At Poets House this fall: workshops, readings, talks & performances with Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Mahogany L. Browne, Daniel Halpern, Robert Hass, Fanny Howe, and more.
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Audio Roundup: 2019 Showcase Reading Series
Listen to readings by Chase Berggrun, Charles Bernstein, Tina Chang, Shayla Lawson, Tommy Pico, Adrian Silbernagel, Roberto Tejada, Asiya Wadud, and more!
Showcase Selects: Poets House Intern Picks!
Poets House interns recommend their favorite books from the 2019 Showcase, by sam sax, Shayla Lawson, Heidi Reszies, and seven more!
Showcase Selects: 2019 Showcase Picks by Yanyi
Poet Yanyi chooses 2019 Showcase highlights, including Letters to the Future: Black WOMEN / Radical WRITING, The Displaced Voice by Iman Mersal & more.
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Showcase Selects: 2019 Showcase Picks by Kira Josefsson
Swedish translator and writer chooses favorites from the 2019 Showcase, including Etel Adnan’s Surge, Aaron Coleman’s Threat Come Close, and three more.
Now Digitized: James Schuyler’s Rare Chapbook The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court
New on the Poets House website: James Schuyler’s The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court, published in a fine-press edition by Janus Press in 1976.
Showcase Selects: 2019 Showcase Picks from Steven Alvarez
Steven Alvarez selects five poetry books included in the 2019 Showcase, our annual exhibition of new poetry publications.
The Practice of Poetry: A Tool for Conducting Emotional Research
Poet Anaïs Duplan teaches you to make an “emotion wheel”: a poetic research tool that propels emotional discovery and helps generate new writing.
House Picks
A Walking Tour of the Poets House Library
An introduction to the many types of poetic material in the Poets House library, including chapbooks, anthologies, special collections, and more.
Hot off the Presses: The 2019 Poets House Showcase & Showcase Reading Series
Save the date! The 2019 Poets Showcase, our annual exhibition of new poetry books, and the Showcase Reading Series kick off Thursday, June 27!
Featured Event
Jun
20
Gay New York: Walt Whitman to the Present
An exhibition of sculptor and painter Nicholas Buffon’s recent work documenting iconic LGBTQ landmarks, venues, and bars of New York City.