. In An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn is a resilient, intelligent feminist who understands how to accumulate and wield power in the 1950’s. She is also vulnerable, exploited, and broken in so many ways. We see the speaker discover Marilyn until “then she is everywhere,” a haunting presence that becomes both muse and reflection. Seaborn invites us into the poetic soul of the world’s most famous woman with poems that celebrate and mourn. An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe is a sequined meditation on what keeps us up at night and what fills our dreams.
Heidi Seaborn is the author of [PANK] 2020 Poetry Award winner An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe (2021), Give a Girl Chaos (C&R Press, 2019) and the 2020 Comstock Review Prize Chapbook, Bite Marks, as well as chapbooks, Finding My Way Home and Once a Diva. Since Heidi started writing in 2016, she’s won or been shortlisted for over two dozen awards. Her work has recently appeared in American Poetry Journal, Beloit Poetry Journal, Copper Nickel, The Cortland Review, The Greensboro Review, The Missouri Review, The Slowdown with Tracy K. Smith, Tinderbox Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She is Executive Editor of The Adroit Journal and holds an MFA in Poetry from NYU.
Kelli Russell Agodon’s newest book is Dialogues with Rising Tides from Copper Canyon Press. She is the author of four collections of poems, two books of poetry prompts, and she co-edited the first eBook anthology of women’s poetry, Fire on Her Tongue. Kelli is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press where she works as an editor and book cover designer as well as the Co-Director of Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Retreat for Women. She lives in a sleepy seaside town in Washington State on traditional lands of the Chimacum, Coast Salish, S’Klallam, and Suquamish people where she is an avid paddleboarder and hiker. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University’s low-res MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop.
Dialogues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press)
In Kelli Russell Agodon’s fourth collection, each poem facilitates a humane and honest conversation with the forces that threaten to take us under. The anxieties and heartbreaks of life―including environmental collapse, cruel politics, and the persistent specter of suicide―are met with emotional vulnerability and darkly sparkling humor. Dialogues with Rising Tides does not answer, This or that? It passionately exclaims, And also! Even in the midst of great difficulty, radiant wonders are illuminated at every turn.

The Merwin Conservancy presents Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil in Conversation
2021-06-26 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Merwin Conservancy presents, June 26 at 5 PM PDT, Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil in Conversation
From the organizers:
Join us on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 2:00PM Hawai‘i time as accliamed poets and writers Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil come together for readings and conversation about place, poetry, and the wonders of the natural world.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/GRLRossAimee/register

Rain Taxi presents Arthur Sze in conversation with Eric Lorberer
2021-06-17 17:30 (America/Chicago)
Rain Taxi presents, June 17 at 5:30 PM CDT, Arthur Sze in conversation with Eric Lorberer
From the organizers:
Join us for a conversation and reading with Arthur Sze to celebrate his latest publication, a monumental New and Collected Poems called The Glass Constellation (Copper Canyon Press)—a triumph spanning five decades of work that ranges from compressed lyrical poems influenced by classical Chinese poetry to structurally complex sequences that present contemporary experience in all its multiplicity. At this special event, Sze—the poet Rain Taxi chose to inaugurate its event series 23 years ago—will be in conversation with Rain Taxi director and poetry lover Eric Lorberer. Free to attend, registration required. We hope to “see” you there!
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/arthur-sze/register

Arts for Art presents William Parker Tribute to David Budbill
2021-06-13 20:00 (America/New_York)
Arts for Art presents, June 13 at 8 PM EDT, William Parker Tribute to David Budbill
From the organizers:
William Parker’s Tribute to David Budbill in Performance & Discussion. Suggested minimum donation is $5. Donations go towards funding artist fees. Arts for Art’s On_Line Salon series features live streaming FreeJazz performances and conversations every Tuesday and Thursday. These events are co-produced by The Clemente.
Sunday June 13, 2021, 8PM ET
Video is available to view through Sunday June 20, 6PM ET
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Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/william-parker-tribute-to-david-budbill-afa-on-line-salon-tickets-157088037549

Hugo House presents RESCHEDULED: Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness
2021-06-11 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Hugo House presents, June 11 at 6 PM PDT, RESCHEDULED: Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness
From the organizers:
This event has been rescheduled from March 5, 2021.
Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove has said that “poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” Yet many readers still struggle to understand the meanings of poems. In his Word Works lecture, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown will dive into what’s going on when we read a poem and think, “That doesn’t make sense.” Looking at examples of sense and nonsense in his and others’ work, Brown will explore the different techniques poets use to balance meaning and mystery.
After the talk, Brown will be interviewed by Anastacia-Reneé.
All Word Works events this season will take place online. Tickets cost $15 general admission, $12 for members. We also have a $5 option for students or anyone who is financially disadvantaged. Tickets can be purchased at the bottom of the page.
This event will take place via CrowdCast, Pacific Time.
Register here: https://hugohouse.org/events/word-works-jericho-brown-nonsense-senselessness/

Cafe con Libros presents Author Talk: Akwaeke Emezi, "Dear Senthuran"
2021-06-10 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Cafe con Libros presents, June 10 at 6 PM – 7 PM EDT, Author Talk: Akwaeke Emezi, “Dear Senthuran”
From the organizers:
Akwaeke Emezi in dialogue with Lisa-Kaindé Diaz of Ibeyi. A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times-bestselling author, “a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self” (Esquire).
Register here: https://www.cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/author-talk-akwaeke-emezi-dear-senthuran/form

One Book, One Philadelphia presents Re-Creating a New World: One Book Finale with Jericho Brown
2021-06-09 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
One Book, One Philadelphia presents, June 9 at 7:30 PM – 9 PM EDT, Re-Creating a New World: One Book Finale with Jericho Brown
From the organizers:
Join us to celebrate a season of discussing The Tradition. Following a reading and conversation with One Book, One Philadelphia 2021 author, Jericho Brown, and Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker, we’ll listen to an intergenerational panel discuss what it means to re-create our world.
Panelists include Sonia Sanchez and Yolanda Wisher, both former Philadelphia Poet Laureates; Sheyla Street, a Central High School student, activist, varsity athlete, and co-founder of the Philly Black Students Alliance; and Kemar Jewel, an Afro-Queer international director and choreographer.
Panelists will discuss how knowledge of our history informs how we collectively reimagine our society, and how we organize around the issues we see today combined with all the lessons we have inherited from the past. The conversation will address how we effectively create new traditions together for a new world.
Registrants will receive a Zoom event link.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/re-creating-a-new-world-one-book-finale-with-jericho-brown-tickets-141923285367?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing

Seattle Arts & Lectures presents Ocean Vuong
2021-06-09 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 Ocean Vuong. Tickets are available for in-person attendance and online viewing, or online viewing only.
Tickets here: https://lectures.org/event/ocean-vuong/

Loyalty Bookstores presents Akwaeke Emezi with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola for DEAR SENTHURAN
2021-06-09 18:00 (America/New_York)
Loyalty Bookstores presents, June 9 at 6 PM EDT, Akwaeke Emezi with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola for DEAR SENTHURAN
From the organizers:
Loyalty is incredibly excited to welcome back Akwaeke Emezi in conversation with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola to celebrate Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click here to register for the event with a donation of any amount of your choice or you can order the book below to be added to the event’s registration list. Donations will go to BLM DC. There will also be an option to snag the book during the event.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/akwaeke-emezi-with/register

Seattle Arts & Lectures presents Ocean Vuong: Live & Online‑Only
2021-06-09 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Seattle Arts & Lectures presents, June 9 at 6 PM PDT, Ocean Vuong: Live & Online‑Only
From the organizers:
Ocean Vuong is a poet and fiction writer whose work considers class, queerness, family, and identity. His epistolary novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), was an immediate and enduring bestseller described by the Los Angeles Times as a “series of high notes that trembles exquisitely almost without break.” Q&A moderated by musician Perfume Genius.
This event will be live and online only. Please note: this event begins at 6:00 p.m. (PDT).
Register here: https://lectures.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0Ff400000Gnu2rEAB

New York Public Library presents Spiritfirst: Akwaeke Emezi with Saidiya Hartman
2021-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
New York Public Library presents, June 8 at 7 PM – 8 PM EDT, Spiritfirst: Akwaeke Emezi with Saidiya Hartman
From the organizers:
The bestselling author shares their debut work of nonfiction, Dear Senthuran, a memoir that “deeply engages with the metaphysics of Black spirit and singularly faces the Black reader.”
Register here: https://www.showclix.com/event/akwaekeemezi/tag/nyplwebsite

Hennepin Avenue UMC presents An Evening with Jericho Brown
2021-06-08 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Hennepin Avenue UMC presents, June 19 at 6 PM – 8 PM CDT, An Evening with Jericho Brown
From the organizers:
There are two ways to attend. This is a hybrid event, with registered tickets available for in-person or virtual attendance.
In-person Attendance ($20)
Experience Jericho in person, with reserved, socially-distanced seating for 150 in the beautiful HAUMC building. *Face masks required. Doors open at 5:30pm. For more information about Hennepin Avenue UMC’s COVID-19 in-person event protocols and procedures visit: haumc.org/covid-19
Virtual Attendance ($10)
Virtual attendees will receive a Zoom link and instructions on the day of the event via email. Please be sure to check your email and spam folders regularly.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-jericho-brown-tickets-154294158983

Hudson Valley Writers presents Monday Night Poetry with Alex Dimitrov (via Zoom)
2021-06-07 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Hudson Valley Writers presents, June 7, 14, 21, & 28 at 6:30 PM – 9 PM EDT, Monday Night Poetry with Alex Dimitrov (via Zoom)
From the organizers:
This is a 4-week class, occurring on 4 consecutive Mondays beginning June 7 ending on June 28 via Zoom. 6:30-9:00pm EST.
HVWC is lucky to have award-winning Copper Canyon poet and editor, Alex Dimitrov, teaching our students again this summer. Don’t miss the opportunity to study with one of the best set of eyes in the poetry world! This class is not generative. It’s a workshop. This will be a rigorous class but you will also have fun.
This class is capped at 10 students. It will be taught via Zoom and the Zoom link will be emailed at the time of workshop registration. (Please check spam / promotions folder to ensure the link is received.) Please write to admin@writerscenter.org with any questions about this process.
Register here: https://www.writerscenter.org/calendar/dimitrovjune/

Ellen Bass presents Truth & Beauty: An Online Writing Workshop
2021-06-07 14:00 - 2021-06-11 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Ellen Bass presents, June 7-11, Truth & Beauty: An Online Writing Workshop
From the organizers:
If you want to encounter more truth in your poems, to express it in the most beautiful way possible, to craft poems that reflect the inextricable marriage of truth and beauty, love and death, the luminous and the ordinary, please join us for this special workshop.
We will elude and distract the censors that silence or limit us. We’ll approach our experience from new angles to find the poem within the story. We’ll question the stories we think are true and experience the power of not-knowing and discovery.
We will write poems, share our writing, and hear what our work touches in others. We’ll also read model poems by contemporary poets and discuss aspects of the craft. But mainly this will be a writing retreat—time to explore and create in a supportive community. Though the focus is on poetry, prose writers who want to enrich their language will find it a fertile environment.
Register here: https://www.ellenbass.com/product/truth-and-beauty-2021-online/

Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences presents Ghostlily Along, Bloodily Biting: Using Nocturnes and Palinodes to Jump Start Nature Poems with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
2021-06-06 17:30 (America/New_York)
Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences presents, June 6 at 5:30 PM EST, Ghostlily Along, Bloodily Biting: Using Nocturnes and Palinodes to Jump Start Nature Poems with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
From the organizers:
Using sample poems from Yone Noguchi, Jane Kenyon, and Arthur Sze as jumping-off points, we will investigate how and when to use retractions (palinodes) and the metaphors and place setting of the night to serve as a catalyst for your own nature writing.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/BLE_Nezhukumatathil/register?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=profile_web&utm_campaign=profile

Roxbury Poetry Festival presents Keynote Address with Jericho Brown
2021-06-05 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Roxbury Poetry Festival presents Keynote Address, June 5 at 4 PM – 5 PM EDT, with Jericho Brown
From the organizers:
2020 Pulitzer Prize winner, Jericho Brown, will read from his book The Tradition and answer a few questions from the audience. This talk will be moderated by a local artist.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roxbury-poetry-festival-2021-tickets-146513542951

Roxbury Poetry Festival presents Craft Talk with Rachel McKibbens
2021-06-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Roxbury Poetry Festival presents Craft Talk, June 5 at 1 PM – 2 PM EDT, with Rachel McKibbens
From the organizers:
As poets, we use devices to resurrect or bury, but how often are we willing to lean into our own wickedness, to give it its rightful placement as the second face of our vulnerability instead of an agent of confession? This craft talk encourages participants to bring their lunch on screen while enjoying a craft talk from poet and performer, Rachel McKibbens.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roxbury-poetry-festival-2021-tickets-146513542951

Community Bookstore presents Ocean Vuong presents "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous," in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop
2021-06-03 19:30 (America/New_York)
Community Bookstore presents, June 3 at 7:30 PM EDT, Ocean Vuong “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop
From the organizers:
Ocean Vuong joins us for the paperback release of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. This program is in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop and Murmrr and will take place on Zoom.
Purchase tickets here: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Ocean-Vuong/425843?afflky=Murmrr

Brooklyn Poets presents Brooklyn Poets Reading Series with Mark Bibbins
2021-06-03 19:00 (America/New_York)
Brooklyn Poets presents, June 3 at 7 PM EDT, Brooklyn Poets Reading Series with Mark Bibbins
From the organizers:
Named one of the best reading series in NYC as well as one of the 50 best free things to do in the city by Time Out New York, the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series takes place bimonthly at select venues in Brooklyn. Readings are free and open to the public.

Each reading features three poets, with at least one from Brooklyn and one from outside the borough, pairing emerging with more established poets and focusing on those from underrepresented communities. Readings are curated by Jason Koo. For inquiries, contact us.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZOl8C2YQbOw29SScdsBIQ

Ruth Stone House presents Creative Uncertainty with Bianca Stone
2021-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Ruth Stone House presents, June 3, 10, 17, & 24 at 6:30 PM – 8 PM EDT, Creative Uncertainty with Bianca Stone
From the organizers:
In this class, we will be workshopping our poems as well as reading inspiring works by others. This is a class to improve your poetry writing and poetry reading skills. We will be leaving our comfort zones, both in language and in thought. I will serve as a guide to your own discoveries and honor each student’s interests and ideas while challenging you to think more deeply about the choices and habits in your writing practice.
This is a workshop and craft class. We will be reading fun, beautiful, and motivating works, leaving ample time to write and discuss our own poems. Students are expected to write new work (four poems), radically revise, participate in in-class writing, read secondary materials, and join the discussion. You will leave this class a stronger writer.
Register here: https://classroom.ruthstonehouse.org/shop/creative-uncertainty

Literary Arts presents One Page Wednesday: June with Kelli Russell Agodon
2021-06-02 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Literary Arts presents One Page Wednesday: June, June 2 at 6:30 PM PDT, with Kelli Russell Agodon
From the organizers:
Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Hosted by Natalie Serber.
June’s featured reader is Kelli Russell Agodon.
You don’t need to live in Portland to participate. If you have questions, please contact jessica@literary-arts.org
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uf-msqjsvH9yzuJvgyN46ticc1wFBgnpU

The Merwin Conservancy presents Jericho Brown
2021-05-29 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Merwin Conservancy presents, May 29 at 5 PM PDT, Jericho Brown
From the organizers:
Join us on Saturday, May 29th, 2021 at 2:00PM Hawai‘i time as we host Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown, who will read from his book The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 2019) and discuss the role of a person’s “place” in poetry making.
Live webcast begins 2:00 PM Hawai‘i / 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern and will run 60 minutes.
This event is free, but a donation is welcome.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/GRJerichoBrown/register
