In-Person | Thursday | January 30 | 7-9pm Carolina Ebeid, Sally Wen Mao, Shane McCrae, and Evie Shockley read from their highly acclaimed books in celebration of the 29th Showcase Exhibition. This event is presented […]
For the first lecture event of the semester Professor Fred Moten has invited Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Jeff Russell to give a poetry reading at the Department of Performance Studies! […]
A rare U.S. appearance by Alice Oswald, one of our finest performers of poetry. In Memorial, her unforgettable transformation of the Iliad, Alice Oswald breathed new life into myth. In Nobody, her latest book […]
Mosab Abu Toha and Ammiel Alcalay's poetry bring new meaning to the act of witnessing, writing with and for the dead, summoning the living in a call to imagine anew—form an image […]
Worship the Lorde! Join us for a celebration of the inimitable Audre Lorde (1934 – 1992), a self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” on February 18, her birthday. Poets JP Howard, I.S. Jones, […]
Imani Elizabeth Jackson and Christopher Rey Pérez write against national allegiance, aligning instead with the land, its mud and water—slow geological shifts inscribed within restless migratory movements. From the Rio Grande Valley to […]
Join us for a deep dive into the life and work of Lucille Clifton with poet Kazim Ali. Drawing from research into Clifton’s early manuscripts, late drafts, and children’s literature, Ali presents a […]
Hosted by Angel Nafis Featuring Perry Janes, Roya Marsh, Monica McClure, and Brittany Rogers Wine reception to follow Created and hosted by poet and former Greenlight bookseller Angel Nafis, Greenlight’s Poetry […]
Join us for our first Brooklyn Poets Reading Series of the year at 144 Montague on Friday, February 21st, featuring poets Asiya Wadud, Miller Oberman and Brad Walrond! Free and open to […]
About the Poets: Srikanth Reddy’s latest book of poetry, Underworld Lit, was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Poetry Society of America’s T.S. Eliot Four Quartets Prize, and […]
Etel Adnan: In the Rhythms of the World A Symposium, February 27 - March 1 Organized by Omar Berrada & Simone Fattal Hosted by The Poetry Project, with Giorno Poetry Systems and Anthology Film Archives Etel Adnan’s oeuvre did not follow a masterplan; it expanded and shape-shifted ceaselessly. Each book invented its own genre. And yet her tone is unmistakable, combining sharp […]
A poetry reading by Forrest Gander followed by a reception/signing. Books for sale courtesy of McNally Jackson. Open to the public. All attendees are required to RSVP in advance; please click here About the […]
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. […]