Poets House Board Responds to Former Staff
On November 16, Poets House was forced to cease operations. We believe it’s important that you better understand the situation we were in. And we want to address the rumors…
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Press Release: Poets House Announces Temporary Suspension of Operations
By Poets House Board of Directors
Posted Nov 16, 2020
Poets House, the nation’s premier poetry library, has announced that it will suspend operations indefinitely, effective immediately, due to budgetary issues caused by the Coronavirus. It is hoped that the…
Get Out the Vote 2020 with Patricia Spears Jones, Joey De Jesus & Bryan Thao Worra
By Suzanne Wise
Posted Oct 28, 2020
Three activist poets urge you to vote on November 3rd! We invite you to view these short public service announcements and our town hall on the election.
The Path is Made by Walking
By Valentine Conaty
Posted Oct 13, 2020
Discover the Poets House Poetry Path in Battery Park City—an installation of poetry embedded into paving stones, railings, flags, and benches along the Hudson River.
Our Fall 2020 Series of Ten-Minute Readings
By Suzanne Wise
Posted Sep 3, 2020
Ali, Armantrout, Daye, Erdrich, Escobar, harris, Harvey, King, Machado, Taulapapa McMullin, Murillo, Robertson, Sáma, Wah, Whitehead, Wong, Yamanaka!
Poets House Fall 2020 Workshops: Weekend Master Classes and Six-Week Courses
Posted Aug 26, 2020
Video conference workshops with Kazim Ali, Rae Armantrout, Rick Barot, Joanna Fuhrman, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Patricia Spears Jones & Xandria Phillips!
Poets at the End of the World raises $20K for housing fund for the unemployed
Posted Aug 20, 2020
Social justice collective of poets offers grants for unemployed people of color who face housing insecurity and identify as trans, gender non-conforming, non-binary or women.
Bernadette Mayer’s Memory & A Chorus of 31 Voices
By Suzanne Wise
Posted Jul 30, 2020
Bernadette Mayer’s Memory, a 1971 month-long multidisciplinary project, returns as a book and readings by 31 poets, including Mayer herself.
Resources & Opportunities for BIPOC Poets
By Suzanne Wise
Posted Jul 23, 2020
From COVID-19 relief funds and print activism to internships and writing workshops for BIPOC poets and writers.
Now Digitized: Amiri Baraka’s First Poetry Collection—Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note . . . .
By Suzanne Wise
Posted Jun 22, 2020
This 1961 chapbook by Amiri Baraka (then LeRoi Jones) is available to read on the Poets House website! Plus related commentary, interviews, and videos.