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2018

Field Work, a model program aligning STEM learning with poetry in diverse partner libraries

 

New website, blog, and digitization project launch

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2017

25th Anniversary of the Poets House Showcase

 

30 close readings of poems, celebrating 30 years of Poets House public programming

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2016

Nick Potter becomes Poets House Board President

 

20th Anniversary of the Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge

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2014

A yearlong exploration of poetry in relationship to other literary genres

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2013

Robert Kissane becomes Poets House Board President

 

Native Innovation: Indigenous American Poetry in the 21st Century, a conference and symposium

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2012

Poetic Voices of the Muslim World, co-sponsored with City Lore—an exhibit and program series—travels to library systems in ten U.S. cities (through 2015)

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2011

Attendance more than doubles at new location, reaching 50,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30th

 

Emily Dickinson at Poets House: Exhibit drawn from the Donald and Patricia…

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2010

Launch of expanded Children’s Room services at 10 River Terrace and free class trips

 

First year at 10 River Terrace features programs on ecopoetics

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2009

Margo Viscusi becomes President Emerita; Martín Gómez becomes Board President

 

September 24 – 26 Poets House Grand Opening at 10 River Terrace

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2008

Poets House construction in Battery Park City begins

 

Poetry in the Zoos project begins in five US cities

 

The Invention of Farewell: The poetry community…

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