Hailed as "the highest literary programming," this series of conversations with major American poets combines the programmatic excellence of Poets House and the Poetry Society of America to bring great American poets and Poetry In Motion™ placards to public libraries and transportation systems in seven cities nationwide. Branching Out is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the public library systems of each of the seven cities.

For detailed information about each event, substantive biographies and extensive literary resources, visit the Poetry Branching Out website.

Fresno, California

• Carl Phillips on Walt Whitman
  February 25, 2008, 6:30 pm
• Molly Peacock on Edna St. Vincent Millay
  April 7, 2008, 6:30 pm

@ Woodward Park Library
944 E. Perrin (Perrin at Champlain)
Fresno, CA
For more information call Jeanne Johnson at 559-488-3856.

Hartford, Connecticut

• Susan Stewart on Anna Akhmatova
  March 2, 2008, 4:00 pm
• Hettie Jones on Beat Poets
  May 18, 2008, 4:00 pm

@ Hartford Public Library
Central Library
500 Main Street
Hartford, CT
For more information call (860) 695-6295.

 

Jacksonville, Florida

• Molly Peacock on Edna St. Vincent Millay
  April 26, 2008, 10:15 am

@ Prime Osborn Convention Center
1000 Water Street
Jacksonville, FL
Admission is free.
For more information please call 904-630-2665.

• Hettie Jones on Beat Poets
  May 6, 2008, 6:00 pm

@ Jacksonville Public Library
Main Library
303 N. Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL
Admission is free.
For more information please call 904-630-2665.

 

Little Rock, Arkansas

• Mark Doty on E. E. Cummings
  March 6, 2008, 6:30 pm
• Kay Ryan on Emily Dickinson
  April 17, 2008, 6:30 pm
• Eavan Boland on W.B. Yeats
  May 1, 2008, 6:30 pm

@ Darragh Center/ Main Library
100 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR
Admission is free. Reception to follow.
For more information and reservations call 501-918-3032 or email mmurray@cals.org.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Molly Peacock on Edna St. Vincent Millay
  April 3, 2008, 7:00 pm
• Martín Espada on Pablo Neruda
  May 1, 2008, 7:00 pm

@ Milwaukee Public Library/ Centennial Hall
733 N. Eighth Street
Milwaukee, WI
Admission is free.
For information call 414-286-3000.

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Hettie Jones on Beat Poets
  April 1, 2008, 6:30 pm
• Mark Doty on E. E. Cummings
  April 22, 2008, 6:30 pm

@ New Orleans Public Library
Milton H. Latter Memorial Branch
5120 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA
Admission is free.
For more information call 504-596-2625 or e-mail Marsha Howard at marsha@poetshouse.org

Salt Lake City, Utah

• Kay Ryan on Emily Dickinson
  March 26, 2008, 7:00 pm
• Hettie Jones on Beat Poets
  April 23, 2008, 7:00 pm

@ The City Library
Main Library Auditorium
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT
Admission is free.
For information call: 810-524-8200.