The “Books of the Pandemic” Showcase continued with their ongoing event series at Poets House. The second Showcase Reading included two prominent poets, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge and Lara Mimosa Montes.
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28th Poets House exhibition
28th Showcase Exhibition
Welcome to the 28th Poets House Showcase exhibition, our all-inclusive exhibition of the poetry books published in in 2020 & 2021.
Celebra el Año Nuevo Con Viejos Amigos / Celebrate the New Year With Old Friends
Celebrations for the reopening of Poets House continued with an evening with the Nuyorican Poets Café and the support of the Battery Park Authority.
We Are Open!
After many months of planning, demolition and reconstruction, Poets House is at last resuming regular operating hours, Tuesdays through Fridays from 11am to 7pm and Saturdays from 11am to 6pm.
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Call for Submissions: Books of the Pandemic
Announcing the comprehensive 28th Poets House Showcase: Books of the Pandemic, featuring poetry published in 2020 and 2021!
The 25th Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
After a three-year hiatus, the Bridge Walk is back!
We were so glad to see all of you at our 25th annual walk across the Brooklyn…
Announcing Rob Arnold as New Executive Director
Poets House has announced literary voice and leader Rob Arnold as the organization’s new Executive Director. He will assume the position on Dec. 1, 2022.
Arnold…
Home away from Home, Poets House
Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye reflects on her myriad experiences at Poets House over the years.
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From the Archives: Stanley Kunitz on Poetry in a Time of Crisis
The late Poets House co-founder and U.S. Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz argued that poets are “stronger than tyrants” even as the “American myth belongs to politics and power.”
Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis with Kay Ulanday Barrett
Kay Ulanday Barrett describes June Jordan’s legacy and their mission as “a transgender brown poet and educator to imagine beyond hazardous constraints of binaries.”