2022 Blaney Lecture with Paisley Rekdal

2022 Blaney Lecture with Paisley Rekdal From the organizers: On Wednesday, February 23, at 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST, Paisley Rekdal will deliver the 2022 Blaney Lecture, “Beyond Empathy, Beyond the Archive: Notes on Poetic Representation.” This virtual event is free to attend. A Q&A session will follow the lecture. ASL interpretation will […]

San Francisco Main Library presents Victoria Chang on Exploring Grief

San Francisco Main Library presents Victoria Chang on Exploring Grief From the organizers: "Writers Victoria Chang and Kristin Keane discuss Chang's most recent, powerful, form-bending collection of work exploring longing, grief and memory, three books released in three years: Obit (2020), Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence and Grief (2021), and The Trees Witness Everything […]

Publishing in Transit: Copper Canyon Press Featuring Michael Wiegers, Ryo Yamaguchi, and Christopher Soto

Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers and Publicist Ryo Yamaguchi will join Cole Swensen for a virtual discussion which will be followed by a reading from Christopher Soto. This discussion is a part of The Brooklyn Rail's Publishing in Transit series From the Organizers: Copper Canyon Press Executive Editor Michael Wiegers and Publicist Ryo Yamaguchi […]

Christopher Soto with André Naffis-Sahely and Jenny Xie at Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival

Christopher Soto will read from his latest collection, Diaries of a Terrorist, and discuss poetry's relationship to politics and the environment with Jenny Xie and André Naffis-Sahely. Virtual event on Wednesday, November 2nd at 11 AM PT From the Organizers: Join these three exciting poets as they discuss their latest collections, from André Naffis-Sahely's reflections on […]

Graywolf Press and Copper Canyon Press present Chelsea Harlan, Nicholas Goodly, and Courtney Faye Taylor

Graywolf Press and Copper Canyon Press present Chelsea Harlan, Nicholas Goodly, and Courtney Faye Taylor Wednesday, November 2 at 5:15 Pacific Daylight Time You’re Invited to a virtual Poetry Reading and Book Discussion with rising, debut authors: Chelsea Harlan, Courtney Faye Taylor, and Nicholas Goodly Featuring The first ever collaboration event between two of the […]

Zell Visiting Writers Series: Poet Alberto Ríos Reading and Q&A

Helmut Stern Auditorium 25 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States

From the organizers: "The Zell Visiting Writers Series presents Alberto Ríos, Arizona’s inaugural poet laureate and a recent chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, is the author of twelve books and chapbooks of poetry, including The Theater of Night—winner of the 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Award—three collections of short stories, and a memoir about growing […]

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Natalie Eilbert and Amy Dennis at The Factory Reading Series

Knox Presbyterian Church 120 Lisgar St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

From the organizers:  "As part of the thirteenth annual VERSeFest poetry festival presents: The Factory Reading Series Lecture Series; two talks/readings by Natalie Eilbert and Amy Dennis, lovingly hosted by Rob McLennan. This event will take place at Knox Presbyterian Church from 1-2pm EST on March 25th. It will also be streamed free online. Tickets for […]

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Eckerd College Presents National Poetry Month Reading with Victoria Chang

Dalí Museum's Will Raymund Theater 1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL, United States

From the organizers:  "In collaboration with the Dalí Museum’s monthly Poetry at the Dalí Series, Eckerd College will welcome Victoria Chang to read from her forthcoming book of poems, With My Back to the World, in the Dalí Museum Will Raymund Theater at 6:30 pm EST April 12. This event is free to the public—please […]

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Close Readings in a Virtual Space with Christopher Soto

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From the organizers:  "This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features Christopher Soto, one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of "tercer poema de amor / Third Poem of Love" by Roque Dalton. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore […]

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Alta presents Forrest Gander and Tayi Tibble

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Alta presents Forrest Gander and Tayi Tibble at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, October 11th From the organizers: "Forrest Gander and Tayi Tibble may be separated by continents (and decades), but this pair of writers are connected by their mutual devotion to the poet’s life. Their individual bodies of work reflect an urgency and a desire […]

Jacar Press Presents a Reading with Kevin Prufer in Conversation with Molly Twomey

Jacar Press Presents a Reading with Kevin Prufer on Wednesday, December 6, 2pm ET From the organizers: "Their conversation will be centered around Kevin's amazing new book The Fears, Copper Canyon Press. Ghostlit by streetlights” and filtered through tale and recollection, Prufer examines our fears of loss, death, and obscurity. Narratives are braided together as […]