Copper Canyon Press

Academy of American Poets presents Books Noted Live: Tyree Daye & Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
2020-09-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
“Join the Academy of American Poets for Books Noted Live, a new, virtual reading and conversation series featuring poets with new or forthcoming books. The first of four events will take place Friday, September 25th at 7PM EDT.
The Academy is pleased to host Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Age of Phillis, which was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry, in conversation with Tyree Daye, whose collection Cardinal is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press.
Purchase or pre order the books by the readers.”
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/books-noted-live-with/register

UA Distinguished Visitor Series in Creative Writing presents Philip Metres
2020-09-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
The University of Arizona Distinguished Visitor Series in Creative Writing presents an online reading with Philip Metres.
Register here: https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WC2fXUcmQDm7ZROLlZHU-Q

Wisconsin Book Festival presents Leila Chatti and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
2020-09-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
From the organizers:
“Presented in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Program in Creative Writing, this edition of Wisconsin Wednesdays features UW Alumnae Rowan Hisayo Buchanan for her new novel, Starling Days, and Leila Chatti for her new poetry collection, Deluge.”
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/starling-days–deluge/register

Blue Flower Arts presents a Master Class with Jericho Brown
2020-09-20 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
From the organizer:
“In this 90-minute virtual master class, poet and educator Jericho Brown will lead you through a set of unconventional exercises he’s designed to keep your ears open and your fingers moving.
Brown believes there is a profound relationship between reading poetry and writing it. He will lead our virtual gathering through focused readings, discussions, and recitations of the work of several poets whose examples will help us hone our own writing.
This master class will also feature exercises for writing your own duplex poem—a form Brown invented that is featured in his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection The Tradition—that blends the ghazal, the sonnet, and the blues.
This event will feature closed captioning. Please contact blueflowerarts@mac.com with any questions.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/master-class-with-pulitzer-winning-author-jericho-brown-tickets-118179133971

Lift Every Voice: 250 Years of African American Poetry featuring Jericho Brown, Nikki Finney, Sonia Sanchez, Tyehimba Jess, and more
2020-09-17 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
“Library of America, in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, presents the launch of Lift Every Voice, a nationwide celebration of the 250-year-long African American poetic tradition. The celebration is anchored by the publication of the anthology, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, edited by poet and Schomburg Center Director Kevin Young.
The evening will feature poets Nikky Finney (Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry), Sonia Sanchez (Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems), Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Jericho Brown (The Tradition) and Tyehimba Jess (Olio), and many more.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lift-every-voice-250-years-of-african-american-poetry-registration-116260328773

Wild and Precious Life Series presents Alison C. Rollins, Jacqueline Balderrama, Dominique Christina, and C. Russell Price
2020-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The Wild and Precious Life series presents an online reading with Alison C. Rollins, Jacqueline Balderrama, Dominique Christina, and C. Russell Price.
Watch here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837002743

The 39th Northern California Book Awards with finalist Matthew Zapruder
2020-09-13 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From the organizers:
“Celebrate the Bay Area’s vibrant literary scene. This event will simultaneously broadcast on the SF Public Library YouTube. For accommodations, call 415-557-4557 or contact marti.goddard@sfpl.org. Requesting 72 hours in advance will help ensure availability.”
Register to attend via Zoom here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qhzjQX25R8-rd3C2QC7yTg

Cuyahoga County Public Library presents A Conversation with Philip Metres
2020-09-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
From the organizers:
“Join us on Facebook Live for a conversation with author Philip Metres and Karen Long of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. This event will be broadcast live at facebook.com/cuyahogalib/live. A Facebook account is not required to view the program.”
Watch here: facebook.com/cuyahogalib/live

Poems of Hope & Resilience featuring Ellen Bass, Tess Taylor, Nikia Chaney, Molly Fisk, Patricia Smith, and more.
2020-09-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
A reading to benefit the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County Fire Response Fund, featuring Ellen Bass, Tess Taylor, Nikia Chaney, Molly Fisk, Patricia Smith, Janel Spencer, David A. Sullivan, and Gary Young. Suggested donation is $10.
Register here: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrduCprz0sGdP9ce098ydIkeL68W2oJCCa

Elliott Bay Book Company presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil and John Freeman
2020-09-10 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From the organizers:
“If things go as we imagine this might, this evening’s program will feature Aimee Nezhukumatathil, one of the most vital poets of her generation, doing this virtual reading program with her first book of prose, the dazzling, animated book that is World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Milkweed). She, presumably at home in Mississippi, will be joined by John Freeman, whom we think will be linked in from London. Most known for extraordinary work as an editor and essayist, he is also becoming increasingly recognized as a poet of note. Copper Canyon Press, which now also publishes Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s poetry (Oceanic), has just published John Freeman’s second collection, The Park, following his earlier Maps. This program should feature strong talk about the planet, and some excellent poetry.”
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aimee-nezukhumatathil-and-john-freeman-tickets-118411049637

Montana Book Festival presents A Conversation with Matthew Zapruder and Michael Earl Craig
2020-09-10 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Denver)
The Montana Book Festival presents a conversation between Matthew Zapruder and Michael Earl Craig. No registration required. This is a pre-recorded event and can be accessed via the Festival’s YouTube channel on September 10, 2020, at 12:30PM MDT.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSWTKdZoZOcD4pYx2TkbAzQ?view_as=subscriber

A Reading Series presents Matthew Zapruder and Atsuro Riley
2020-09-09 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
A Reading Series presents a virtual reading with Matthew Zapruder and Atsuro Riley.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdu6oqz4pEtfsHq46J9GwPTQGlSjeN-rh

McNally Jackson presents Sarah Ruhl and Jill Bialosky
2020-09-08 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Independent bookstore McNally Jackson presents a virtual reading with Sarah Ruhl and Jill Bialosky.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkduqoqTkvG9TEXTeeFHC3P43O4lB0nbWu

The Center for Fiction presents The New Gen! Rising African Poets with Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani
2020-09-08 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
“Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani started the New-Generation African Poet limited edition chapbook in 2014 with indie publisher Akashic Books. Every year, they showcase the verses and innovation of the best African poets working today with an emphasis on poets who have not yet published their first full-length collection.
A reading from ten poets included in this year’s edition, New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba), will open the event, followed by a conversation between Dawes and Abani on why they had to make this ambitious and poignant project. Tjawangwa Dema will moderate.
Featured Poets:

Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
Afua Ansong
Fatima Camara
Sadia Hassan
Safia Jama
Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
Nadra Mabrouk
Nkateko Masinga
Jamila Osman
Tryphena Yeboah

This event is presented in partnership with Poets House.”
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/yl8hkbue

Decatur Book Festival presents Jericho Brown
2020-09-04 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival presented by Emory University is proud to feature 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown as this year’s Keynote speaker. In conversation with festival board president, Mathwon Howard, Brown will discuss his most recent book, The Tradition, that details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. As in much of his poetry, Brown highlights both the broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human. Brown makes mythical pastorals to question the terrors to which we’ve become accustomed, and to celebrate how we survive. Join us for a reading and discussion with one of the greatest poets of our time, and an integral member of the Emory community.
Register here: https://decaturbookfestival.com/session/keynote-jericho-brown/
Join here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ajc-dbf-2020-keynote-jericho-brown

Berkeley Lunch Poems presents Roger Reeves
2020-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
UC Berkeley’s Lunch Poems reading series presents a reading with Roger Reeves.
Register here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/94375567616

Wild and Precious Life Series presents Traci Brimhall, Brynn Saito, Angela Narciso Torres, & Allison Benis White
2020-09-02 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The Wild and Precious Life Series presents a virtual reading with Traci Brimhall, Brynn Saito, Angela Narciso Torres, and Allison Benis White.
Doors at 7:00pm ET
Reading begins at 7:30pm ET
Tune in here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81051442049
Or join by using Meeting ID: 810 5144 2049

Red Hen Press presents The Poetics of Climate Change featuring Natalie Diaz and Paisley Rekdal
2020-08-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From the organizer:
“Join Red Hen Press and The Broad Stage for the second episode of Red Hen Press Poetry Hour’s 2020 season. This esteemed panel of writers and poets will read from their work and discuss the intersections between nature, climate change, and poetry. You don’t want to miss this relevant conversation. Alanna Mitchell, Elizabeth Bradfield, Natalie Diaz, Luis Rodriguez, and Paisley Rekdal will host their conversation live on The Broad Stage’s Facebook live and The Broad Stage Website. We’d love for you to tune in!”
Watch here: https://thebroadstage.org/athome
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebroadstage

MOCA LA and IN PLAIN SIGHT present Writing Diaspora: An Evening of Poetry with Javier Zamora and Raquel Gutierrez
2020-08-27 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From the organizers:
“This program features an evening of readings and discussions with acclaimed poets Javier Zamora and Raquel Gutiérrez, two participants in the In Plain Sight artist intervention. Sharing roots in El Salvador, they will read selections from their writings that explore experiences of immigration and borderland politics. Following their presentation, they will be joined in conversation by Yansi Pérez, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Carleton College and author of Más allá del duelo: Otras formas de imaginar, sentir, y pensar la memoria en Centroamérica. At the end of the program, viewers will learn about accessible actions they can take to join the movement against immigrant detention.”
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A-Z18pHATcyPNHXTOHsCWg

Wednesday Night Poetry presents Ellen Bass, Traci Brimhall, Lauren Camp, and musical guests Bethlehem and Sad Patrick
2020-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Wednesday Night Poetry is the country’s longest running open mic reading series. During the pandemic, readings stream live on Facebook. Tune in Wednesday, August 26 at 7:00pm CT for a reading featuring Ellen Bass, Traci Brimhall, Lauren Camp, with musical guests Bethlehem and Sad Patrick.
Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2053981048117043/

UA Distinguished Visitor Series presents Philip Metres
2020-08-20 22:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
Sponsored by the University of Arizona English Department.

Philip Metres has written ten books, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon 2020), Sand Opera, and The Sound of Listening. Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lannan Fellowship, three Arab American Book Awards, and two NEAs, he is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University.

Register here: https://allevents.in/online/ua-distinguished-visitor-series-presents-philip-metres/10000116938196293

LOGOS presents Tess Taylor and Forrest Gander, with EcoTheo Review
2020-08-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
From the organizer:
LOGOS Collective Collective Gatherings are ‘liturgically-inflected’ reading events, which engage audience participation. This event features Tess Taylor and Forrest Gander. To participate in the ZOOM call, please RSVP through Eventbrite. A confirmation email will be sent with ZOOM link and PW for access. You can also tune-in and watch the event on the LOGOS page via FacebookLIVE (@logospoetrycollective).
Digital book-sales made possible by Bookwoman, Austin’s premiere feminist bookstore, and Bookshop.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/logos-presents-tess-taylor-forrest-gander-with-ecotheo-review-tickets-116537136713

Book People presents a Virtual Reading with John Freeman and A. Kendra Greene
2020-08-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Book People presents a virtual reading with authors John Freeman and A. Kendra Greene discussing their newest books.
Digital doors at 6:45pm CT
Reading begins at 7:00pm CT
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a68m6_yvT_CBKmC_Z63Lig

One Poem: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives, feat. Jericho Brown, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Alberto Ríos, and Kwame Dawes
2020-08-18 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From the organizers:
On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 5 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT, the founding members of the Poetry Coalition will present One Poem: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives.
The virtual reading will be broadcast live via Crowdcast and YouTube (closed captioning available).
Poets reading include: Prisca Afantchao, Sojourner Ahebee, Kazim Ali, Kimberly Blaeser, Jericho Brown, Meera Dasgupta, Kwame Dawes, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Safia Elhillo, Martín Espada, Sesshu Foster, Kimberly Jae, Raina J. León, Mwatabu Okantah, Alberto Ríos, Terisa Siagatonu, Matthew Thompson, Emma Trelles, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Monica Youn, and avery r. young.
Attendees of the Poetry Coalition’s One Poem: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives are encouraged to learn more about and to contribute funds to Black-led and Black-serving organizations working against injustice. Find out more: Where to Give & Other Resources.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/OnePoem/register

Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass VI
2020-08-14 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From Ellen Bass:
“If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.
Ellen will be presenting practical teachings that you’ll be able to put to use at whatever stage of development you’re at—whether you’re just beginning or are an experienced and published poet. Though these talks are focused on poetry, prose writers are welcome too. If you write memoir or fiction, you will find that this precise attention to language will enrich your work as well.
This week’s topic will be Discovery: The Heart of the Matter.
Each talk will be an hour to hour and a half long and will include a discussion of exemplary poems that illustrate these aspects of the craft, as well as practical guidance for how you might bring these elements into your own poems. The talk will be followed by a half an hour for questions.”
Register here: https://www.ellenbass.com/events/living-room-craft-talks/

Queer Futures: A Benefit Reading for The Majestic featuring Ocean Vuong
2020-08-10 19:00 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙐𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀𝙎: 𝘼 𝘽𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙁𝙄𝙏 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾
featuring the generously donated time and words of Ocean Vuong, Alexander Chee, Andrea Lawlor, CAConrad, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Franny Choi, Shira Erlichman
𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙉 & 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀
Monday, August 7th at 7pm EST
THE INTERNET
𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾
The Majestic is the only queer bar in Western Massachusetts. We were open for six months before the COVID-19 outbreak closed our doors and now we are facing the real possibility of that closure becoming permanent. It is our conviction that queer & trans bars and spaces are sexy, important, beautiful, and necessary, and in this rapidly evolving world we want to see spaces like ours continue to exist. Majestic was created by and for queer community and we are leaning of the resiliency of this community as we move forward. This benefit will help cover operating costs of the bar as we look for both immediate and long term paths into the future. We thank you for your support.
𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙀𝙎
While this is a benefit for The Majestic, it is also a gathering of community around queer art and a belief in queer futures. As such, it is not our wish to turn anyone away if cost is prohibitive. If this is the case, send an email to majesticnoho@gmail.com with the subject line “Reading Access” and we will send you the information needed to access the event with no questions asked.
To minimize any interruptions during the reading, we will have several moderators moving through the pages of the call and prepared to remove anybody who attempts to disrupt the event.
Register here: https://www.majesticsaloon.com/reading/tickets

Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass V
2020-08-07 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From Ellen Bass:
“If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.
Ellen will be presenting practical teachings that you’ll be able to put to use at whatever stage of development you’re at—whether you’re just beginning or are an experienced and published poet. Though these talks are focused on poetry, prose writers are welcome too. If you write memoir or fiction, you will find that this precise attention to language will enrich your work as well.
This week’s topic will be Syntax: Natural and Not
Each talk will be an hour to hour and a half long and will include a discussion of exemplary poems that illustrate these aspects of the craft, as well as practical guidance for how you might bring these elements into your own poems. The talk will be followed by a half an hour for questions.”
Register here: https://www.ellenbass.com/events/living-room-craft-talks/

The Center For Fiction + BINC: Fundraiser Reading with Jericho Brown, Carmen Maria Machado, Celeste Ng, and Karen Russell
2020-08-06 20:00 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
In solidarity with our fellow indie booksellers, we are hosting a fundraiser for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s COVID-19 relief fund with special guests Jericho Brown (The Tradition), Carmen Maria Machado (In the Dream House), Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere), and Karen Russell (Orange World). This event is the season finale of The Antibody, a weekly reading and Q&A hosted by Brian Gresko.
BINC is a nonprofit that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community. Since March, BINC’s COVID-19 response has provided assistance to bookstore employees and shop owners with serious medical expenses, funeral expenses, domestic violence survival, eviction and utility shut-off prevention, unexpected loss of household income, and more.
A boost to your spirit if not your immune system, The Antibody is a weekly reading and Q&A hosted by Brian Gresko every Tuesday at 8pm ET on Zoom. Edited episodes appear on The Virtual Book Channel by Lit Hub. To keep up on the latest, and to find links on how to be a part of the live audience, follow @AntibodSeries on Twitter.
Register here: https://centerforfiction.org/event/binc-all-star-fundraiser-reading-with-the-antibody/

Kundiman Summer Session: Hybrid Poetry and Prose Experiments with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
2020-08-01 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
From the organizers:
THE EDGE OF THE SEA IS A STRANGE & BEAUTIFUL PLACE:
HYBRID POETRY & PROSE EXPERIMENTS
WITH AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL
Building upon Rachel Carson’s famous maritime observations, this class will investigate and interrogate the “strange and beautiful place” of genre-blurring work—work that melds elements of creative nonfiction and poetry. The primary focus of this hybrid class will be generative. There will be plenty of time for in-class craft analysis, discussion, and writing prompts galore that will send students home with several solid drafts of new work. This class is ideal for writers at any level of experience looking for a vibrant shake-up to their writing practices.
This class will meet over Zoom on Saturday, August 1st, from 2:00 PM–5:00 PM ET. This class is open to all writers who are BIPOC and scholarships are available. Check out the class page for more information on the class and how to register!
Register here: https://www.kundiman.org/hybrid-class

Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass IV
2020-07-31 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
From Ellen Bass:
“If you want to learn more about the strategies that you can employ to write poems that are more vivid, arresting, meaningful and complex, please join Ellen Bass for this craft talk series on Fridays: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.
Ellen will be presenting practical teachings that you’ll be able to put to use at whatever stage of development you’re at—whether you’re just beginning or are an experienced and published poet. Though these talks are focused on poetry, prose writers are welcome too. If you write memoir or fiction, you will find that this precise attention to language will enrich your work as well.
This week’s topic will be Controlled Chaos: The Long-Armed Poem
Each talk will be an hour to hour and a half long and will include a discussion of exemplary poems that illustrate these aspects of the craft, as well as practical guidance for how you might bring these elements into your own poems. The talk will be followed by a half an hour for questions.”
Register here: https://www.ellenbass.com/events/living-room-craft-talks/
