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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 […] |
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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 […]
$225
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 […] 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 |
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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) […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 |
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […]
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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, […] 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 […] |
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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: […] |