An investigation of Maggie Smith’s “homing strategies” in her poem “Good Bones.” Part 2 of 5 on the theme of home.
A Place for Poetry
Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry.
In The Spotlight: Our Fall 2018 Season
This fall concludes Poets House’s 30th Anniversary celebration, honoring three decades of making a home for poetry. Please join us as we journey through history with Epic Voices, a series of programs about epics and long poems from ancient to contemporary times. We also invite you to explore Bettissima: Treasures from the Elizabeth Kray Archive, an exhibition of correspondence between great American poets of the 20th century and Betty Kray, who co-founded Poets House with Stanley Kunitz. These events complement other fall programs featuring influential poets and poetic lineages that shape contemporary practice and help us to understand our world.
Upcoming Events
The Little Magazine
Oct 23, 2018 - Nov 21, 2018Curated by Sophie Seita, this exhibition examines the contributions small press magazines have made to the development of poets and to national and international cultural & political movements.
Oct23
Bushra Rehman
Poetry Is Not a Luxury: Reclamation, Resistance, Self-Healing & Survival with Bushra Rehman
Oct 23, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmStudents will read and write poetry of reclamation, resistance, self-healing, and survival in this workshop with Bushra Rehman.
Oct23
C D Wright (Photo credit Forrest Gander)
Epic Voices: Forrest Gander on C. D. Wright’s One with Others
Oct 23, 2018 | 7:00 pmPoet and translator Forrest Gander discusses C.D. Wright’s One with Others, a poetic documentation of the civil rights struggle in small town Arkansas.
From The Blog
(Feeling) at Home in America with Phillis Wheatley
A close look at Phillis Wheatley’s subversion of Neoclassical poetry in “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” Part 1 of 5 on the theme of home.
From Poets House Fellowship to Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize
This year’s Yale Younger Poets Prize winner Yanyi recounts the community he found through his 2015 Poets House Emerging Poets Fellowship.
(Feeling) at Home in America with Maggie Smith
An investigation of Maggie Smith’s “homing strategies” in her poem “Good Bones.” Part 2 of 5 on the theme of home.
(Feeling) at Home in America with Phillis Wheatley
A close look at Phillis Wheatley’s subversion of Neoclassical poetry in “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” Part 1 of 5 on the theme of home.
From Poets House Fellowship to Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize
This year’s Yale Younger Poets Prize winner Yanyi recounts the community he found through his 2015 Poets House Emerging Poets Fellowship.