Ada Limón launches her signature project as the nation's Poet Laureate—a joyful and provocative anthology of nature poems commissioned from 50 of the most celebrated American poets. Join Limón for this evening of readings and conversation featuring contributors Ilya Kaminsky, Patricia Smith, and Kevin Young.

OFFSITE EVENT: ST. JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY Tuesday, April 2, 7:30 PM Michael Ondaatje presents A Year of Last Things: Poems In conversation with Sonali Deraniyagala Tickets $28.00 (book included) Greenlight kicks off Poetry Month with a special event with Booker Prize winning author Michael Ondaatje: his long awaited return to poetry with the collection A Year of Last […]

He learned again the breaking line’s breath-like leap… Join Michael Ondaatje—Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient, Warlight, Anil’s Ghost, and other acclaimed works of fiction and memoir—as he reads from and discusses his new collection of poetry, A Year of Last Things, in conversation with Knopf editor-in-chief Jordan Pavlin. “In A Year of Last Things, Ondaatje comes close to writing something […]

Latinx poets investigate the connections between Latinx identity, poetry, and language. This event will be held in person at the Bronx Library Center. FEATURING Denice Frohman Melissa Lozada-Oliva Urayoán Noel An all-star group of poets speak with Bronx Library Center staff about their experiences of being Latinx in the United States, declaim some of their poetry […]

A reading by Tyree Daye with Sharon Olds, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Authors: Tyree Daye was raised in Youngsville, North Carolina. He is the author of the poetry collections a little bump in the earth (forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press, 2024), Cardinal (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), and River […]

Readings by Adrienne Chung, Lisa Olstein, and Rachel Zucker with Matthew Rohrer, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Authors: Adrienne Chung is the author of Organs of Little Importance (Penguin 2023), a winner of the NationalPoetry Series. Her work has been published in The Yale Review, Joyland, Diagram,  and […]

Poets House is pleased to host an afternoon of exceptional poetry presented by Voices of Poetry in honor of National Poetry Month. This event features acclaimed poets Antoinette Brim-Bell, Poet Laureate of Connecticut; Chard DeNiord, Poet Laureate of Vermont; Cornelius Eady, co-founder of Cave Canem; and Molly Peacock, former President of the Poetry Society of America. This event will take place in-person at Poets […]

Please join us for a  celebratory reception hosted by Cornelius Eady and Myra Shapiro. Eady will read from his chapbook, 706 Union Ave: Memphis Session (Kattywompus Press, 2020), and Shapiro will read from her book, When the World Walks Toward You (Kelsay Books, 2021). This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. The 28th Poets House Showcase exhibit—the […]

New York Arab Festival and Poetry Project are pleased to announce their first partnership, coming together to honor Arab American Heritage Month, a yearly month celebrated each April. Recognizing the power of language at times of political strife, this event brings poets, writers and public speakers from Arab and Arab American backgrounds to share with their […]

Please join us in celebrating the publication of Alice Notley’s new collection, Being Reflected On, a memoir in poems of her life in Paris from 2000-2017. Notley will be joined by another incomparable visionary and beloved Project legend, Anne Waldman, to whom Being Reflected On is dedicated. We hope you can join us at 7:30 for a pre-event reception! This […]

Reading and conversation: 7-8pm Refreshments 8-9pm Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, author of A Treatise on Stars (New Directions, 2020), is joined by Lara Mimosa Montes, author of Thresholes (Coffee House Press, 2020) for a reading and conversation about the pandemic’s impact on poetry and the challenges of publishing books during that time. This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park […]

Terrance Hayes's most recent publications include American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin (Penguin 2018) and To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight (Wave, 2018). To Float In The Space Between was winner of the Poetry Foundation's 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism and a finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle […]

A book party like no other, unpacking the pleasures and pain of working in the city. Kicking off NYPL’s World Literature Festival, join poets Camonghne Felix, Dorothea Lasky, Emanuel Xavier, and moderator Helena de Groot for readings and lively discussion about poetry, language, and labor. From day to day labor to the work of writing, this conversation explores the way poetry […]

Readings by Richard Deming and John Yau, and hosted by Claudia Rankine, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Authors: Richard Deming is a poet, art critic, and theorist whose work explores the intersections of poetry, philosophy, and visual culture. His collection of poems, Let’s Not Call It […]

This program will be hybrid- both online and in-person inside the Lower Level Conference Room at the Chatham Square Branch. We will give you poems to read by Carl Phillips during the program. Should you wish to read them ahead, they will be "First Night At Sea," and "Glory On." You will be invited to […]

About the Authors: Brenda Hillman is the author of ten collections of poetry: White Dress, Fortress, Death Tractates, Bright Existence, Loose Sugar, Cascadia, Pieces of Air in the Epic, Practical Water, for which she won the LA Times Book Award for Poetry, Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire, which received the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Northern California Book […]

Readings by NYU MFA alumni Matthew Broaddus, Kate Doyle, Alisha Kaplan, and Alexandrine Ogundimu, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Authors: Matt Broaddus is a poet and writer who lives in Colorado. His first full-length poetry collection, Temporal Anomalies, is now available from Ricochet Editions and […]

A magnitude once thought too obscure. In the spirit of Cave Canem’s history of honoring pre-eminent poets and scholars who have played historic roles in Black poetry, we are proud to present this rare opportunity to experience the work of Jay Wright. About the Author: Critically acclaimed as one of the most rigorous poets the […]

woke up no light: A poignant and rousing debut book of poetry from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, CA—the acclaimed, best-selling author of the novel Nightcrawling Leila Mottley follows her trailblazing first novel with a perfectly pitched first collection of poems that demonstrate her spark and scope. woke up no light reckons with themes of reparations, […]

Reading and conversation: 7-8pm Refreshments 8-9pm Guggenheim fellow Eduardo C. Corral, author of Guillotine (Graywolf Press, 2020) and award-winning debut poet Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat (Milkweed Editions, 2020) come together to read and discuss the work they published during the pandemic. This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. About the Authors: Eduardo C. Corral is […]

COUPLET is a quarterly reading series, produced, curated + hosted by poet Leah Umansky, since 2011. It is held in the East Village at The Red Room, + features both emerging + established poets. Every event features music and an after-party. Please note that this event is held in a historical building and sadly does […]

Join us at 144 Montague or online via Zoom for an evening of poetry in solidarity with & support of Sudan including an open mic and featured readings by Dalia Elhassan, Hafizah Geter, Melissa Lozada-Oliva and Ladan Osman, hosted and curated by Amina Iro. All proceeds will be donated to the Sudanese American Physicians Association […]

In-person  |  Friday  |  May 3  |  7-9pm  |  Free and open to the public. Readings: 7-8pm Refreshments 8-9pm After an extended in-person absence, Marsh Hawk Press is happy to invite the community to a book launch celebrating five recent titles. These include poetry collections as well as poetic memoirs from the Chapter One: On Becoming a Poet […]