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!
2019 Emerging Poets Fellowship!
Posted Jun 6, 2019
Ahmed. Bath. Chen. François. Fujinami Moore. Ketner. Mackall. Rigodon. Sala. Wallace. Meet the 2019 Poets House Emerging Poets Fellows.
Walt Whitman Coming Your Way: 2019 Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted May 31, 2019
Hear the words of Walt Whitman in the year of his 200th birthday, along with other poets celebrating NYC, on this annual poetic pilgrimage in support of Poets House.
…The Poetic Language of Scots
By Sarah Stewart, Poets House Doctoral Intern
Posted May 23, 2019
Poet Sarah Stewart explains “shoogle” and shines a light on Scottish poetry collections that use native dialects.
Poets House’s Chapbook Digitization Project Continues with Loba, Part 1 by Diane di Prima
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted May 14, 2019
New on the Poets House website: Diane di Prima’s 1973 chapbook, the first part of her acclaimed epic, plus a recording of the poet reading this work.
Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis with Kay Ulanday Barrett
By Kay Ulanday Barrett
Posted May 10, 2019
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.”
Poets House’s Chapbook Digitization Project Continues with The Gorky Poems by Jerome Rothenberg
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted Apr 30, 2019
New on the Poets House website: Jerome Rothenberg’s 1966 book, plus recent video footage of the poet and his publisher, Margaret Randall of El Corno Emplumado.
…Remembering Betty Kray, Champion of Poets
By Margo Viscusi, Poets House Board President Emerita
Posted Apr 29, 2019
Poets House Board President Emerita Margo Viscusi remembers Betty Kray, co-founder of Poets House and a behind-the-scenes powerhouse in American poetry.
The Poetry of Saving Lives: Anthologies About Sickness & Healing
By Sarah Stewart, Poets House Doctoral Intern
Posted Apr 19, 2019
Scholar Sarah Stewart shares insights from her research on poetry and illness, with highlights from the Poets House collection.
Book Report: Scottish Contemporary Poetry
By Sarah Stewart, Poets House Doctoral Intern
Posted Apr 10, 2019
Sarah Stewart, a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, discusses her favorite poetry books by authors from her native country.