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2019: 27th Annual Poets House Showcase Opening Reception and Reading with Ross Gay, Tina Chang & Tommy Pico
2018: Epic Voices: James Merrill’s The Book of Ephraim with Langdon Hammer & Stephen Yenser
On the eve of Halloween, join Langdon Hammer, James Merrill’s biographer, and Stephen Yenser, Merrill’s literary executor, and as they consider James Merrill’s …
2018: Epic Voices: Jos Charles on Geoffrey Chaucer
Author of the new National Poetry Series–winning collection feeld, which mines Medieval English for experimental purposes, Jos Charles presents the work of 14th-century poet…
2018: Epic Voices: Forrest Gander on C. D. Wright’s One with Others
Poet and translator Forrest Gander discusses One with Others, penned by the prolific poet C. D. Wright (1949–2016) as a book-length poetic documentation of the…
2018: Passwords: A Tribute to Fay Chiang with Bob Holman, Patricia Spears Jones & Jessica Hagedorn
A poet and community activist who supported the diverse cultures of Chinatown and the Lower East Side through education and artistic initiatives, including her stint as the executive director of…
2018: Epic Voices: Contemporary Diné Poetry & the Epic Tradition with Sherwin Bitsui
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
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
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
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
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
Foremost translator of Surrealist writing and editor of the newly released The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings, Mary Ann Caws presents…