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2019: 27th Annual Poets House Showcase Opening Reception and Reading with Ross Gay, Tina Chang & Tommy Pico
2018: Epic Voices: Emily Wilson on The Odyssey
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
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
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
Readings by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Oceanic, Copper Canyon), Michael Lally (Another Way to Play: Poems 1960-2017, Seven Stories), …
2018: Showcase Reading Series: Lawrence Joseph, Natalie Eilbert, Anaïs Duplan, and Tony Robles
Readings by Lawrence Joseph (So Where Are We?, Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Natalie Eilbert (Indictus, Noemi), Anaïs…
2018: Showcase Reading Series – Celina Su, Wayne Koestenbaum, Dorothea Lasky, Tongo Eisen-Martin
Readings by Celina Su (Landia, Belladonna*), Wayne Koestenbaum (Camp Marmalade, Nightboat), Dorothea Lasky (Milk…
2018: Showcase Opening Reading: Kaveh Akbar, Tarfia Faizullah, and Brenda Hillman
Readings by Kaveh Akbar (Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Alice James Books), Tarfia Faizullah (Registers of Illuminated Villages,…
2018: Emerging Poets Fellowship Reading: Moncho Alvarado, Sébastien Bernard, Trace DePass, Joël Diaz, Haydil Henriquez, Thiahera Nurse, Sarah Passino, Jasmine Reid, Sokunthary Svay, and Cindy Tran
2018 Emerging Poets Fellows Trace DePass, Sokunthary Svay, Haydil Henriquez, Sébastien Bernard, Thiahera Nurse, Jasmine Reid, Joël Diaz, Moncho Alvarado, Sarah Passino, and Cindy Tran…
2018: Pablo Neruda: The Poetry of Resistance
Revered around the world for his universal verse, Pablo Neruda also left a legacy as being one of the most iconic and important resistance poets of his century. His relationship…
2018: Foliage & Pattern with Carl Phillips
Los Angeles Times Book Award-winner Carl Phillips discusses how pattern makes for meaning and muscularity in five poems. Welcome by Poets House Executive Director Lee…