Audio Roundup: Poetry & Science, Favorite Poems, Supernatural Poetry & More
Listen to Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Forrest Gander, Bryan Thao Worra, Linda Addison, Liz Howard, Robert Pinsky, Daniel Halpern, Robert Hass & more!
Building Blocks for Global Citizens of Tomorrow: Mahogany L. Browne on Her Woke Baby Book Fair
By Rico Frederick
Posted Nov 4, 2019
Browne talks with Rico Frederick about her book fair project to “build the libraries of the next community activists, political leaders, and educators.”
“You Shoot at Yourself, America”—Newly Digitized: Yevtushenko’s Flowers and Bullets & Freedom to Kill
Posted Oct 29, 2019
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
By KC Trommer
Posted Oct 18, 2019
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
By Claire Van Vliet
Posted Oct 10, 2019
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
By Valentine Conaty
Posted Oct 3, 2019
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
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted Sep 24, 2019
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!
Posted Sep 13, 2019
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
Posted Aug 21, 2019
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!
Posted Aug 14, 2019
Poets House interns recommend their favorite books from the 2019 Showcase, by sam sax, Shayla Lawson, Heidi Reszies, and seven more!