Celebrate Catherine Barnett and Jason Koo as they each read from their fourth full-length poetry collections: Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space (Graywolf, 2024) and No Rest (Diode Editions, 2024). The pair will discuss metaphysics, grief, and what new poetic territory they’ve breached in their most recent books. Readings in Kray Hall with a reception to follow in the Viscusi Reading […]

Co-Presented with Books Are Magic, BPL Presents welcomes Claudia Rankine and Jess Row. A brilliant and unsparing examination of America in the early twenty-first century, Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely invents a new genre to confront the particular loneliness and rapacious assault on selfhood that our media have inflicted upon our lives. A globe-spanning epic novel […]

In-Person | Saturday | September 7 | 4-6pm | Free with RSVP Join us for a special performance by the Cornelius Eady Group and readings by Merrick Sloane and Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador in celebration of the release of the PAINTING EP. This event is free and open to the public. Digital copy of the EP, PAINTING, with $10 donation. All […]

Tune in for a virtual reading with Diane Seuss and Leah Umansky, reading from their newest collections, Modern Poetry (Graywolf Press, 2024) and Of Tyrant (Word Works Books, 2024). In poems and in conversation, Seuss and Umansky consider poetic and political authority from the academy to the office. It will be an indispensable conversation on the role of the poet in […]

Join us in honoring the life, work and legacy of seminal poet and scholar Tyrone Williams. Poets, colleagues, and friends including Pat Clifford, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Thom Donovan, Barbara Henning, Erica Hunt, Brenda Iijima, Pierre Joris, Burt Kimmelman, Mike Lala, Andrew Levy, C.J. Martin, and Julie Patton will read work by and about Williams. Bring your remembrance! We’ll have an open-mic for everyone who wishes to contribute their […]

Poetry Reading: Catherine Barnett and Claudia Rankine Thursday, September 12, 7pm A reading by Catherine Barnett and Claudia Rankine followed by a conversation/Q&A and a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Poets: Catherine Barnett is the author of Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced (Alice James Books, 2004); The Game of […]

Celebrate the launch of Fletch Fletcher‘s Confessional (Finishing Line Press, 2024) with readings by Michael Lee Bross, Roberto Carlos Garcia, Michelle Greco, Darla Himeles, and Yesenia Montilla! Readings in Kray Hall with a reception to follow in the Viscusi Reading Room. We have a 70-person capacity, so please RSVP early. About the Poets: Michael Lee Bross holds an MFA in Poetry from Drew University. […]

In this shared reading, poets Megan Pinto, Jimin Seo, and Spencer Williams take the Greenlight stage to present their debut poetry collections, Saints of Little Faith, OSSIA and TRANZ. In Saints of Little Faith, Pinto moves between personal and generational histories, through collisions of abuse, psychosis, and rage, alongside their reprieve: beauty, tenderness and the landscapes these forces inhabit. Seo's OSSIA takes up a […]

The Jackson Poetry Prize honors an American poet of exceptional talent. It was established in 2006 with a gift from the Liana Foundation and is named for the John and Susan Jackson family. Eligible poets must have published at least two books of acknowledged literary merit. The 2024 prize carries a monetary value of $100,000. Nominees are […]

About the Poets: Hala Alyan is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor at New York University, and writer. She is the author of the novel Salt Houses, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award and a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize. Her latest novel, The Arsonists' City, was a finalist for the 2022 Aspen […]

Poetry Reading: Michael Chang and Jennifer Tseng Friday, September 20, 5pm A reading by Michael Chang and Jennifer Tseng, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Poets: Michael Chang (they/them) is the author of TOY SOLDIERS (Action, Spectacle, 2024) & THINGS A BRIGHT BOY CAN DO […]

Join us Tuesday, September 24th at 7pm for a reading to celebrate Susan Bernofsky's recent translation of Yoko Tawada's Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel. She will be in conversation with Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author of Hurt You. In order to facilitate this in-person author event, we will be partially closing the second floor starting at 5:45pm. Please review our Safety guidelines and register for the event […]

Please join us on Wednesday, September 25th at 8pm as we celebrate the release of the new and expanded fifteenth-anniversary edition of Zong! As told to the author by Setaey Adamu Boateng by m. nourbeSe philip, published by Graywolf Press. m. nourbeSe philip will be joined in conversation by Tonya M. Foster. Book sales will be managed by Books Are […]

Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones. Jones is a poet, playwright, educator, and cultural activist. Winner of the 2017 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, her most recent book The Beloved Community was released in 2023. Jones's archives are housed in the Manuscripts, Archives, and […]

The New Salon: Anne Boyer in Conversation with Hari Kunzru Thursday, September 26, 7pm A reading by Anne Boyer followed by a conversation/Q&A with Hari Kunzru and a reception/signing. Co-sponsored with NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Authors: Poet and essayist Anne Boyer was born […]

Come celebrate '13' years of COUPLET! COUPLET is a quarterly reading series, produced, curated and hosted by poet Leah Umansky since 2011. It features both emerging and established poets and is co-hosted by The Red Room. This will Livestream on the IG live at @couplet_series on IG. Our readers for the '13th Anniversary Event' are: […]

Holding onto the notion of the “human” while exploring its degraded definition within a world governed by capital, Vincent Toro and Daniel Borzutzky craft a poetics resisting the forces that reduce life to flesh and turn death into data. In the work of both these visionaries, the page becomes a technology to denormalize dystopia and estrange corporate lingo via […]

In-Person + Streamed on Zoom | Saturday | September 28 | 5-7pm Join Esther Belin and the 2024 James Welch Prize winning poets Kara Briggs and Kateri Menominee, in-person or remotely on Zoom, for a reading and celebration of their work. Presented in partnership with Poetry Northwest and In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets). Free entry for all, please RSVP below. You will receive a Zoom link in your […]

The next Brooklyn Poets Reading Series event at 144 Montague on Friday, September 29, will feature poets Paul Hlava Ceballos, Yesenia Montilla and Kwame Dawes! This is an official 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event. Free and open to the public, the event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Wine reception for in-person attendees will begin at 6 PM […]