• [Rescheduled] Bookshop.org presents Ellen Bass and Toi Derricotte

    From the organizer: Please join us for a poetry reading with Toi Derricotte and Ellen Bass. Toi and Ellen are dear friends and have shared their poetry for many years. They are now coming together for this special reading of work from their new books. Of Toi Derricotte's most recent book, "I":New and Selected Poems, Terrance Hayes writes: "What song do you […]

  • [Rescheduled] Reading with Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, and Adrian Matejka

    Join us for a virtual poetry reading on Sunday July 26 at 7pm EDT. The featured readers will be Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, and Adrian Matejka. The event is free. Please register in advance at the link. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-reading-series-7-erin-belieu-mark-bibbins-adrian-matejka-tickets-113858158818

    Free
  • Copper Canyon Press + PSNY: Leila Chatti, Alberto Ríos, Victoria Chang

    Join Copper Canyon Press and The Poetry Society of New York for a New York City Poetry Festival streaming event on Facebook Live. Enjoy readings, conversation, and Q&A with Copper Canyon Press authors Leila Chatti, Alberto Ríos, and Victoria Chang. This FREE event is brought to you by The Poetry Society of New York as […]

  • Costura Creative presents Surreal Poetics with Alison C. Rollins V

    From the organizers:  SURREAL POETICS: weekly generative writing workshops with Alison C. Rollins! Registration via Zoom is required for these workshops. A link to the Zoom registration will be sent to your email 2 days, and again 2 hours, before the workshop begins. Suggested donation of $20 per session.  Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surreal-poetics-w-alison-c-rollins-tickets-109847938140

    Free
  • PEN America presents DREAMing Out Loud: Reading featuring Javier Zamora, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Sonia Guiñansaca, Martyna Majok, and Jenny Zhang

    From the organizers:  PEN America is proud to present a reading with the rising stars from DREAMing Out Loud, our tuition-free workshop series for young undocumented writers in New York City. Since the program’s founding in 2016, DREAMing Out Loud has served over 125 emerging writers. Our students are primarily first-generation immigrants who came to the United […]

    $5
  • Living Room Craft Talk with Ellen Bass IV

    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. […]

  • Kundiman Summer Session: Hybrid Poetry and Prose Experiments with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

    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 […]

    $50
  • The Center For Fiction + BINC: Fundraiser Reading with Jericho Brown, Carmen Maria Machado, Celeste Ng, and Karen Russell

    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 […]

    $15