Calendar

Saturday October 19, 2024 8:00pm ET

MCs and poets, including Tyehimba Jess, akim, Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte, DJ Spinna, Caridad De La Luz (LA BRUJA), mayor ras j. Baraka, and Mahogany L. Browne, perform their hits for this celebratory concert during the Dodge Poetry Festival. Event details here.

Prudential Hall, 1 Center St, Newark, NJ

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Tuesday OCTOBER 22, 2024 4:30pm ET

Don Mee Choi will deliver a public lecture titled “The Poetics of Translation.” See event details here.

Princeton University, 185 Nassau St. Princeton, NJ

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Wednesdays OCTOBER 23- NOVEMBER 20, 2024 7:00pm ET

Hoa Nguyen gives on a five-week excursion into the innovative work of five women poets: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Wanda Coleman, Alice Notley, Cecilia Vicuña, and Anne Waldman. This seminar is a crash course in their writing and innovative poetics, where you'll be encouraged to write both during and outside of sessions, responding to prompts drawn from readings. Event details here.

Online seminar through Zoom

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Wednesday OCTOBER 23, 2024 6:00pm ET

Book launch for Srikanth Reddy’s The Unsignificant; in conversation with Edgar Garcia. Event details to come.

Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL

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Wednesday October 23, 2024 5:30pm ET

Timothy Donnelly will be giving a reading at the Merrill Apartment as a Merrill Fellow. Event details here.

James Merril House, 107 Water Street, Stonington, CT

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Thursday OCTOBER 24, 2024

Matthew Rohrer reading at NYU with Annylese Gelman & Jack Underwood. Event details to come.

New York University. New York, NY

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Thursday October 24, 2024 7:00pm ET

Terrance Hayes discusses Bob Kaufman's poetry, followed by a Q&A, as part of the Poetry Society's semiannual storefront lecture series. Event details here.

Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith St. Brooklyn, NY

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Tuesday OCTOBER 29, 2024 4:30pm ET Don Mee Choi will give a reading of her work. See event details here.

Princeton University, 185 Nassau St. Princeton, NJ

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Tuesday October 29, 2024 6:00pm CT

Oxeye Reader Milwaukee Publication Party celebrates the publication of the new Oxeye Reader, a journal focusing on one city at a time. This event will feature readings by Richard Meier, Peter Burzynski, Brenda Cárdenas, Bryon Cherry, Lewis Freedman, Annie Grizzle, Mauricio Kilwein Guevara, Roberto Harrison, Ae Hee Lee, Sam Pekarske, and Antonio Vargas-Nieto. Event details here.

Niemann Media Theater, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Dr. Kenosha, WI

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Friday NOVEMBER 1, 2024 ET

Douglas Kearney's work is being brought into an adaptation of the Monteverdi opera in "The Comet / Poppea". See more event details here. 

Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA

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Friday NOVEMBER 1-3, 2024

The Cascadia Poetics Lab will be hosting the 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival. This three-day event is a celebration of the rich poetic heritage of the Cascadia bioregion and will take place at various venues throughout Seattle. Poets include CAConrad, Fred Wah, Koon Woon, CS Giscombe, Jami Macarty, Jill Lapointe, Sharon Thesen, Stephen Collis, Robert Lashley, Carletta Wilson, Daphne Marlatt, Robert Michael Pyle, Samar Abulhassan, Sharon Hashimoto, Claudia Castro Luna, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Meredith Quartermain, and Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, and more. Event details here.

Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Seattle, WA.

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Thursday NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Matthew Rohrer will be reading at Relegation Books in Baltimore, MD. Event details to come.

Relegation Books, Baltimore, MD

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Thursday NOVEMBER 7, 2024 6:00pm ET

A reading by Don Mee Choi from all of her works followed by a conversation with Professor Jo Park. See event details here.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

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Friday NOVEMBER 8, 2024 6:00pm ET

Srikanth Reddy joins novelist and RAP Special Projects Coordinator Sara Houghteling to discuss his latest book, The Unsignificant: Three Talks on Poetry and Pictures. See event details here..

The Clark, 225 South St. Williamstown, MA

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Saturday, NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Isaac Jarnot will be reading from Four Lectures. Bagley Wright Lecture Details here.

Woodland Pattern, 720 E Locust St. Milwaukee, WI

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Saturday NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Matthew Rohrer will be reading at George Mason University. Event details to come.

George Mason University, 4400 University Dr. Fairfax, VA

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Tuesday NOVEMBER 12, 2024 4:30pm ET

Srikanth Reddy lecture at Princeton University. Event details to come.

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

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Saturday NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Matthew Rohrer will be joined by Dara Barrois-Dixon, Alan Felsenthal, and Dobby Gibson in a reading at Unnameable Books . Event details to come.

Unnamable Books, 66 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

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Thursday NOVEMBER 21, 2024 7:30pm ET

A reading by Don Mee Choi of her most recent work. See event details here.

George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, 3E4 Fairfax, VA

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Tuesday NOVEMBER 26, 2024 6:00pm PT

Tisa Bryant will read from the new edition of Unexplained Presence. See event details here.

Virtual event held by City Lights. Register for link.

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Friday & Saturday DECEMBER 20 & 21, 2024

Dara Barrois/Dixon, Dorothea Lasky, and Marc Vincent will be reading two nights at the Red Lion Inn. Event details to come.

Red Lion Inn, 30 Main St. Stockbridge, MA