Experience the newest poetry collections from Sophie Cabot Black and Marie Howe through poems that capture visions of the pastoral and glimpses of the quotidian. In Cabot Black’s Geometry of the Restless Herd (Copper Canyon, 2024), poems about sheep herding examine the connection between people, land, animals, and power. Howe’s New and Selected Poems (W.W. Norton, 2024), collates poems from her four previous collections, […]

If Dennis Cooper has a long history of involvement with The Poetry Project community, Derek McCormack feels as if he ought to. McCormack’s The Well-Dressed Wound turns fashion designer Martin Margiela into the Devil; his Castle Faggot stars a Count Chocula-like villain in a scat amusement park filled with the bodies of decomposing gays. In his novels, short stories, poetry and films, Cooper’s […]

Poet, performer, and librettist Douglas Kearney reads recent work, followed by a conversation with Dorothea Lasky, Associate Professor of Writing and Head of the Poetry Concentration. “Where, oh where would we be without the dynamic intelligence and feats of lyric daring that Douglas Kearney’s work has delivered to American poetry?” –Tracy K. Smith “I have […]

About the Poets: Writing for the Poetry Foundation, David Woo says that Rae Armantrout’s recent book Finalists (Wesleyan 2022) “emanates the radiant astonishment of living thought.” Charles Bernstein says, “Her sheer, often hilarious, ingenuity is an aesthetic triumph.” Her 2018 book, Wobble, was a finalist for the National Book Award that year. Her other books with Wesleyan include Partly: New […]

Poetry Reading: Douglas Kearney and Ariana Reines Friday, October 18, 2024, 5pm A reading by Douglas Kearney and Ariana Reines, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Poets: Douglas Kearney has published eight books ranging from poetry to essays. In 2023, Optic Subwoof, a collection of his […]

In-person | Tuesday | October 22 | 7-9pm | Free with RSVP Discover a new collection on divorce and renewal during a reading with Mark Doty and Emily Hyland. In celebration of Hyland’s debut poetry collection, Divorced Business Partners (Howling Bird Press, 2024), friends Doty and Hyland will discuss their mentorship and reflect on connection and loss in their respective […]

Please join us for an evening featuring readings by poets Farnoosh Fathi and m.s. RedCherries. Fathi’s second book of poems, Granny Cloud, was released in Sept 2024 by New York Review Books and “is a portrait of ecstatic decisions and revisions, constantly reversed, constantly renewed.” RedCherries's debut collection, mother, was released in July 2024 from Penguin Books […]

Terrance Hayes discusses Bob Kaufman's poetry, followed by a Q&A, as part of the Poetry Society's semiannual storefront lecture series. Beat poet Bob Kaufman (1925–1986) was born in New Orleans and lived in San Francisco. There, he associated with the bohemian North Beach scene and edited the magazine Beatitude. A writer whose work is infused with the countercultural vernacular of his time, Kaufman performed his jazz-inflected, […]

Poetry Launch: Matthew Rohrer, Annelyse Gelman, and Jack Underwood Thursday, October 24, 2024, 7pm A reading by Matthew Rohrer  to celebrate his new poetry collection, Army of Giants, with Annelyse Gelman and Jack Underwood, followed by a reception/signing. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the Poets: ​​Matthew Rohrer was born in Ann […]

Gather with readers and friends to honor the extraordinary Kimiko Hahn. An innovative poet, curator, professor, and collaborator, Hahn was named a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and received The Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. Her newest book, The Ghost Forest (W.W. Norton, 2024), offers a contemplative and haunting narrative of a […]