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Poetry Trading Cards Paired with Audio Recordings: A New Online Exhibition
Posted Mar 26, 2020
Fact-Simile’s poetry trading cards meet up with Poets House archival recordings in this new online exhibition.
“I am out of place they say” – Now digitized: from South Dakota by Kathleen Norris & Ed Colker
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted Dec 5, 2019
A portfolio of letterpress-printed poems by Kathleen Norris and hand-colored lithographs by Ed Colker make an arresting journey through the plains.
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.
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.
Now Digitized: James Schuyler’s Rare Chapbook The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted Jul 24, 2019
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.
Field Work: Aligning Poetry and Science in Milwaukee
By Alison Hawthorne Deming
Posted Jun 24, 2019
Alison Hawthorne Deming discusses her work as Milwaukee Poet-in-Residence for Poets House’s Field Work project, exploring intersections of poetry & science.
Hot off the Presses: The 2019 Poets House Showcase & Showcase Reading Series
Posted Jun 13, 2019
Save the date! The 2019 Poets Showcase, our annual exhibition of new poetry books, and the Showcase Reading Series kick off Thursday, June 27!