Poetry @ Princeton

Location: Labyrinth Books, Princeton More Info Labyrinth Books together with Princeton's Creative Writing Program and Program in African Studies invite you to come out for a poetry reading by South Africa's Second Poet Laureate. In 1961 Kgositsile was one of the first young members of the African National Congress (ANC) instructed to leave the country by […]

Adam Gitner, Ph.D. Candidate, Classics Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication
Translation Lunch Series Location: 216 Aaron Burr Hall

Althea Ward Clark W ’21 Reading Series Organized by Princeton’s Program in Creative Writing Location: McCosh Hall, Room 50

The author of many collections in Arabic, Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan reads from and discusses his visceral, narrative poetics with fellow poet and translator Fady Joudah. Event c0-sponsored by Poets House and The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute More Info Location: Kray Hall Poets House 10 River Terrace NYC Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, […]

A discussion and reading by a diverse group of younger Dutch poets representing a cross-section of new poetic practices and dynamic literary theory. With Pieter Boskma, Hélène Gelèns, Erik Jan Harmens, Lucas Hirsch, John Schoorl and Joost Zwagerman. Event sponsored by Poets House. More Info Location: Kray Hall Poets House 10 River Terrace NYC Admission: […]

Reading and discussion with Lisa Robertson, author of The Weather, R's Boat, and XEclogue "Form is not cruel": A Reading and Discussion Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:00pm McCosh 40 Refreshments will be available. Brought to you by Princeton's Graduate Student Contemporary Poetry Colloquium, in association with Canadian Studies & Mathey College.

Esther Schor Strange Nursery: Poems Wednesday, April 18th @ 6.00PM Location: Labyrinth Books, Princeton More Info Esther Schor's new poems wrestle with history, myth, devils, angels, and the self. We invite you to come hear her read. The worldly poetry in Strange Nursery confirms the holiness of all living things. This is poetry about savage […]

French poet Sébastien Smirou is joined by his English-language translator and fellow poet Andrew Zawacki for a reading from — and discussion of — My Lorenzo, a meditation on the 15th-century Italian statesman, art patron and poet Lorenzo de Medici. Event sponsored by Poets House. More Info Location: Kray Hall Poets House 10 River Terrace […]

Paolo Javier, Rachel Levitsky, Joan Retallack, Christopher Schmidt, Laura Sims and Stacy Szymaszek Four emerging textual scholars share their recent work in the Gertrude Stein archives at Yale University; the collection’s curator moderates. A reading of Stein’s poetic work follows. With Logan Esdale, Susannah Hollister, Liesl Olson and Emily Setina. Moderated by Nancy Kuhl Event […]

"Lapidary Language: Büchner and Celan" Jens Klenner, Comparative Literature Respondent: Joel B. Lande, Society of Fellows Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:30-6:00pm Location: Chancellor Green 105 Reception to follow.

Location: 11th Street Bar 510 East 11th Street, between Avenues A&B NYC More Info Triptych Readings brings together emerging and established writers for brief and luminous readings in New York City's East Village. All readings are free and open to the public.

C.K. Williams speaks about the life and poetry of the venerated American poet Robert Frost, the rural patrician of New England literary life. Event sponsored by Poets House. More Info Location: Kray Hall Poets House 10 River Terrace NYC Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

Poet and novelist Terese Svoboda use the life of poet, political activist and editor Lola Ridge as a lens to examine the modernist poetry of her time. Event sponsored by Poets House. More Info Location: Kray Hall Poets House 10 River Terrace NYC Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

Free and open to the public Location: Chancellor Green Rotunda Student Readings in Poetry, Fiction, Translation and Screenwriting featuring students from the Spring 2012 courses More Info

Reading and discussion with Eduardo Corral Author of Slow Lightning Yale Series of Younger Poets, 2011 Location: Labyrinth Books Brought to you by Princeton's Graduate Student Contemporary Poetry Colloquium, in association with Labyrinth Books & PLAS

2012 Guggenheim Fellow Joan Richardson, author of a two-volume biography of the poet Wallace Stevens and co-editor, with Frank Kermode, of Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose (Library of America, 1997), will speak about Stevens and his work. Susan Stewart, previously scheduled, is unfortunately unable to attend. Event sponsored by Poets House. More Info Location: […]

7th Annual Graduate Student Comparative Poetics Colloquium Location: Campus Club, 5 Prospect Ave. Saturday, May 5, 2012 10AM - 7:30PM