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2019: 27th Annual Poets House Showcase Opening Reception and Reading with Ross Gay, Tina Chang & Tommy Pico
Recorded On: Thursday, June 27, 2019
Ross Gay, Tina Chang, Tommy Pico
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2018: Epic Voices: Contemporary Diné Poetry & the Epic Tradition with Sherwin Bitsui
Recorded On: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
This talk by Sherwin Bitsui is a contemplation of sources and continuity in contemporary Diné poetry that considers how Navajo poets utilize traditional devices as foundation. Bitsui will…
2018: Name Me a Word: Indian Poetics with Meena Alexander, Ram Devineni, Vijay Seshadri & Arundhathi Subramaniam
Recorded On: Thursday, October 11, 2018
This evening celebrates the release of the landmark anthology Name Me a Word: Indian Writers Reflect on Writing, edited by Meena Alexander, with readings…
2018: A Tribute to No More Masks! & Florence Howe with Ellen Bass, Natalie Diaz, Marie Howe, Aracelis Girmay, Donna Masini, Saretta Morgan & Alicia Ostriker
Recorded On: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
In this tribute to No More Masks!: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets, Ellen Bass joins fellow co-editor and Feminist Press founder Florence…
2018: Epic Voices: Anne Carson on Stillness
Recorded On: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Renowned poet, classicist, and translator Anne Carson explores the concept of stillness in this discussion of various art forms and ancient and modern artists, including Homer, Sappho, Alkman,…
2018: Passwords: A Tribute to Pauli Murray with Mahogany L. Browne, Rosamond S. King & t’ai freedom ford
Recorded On: Saturday, September 29, 2018
This event honors poet, writer, civil rights activist, legal theorist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest Pauli Murray (1910–1985). Hailed as “an architect of the civil-rights struggle—and the women’s movement,” Murray…
2018: Epic Voices: Mary Ann Caws on Mina Loy and Tristan Tzara
Recorded On: Thursday, September 27, 2018
Foremost translator of Surrealist writing and editor of the newly released The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings, Mary Ann Caws presents…
2018: Epic Voices: Emily Wilson on The Odyssey
Recorded On: Thursday, September 20, 2018
The first woman to translate The Odyssey into English, classicist Emily Wilson “has given Homer’s epic a radically contemporary voice” (The New…
2018: Is the Poet the New Public Intellectual? Today’s Poet-Critics on Criticism and Critique
Recorded On: Friday, September 14, 2018
National Book Critics Circle poetry chair Tess Taylor invites some of today’s leading poet critics—Stephanie Burt, Chen Chen, Meghan O’Rourke, Greg Pardlo, and …
2018: Showcase Reading Series: Denizé Lauture, Katy Lederer, Raquel Salas Rivera, Chen Chen
Recorded On: Thursday, August 2, 2018
Readings by Denizé Lauture (a kiss to the land, Subpress Collective), Katy Lederer (The bright red horse―and the blue―…
2018: Showcase Reading Series: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Michael Lally, Joy Ladin, Roberto Harrison
Recorded On: Thursday, July 26, 2018
Readings by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Oceanic, Copper Canyon), Michael Lally (Another Way to Play: Poems 1960-2017, Seven Stories), …