Copper Canyon Press

Windows/Shababeek: A Bilingual Virtual Reading featuring Philip Metres
2020-06-06 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Arab American History Museum presents a Sukoon bilingual live reading around the theme of Windows/Shababeek, curated and hosted by Sukoon founding editor Rewa Zeinati, and featuring a fabulous lineup of Arab writers and poets, including: Zeyn Joukhadar, Zeina Hashem Beck, Philip Metres, George Abraham, Sahar Mustafa, Zeina Azzam (Arabic) and Farah Chamma (Arabic).
AAHM says: “We’ve spent the last several weeks observing life go back and forth to stillness, isolation, fear or healing, all through the windows of our homes (if we are privileged enough to have them). We’ve pondered other people’s lives existing behind their own windows. What joy or confusion or horror was multiplied? Join us for this bilingual poetry and fiction virtual live reading in collaboration with Sukoon, exploring—in the most broad or intimate sense—the various and infinite ways we interpret the barriers, filters or open fields we call “windows” and how these inform the light and shadows we allow or dissipate.”
This virtual reading will be streamed live on AANM’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/919406768501679/

The Beautiful Witness We Bear: Writer to Writer featuring Jericho Brown and Nikki Finney
2020-06-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Bay Area Book Festival presents Jericho Brown and Nikki Finney in conversation, moderated by Ismail Muhammad, reviews editor for The Believer and board member at the National Book Critics Circle.
Register to view the livestream here: https://baybookfest.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0F3m00000ycHwPEAU
From the event website:
“In our Writer to Writer series, two writers who are fans of each other’s work come together for a conversation. This is one you’ll want to revisit again and again. National Book Award winner Nikky Finney, whose latest poetry collection is 2020’s Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry, aims for a sweet spot in her poems, an intersection “where the beautifully said thing meets the really difficult to say thing.” It’s a poetic crossroads that Jericho Brown, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for The Tradition, can attest to: “Nikky Finney,” Jericho has written, “manipulates into music the words readers use to see, hear, and understand a soul’s history.” Jericho’s poems occupy a similar place between transcendence and unflinching, grounded witness. As Claudia Rankine has said, “To read Jericho Brown’s poems is to encounter devastating genius.”
Both Jericho and Nikky are known for their powerfully resonant presence as well as the brilliance of their work. Nikky’s 2011 National Book Award acceptance speech, which started with the sentence “We begin with history: the slave codes of South Carolina, 1739,” moved viewers to tears and was called “the best acceptance speech for anything that I’ve ever heard in my life” by host John Lithgow. Jericho’s “irreverent, magnetic presence is beloved in the worlds of poetry and education” (Krista Tippet, OnBeing). Come witness a sure-to-be-unforgettable conversation between two of poetry’s most profound and affecting voices, witnesses, and visionaries.”

Lambda Literary presents The Quarantine Reading Series, featuring Alison C. Rollins
2020-05-29 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Lambda Literary’s Quarantine Reading Series is “a virtual poetry experience running May 28th and 29th where emerging and established poets share their work and fellowship, and where your ticket purchase or donation supports LGBTQ and BIPOC writers during the global crisis.
This month, twenty phenomenal poets including Alison C. Rollins, Julian Randall, Benjamin Garcia, Kai Davis, and more are reading alongside our two featured poets: National Book Award winner Justin Philip Reed and acclaimed poet and scholar Phillip B. Williams.”
Tickets to the the Quarantine Reading Series are sliding scale beginning at $5.00 Suggested donation is $15.00. All proceeds go to the poets reading at the events.
Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thequarantinereadingseries-feat-phillip-b-williams-justin-phillip-reed-tickets-105646122396

SOMOS presents Ellen Bass and Jericho Brown
2020-05-27 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
SOMOS presents an online reading with Ellen Bass and Jericho Brown, free and open to the public.
Access information here: https://somostaos.org/calendar/#event=38764263

The Racket Weekly: THE LONG GONE with Keith S. Wilson
2020-05-21 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This week, The Racket celebrates Chicago-based poet Keith S. Wilson, author of Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love.
The event’s theme—THE LONG GONE—”digs into the idea of what we long for in the past and in the future. The people, the places, the experiences—all of those we’ve left behind.”
Doors at 7. Show at 7:15.
Find the access link here (beginning May 20): https://www.facebook.com/events/308632716790102/

A Reading Series: Reading #1 featuring Dana Levin, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Michael Klein, and Carl Phillips
2020-05-20 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
This digital poetry reading series begins with a virtual reading featuring Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Michael Klein (Curator), Dana Levin, and Carl Phillips.
Registration required. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-poetry-reading-series-1-tickets-105000643752

Columbia University presents HERD: A Reading feat. Bibbins, Fischer, Gilbert, Lasky, McCrae, & Paredez
2020-05-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Columbia University presents an online reading featuring Mark Bibbins, BK Fischer, Alan Gilbert, Dorthea Lasky, Shane McCrae, and Deborah Paredez.
Register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArduyppjMjE9IrXntPqBadkosGzg1EC4Bk

Our Homes, Our Bodies, Our Imaginations: How Place Shapes Identity with Philip Metres, Lisa Olstein, and
2020-05-19 18:00 (America/Chicago)
Virtual Views and Brews presents Our Homes, Our Bodies, Our Imaginations: how place shapes identity. Join KUT’s Rebecca McInroy in conversation with poet Philip Metres, poet and memoirist Lisa Olstein, and anthropologist Meena Khandelwal, to talk about everything from how we experience pain collectively, to the fragmented memories that shape our imaginary, to the gendered aspects of space and time.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/our-homes-our-bodies-our/register

WNP Poetry through the Pandemic presents Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ada Limón, Andrea Gibson, and Nickole Brown
2020-05-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Kollective Coffee+Tea’s long-standing Wednesday Night Poetry event continues its poetry open mic with a reading featuring poets Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ada Limón, Andrea Gibson, and Nickole Brown.
The reading will stream live on WNP’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WednesdayNightPoetry/

Virtual Event: A Poetry Reading with Ellen Bass and Tess Taylor
2020-05-18 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
A virtual reading with Ellen Bass and Tess Taylor, hosted by Brookline Booksmith, who says “Grab a drink and get ready for some poems. Settle in for some breath music. Join Ellen Bass and Tess Taylor to celebrate their new collections. Tess’s book Rift Zone offers poems for an apocalyptic California– the precarious places, the fault lines in whose midst we (all over America) already live. Her poems are also replete with valley girls, strip malls, ancient trees, new primates, upthrust soils. Ellen’s new book Indigo plumbs the miraculous from the stuff of life–the grit of oysters, taking an old dog out to pee in the night, shopping at Ross. Both of them will read new poems, and talk about how poetry lets us share breath in a way that is safe–and reminds us that our lives are fundamentally linked.”
RSVP here: https://mailchi.mp/ellenbass/tesstaylor

SPEAK. EASY. // A Virtual Reading Series presents John Freeman, Mary-Kim Arnold, and Jenny Zhang
2020-05-16 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Twenty Stories LA presents SPEAK. EASY.—a virtual reading series with your favorite authors. On May 16, SPEAK. EASY. welcomes John Freeman, Mary-Kim Arnold, and Jenny Zhang to read from their latest works, followed by a conversation and audience Q&A, hosted by Emory and Alexa, owners of Twenty Stories. The event is free.
Join here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/speak–easy—a-virtual

A Virtual Reading with James Richardson, Nancy Reddy, and Emily Van Duyne
2020-05-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Stockton University presents a virtual reading with James Richardson, Nancy Reddy, Emily Van Duyne, livestreamed using Zoom. You don’t need to create a Zoom account in order to “attend,” but you do need access to a computer, smart phone or other telephone.
You can tune in from your computer or smart phone by clicking this link: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/99598899950.
You can also call in to listen from a landline or cell phone. Dial 929-436-2866 and enter meeting ID: 995 9889 9950

HRC Fireside Chat With Pulitzer-Prize Winning Poet Jericho Brown
2020-05-13 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
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

A Virtual Reading with Michael McGriff and Robert Walicki
2020-05-08 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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 the search bar in the upper center-right to look for any book. (Using the book’s ISBN usually works best.)”
This event will be hosted on Zoom. You’ll receive the link to the Zoom meeting the day of the event via email.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-poetry-reading-robert-walicki-michael-mcgriff-tickets-103746865668
Free registration/ticket sales will end at 6:30pm EDT on 5/8. Please email events@whitewhalebookstore.com if you miss this cut-off and need a ticket.

Live with Victoria Chang and Monica Sok
2020-05-07 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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

Greenlight Bookstore presents John Freeman and Julia Alvarez
2020-05-05 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
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 Gardens in Paris, spanning four seasons, which asks the reader to consider what role exclusion plays, and what role tenderness, in our sense of public space. Alvarez’s novel Afterlife—her first in almost fifteen years—tells the story of an immigrant writer confronted by personal and political crises, and asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including—maybe especially—members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost? Freeman and Alvarez read and discuss their work and engage with audience questions at this virtual event.
Register here: https://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/john-freeman-julia-alvarez

Shelter in Poems: A Virtual Reading with the Academy of American Poets
2020-04-30 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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 offering of poems read by poets laureate, actors, musicians, artists, and more.
The evening will include poems presented by:
Elizabeth Alexander
Sam Beam
Richard Blanco
Julia Bullock
Marilyn Chin
Rita Dove
Patrick Gaspard
Amanda Gorman
Joy Harjo
Juan Felipe Herrera
Edward Hirsch
Stephin Merritt
Maulik Pancholy
Alison Pill
Dan Rather
Alberto Ríos
Mustafa Shakir
Naomi Shihab Nye
Lorna Simpson
Amber Tamblyn
and other special guests.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shelter-in-poems-a-virtual-reading-tickets-103370060634

UCross Spotlight Presents Sherwin Bitsui and Musician Kate Schutt
2020-04-30 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver)
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, guitarist and producer. Bitsui, who is a visual artist as well as a poet, is originally from the Navajo Reservation at White Cone, Ariz.
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuc-muqjgpGNAxFYwEOt3SoqNorjcJpuxs

An Online Reading with Ellen Bass, Victoria Chang, Nick Flynn, & Ben Purkert
2020-04-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
An online livestream reading with Ellen Bass, Victoria Chang, Nick Flynn, and Ben Purkert, presented by Poets & Writers. Find the access link here.

A Digital Reading with Philip Metres and Erika Meitner
2020-04-25 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 new collection Shrapnel Maps and Meitner reads from Holy Moly Carry Me.
Register to attend here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/erika-meitner–philip/register

RAWI Spring 2020 Release Reading & Fundraiser with Philip Metres, Leila Chatti, and More
2020-04-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
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 SWANA artist relief fund.
Donations for the relief fund will be accepted through RAWI’s GoFundMe campaign:https://www.gofundme.com/f/arabamerican-swana-writer-emergency-relief
RSVP to the reading here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cKYdOM-T5s7JygTXqBByS80Ar_xzolZ-5rit5ZEsKwY/viewform?edit_requested=true

The Deluge Book Release Reading with Leila Chatti and Friends
2020-04-21 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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

Ellen Bass: An Online Reading with Bookshop Santa Cruz
2020-04-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Times listed are in Pacific Time.
Bookshop Santa Cruz presents a live online reading with Ellen Bass, who will read from her brand new poetry collection, Indigo.
Sign up to receive a link to join via the form here: https://mailchi.mp/ellenbass/bookshopsantacruz

Launch Party Livestream: James Richardson, Sarah Ruhl, & Heather McHugh
2020-04-21 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Note: Event times listed are in Pacific Time (PT).
Every week in April, join Copper Canyon Press for a series of free livestreaming book launch readings!
Launch Party will introduce you to twelve brilliant new and forthcoming poetry collections—three every Thursday, plus our Tuesday finale. The guests for April 21, 11am PT are James Richardson, Sarah Ruhl, and Heather McHugh.
Register at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8115852565181/WN_H_TFZALKTr2v47wMmYJJPQ
We’ll also share the livestream from our Facebook Page, and we’ll provide a link to the recording afterward.
If you’re inclined and able to purchase our poets’ books, we encourage you to support independent booksellers during this difficult time. Our poets have suggested some of their favorites here.

The Sierra Poetry Festival "Un-Keynote" with Ellen Bass
2020-04-18 09:25 - 09:55 (America/Los_Angeles)
Times listed are in Pacific Time.
In her Sierra Poetry Festival “un-keynote” address, Ellen Bass will read from her new book, Indigo, and talk about poetry as a way to transmute suffering into beauty, to find the exquisite tenderness in pain, to make meaning in the face of our fragility. She will explore poetry as a path to be more fully rooted in our lives and in the world. The address will be streamed live online.
Register here: https://www.sierrapoetryfestival.org/2020-program

Launch Party Livestream: Ed Skoog, Victoria Chang, & Philip Metres
2020-04-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Note: Event times listed are in Pacific Time (PT).
Every week in April, join Copper Canyon Press for a series of free livestreaming book launch readings!
Launch Party will introduce you to twelve brilliant new and forthcoming poetry collections—three every Thursday, plus our Tuesday finale. The guests for April 16, 3pm PT are Ed Skoog, Victoria Chang, and Philip Metres.
Register at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1015852546862/WN_C3i6qnJ0SpGqqujVTkzZOA
We’ll also share the livestream from our Facebook Page (pending the resolution of a Zoom/Facebook issue that, as of April 9, prevents simultaneous broadcasting), and we’ll provide a link to the recording afterward on Facebook and on this page.
If you’re inclined and able to purchase our poets’ books, we encourage you to support independent booksellers during this difficult time. Our poets have suggested some of their favorites here.

Stegner Fellows National Poetry Month Reading featuring Monica Sok, Taneum Bambrick
2020-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Ruby will host an online National Poetry Month reading featuring Monica Sok, Safia Elfhillo, Claire Meuschke, and Taneum Bambrick; all current Stegner fellows at Stanford University.
This is a Virtual Ruby event, taking place over Zoom. Register here: https://zoom.us/j/285830870?pwd=[REDACTED] Password will be sent with registration.

Launch Party Livestream: Traci Brimhall, Leila Chatti, & John Freeman
2020-04-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Note: Event times listed are in Pacific Time (PT).
Every week in April, join Copper Canyon Press for a series of free livestreaming book launch readings!
Launch Party will introduce you to twelve brilliant new and forthcoming poetry collections—three every Thursday, plus our Tuesday finale. The guests for April 9, 11am PT are Traci Brimhall, Leila Chatti, and John Freeman.
Register at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7715852559969/WN_GT2TAC0CQSSagfi3yz5IdQ
We’ll also share the livestream from our Facebook Page, and we’ll provide a link to the recording afterward.
If you’re inclined and able to purchase our poets’ books, we encourage you to support independent booksellers during this difficult time. Our poets have suggested some of their favorites here.

Bowery Poetry Instagram Live Reading featuring Monica Sok
2020-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Bowery Poetry will host a live poetry reading featuring Monica Sok on their Instagram account: @bowerypoetry. Monica Sok will also stream the reading live on her Instagram account: @monicajuice.

Launch Party Livestream: Ellen Bass, Monica Sok, & Mark Bibbins
2020-04-02 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Every week in April, join Copper Canyon Press for a series of free livestreaming book launch readings!
Launch Party will introduce you to twelve brilliant new and forthcoming poetry collections—three every Thursday, plus our Tuesday finale. The guests for April 2, 3pm PT are Ellen Bass, Monica Sok, and Mark Bibbins.
Register at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3015852458168/WN_ZppjQY-gRGuwkx6-Fn_AEA
We’ll also share the livestream from our Facebook Page and on our YouTube channel, and we’ll provide a link to the recording afterward.
If you’re inclined and able to purchase our poets’ books, we encourage you to support independent booksellers during this difficult time. Our poets have suggested some of their favorites here.
