Poetry Broadsides from Ugly Duckling Presse & Small Fires Press: An Online Exhibition
Poems by Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shihab Nye, Claudia Rankine, William Shakespeare, and more—printed for Poets House special occasions. Enjoy!
Category: News
Virtual Tiny Poets Time: Sing-alongs & Poetry Readings for Kids
Posted Apr 7, 2020
Charles Waters brings big fun to small people in this new series of very short poetry videos that teach and inspire.
Ten-Minute Poems by a Professional Actress & Teacher for Refugees in Berlin
Posted Apr 2, 2020
Read poetry written in Berlin’s “almost-lockdown,” inspired by 10*10*10, our ten-day video series featuring prompts for writing poems in ten minutes.
Ten-Minute Poems by a Mixologist-Writer & Her Daughters
Posted Mar 31, 2020
Read poems from New York inspired by 10*10*10, our ten-day video series, featuring prompts for writing poems in ten minutes.
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.