Browne talks with Rico Frederick about her book fair project to “build the libraries of the next community activists, political leaders, and educators.”
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“You Shoot at Yourself, America”—Newly Digitized: Yevtushenko’s Flowers and Bullets & Freedom to Kill
Released by City Lights in 1970, this chapbook by Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko reflects on the tumultuous unrest of Vietnam War–era America.
The Practice of Poetry: Writing Poems of Place with KC Trommer
Poet KC Trommer offers a writing prompt for creating poems that interrogate “the worlds we know, think we know, and those we remember. “
Thoughts on Bookmaking by Claire Van Vliet of The Janus Press
Claire Van Vliet, MacArthur Award–winning book artist and publisher of works by James Schuyler, Kwame Dawes & others, describes her creative process.
Gay New York: An Interview with Artist Nicholas Buffon
Nicholas Buffon discusses capturing gay history and New York’s “decayed and changing present” in his exhibition at Poets House, on view through November 30.
Now Digitized: Joanne Kyger’s Trip Out & Fall Back
Poets House presents a digitized version of a rare chapbook by Joanne Kyger that was originally published by Wesley Tanner’s Arif Press in 1974.
Announcing Fall 2019: Ballads, Poetry & Science, Halpern & Howe Celebrations, and More!
At Poets House this fall: workshops, readings, talks & performances with Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Mahogany L. Browne, Daniel Halpern, Robert Hass, Fanny Howe, and more.
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!
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.
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.”
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.