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June 2019
Emerging Poets Fellowship Reading
Travel to the future of poetry: 2019 Emerging Poets Fellows read new work crafted during mentorship by their workshop leader, poet Anselm Berrigan.
Find out more »Zong! by M. NourbeSe Philip: A Collective Reading with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Erica Hunt, and Rosamond S. King
Rosamond S. King, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Sean Henry-Smith, and Erica Hunt take part in a reading/performance of M. NourbeSe Philip’s book-length poem Zong!
Find out more »Epic Voices: The Caribbean (Un)Epic with M. NourbeSe Philip
Poet M. NourbeSe Philip discusses her book Zong! and her manuscript Island Liturgies in the context of the (un)epic, “the Caribbean’s most natural form.”
Find out more »May 2019
Craft Talk: Black Feminism 4eva with Simone White
Poet and scholar Simone White gives a craft talk on her current project: a long poem that explores the cost of anti-patriarchal life for black women today.
Find out more »Passwords: Infinite Plentitude & AfroSurrealism with Devin Cain, Alexandria Eregbu & Krista Franklin
Infinite Plentitude, a performative presentation by the artistic collective du monde noir, explores historical and contemporary AfroSurrealism.
Find out more »Passwords: Diane di Prima—A Discussion with Ammiel Alcalay, Iris Cushing & Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
A program honoring Diane di Prima on the occasion of some new releases and the launch of a digitized copy of her 1973 chapbook Loba, Part I on Poets House’s website.
Find out more »PEN America World Voices Festival: Babyn Yar: Through the Voices of the Fallen
Ukrainian poet Marianna Kiyanovska reads from and discusses her unique and controversial book The Voices of Babyn Yar, accompanied by poet and translator Polina Barskova.
Find out more »Passwords: Arcana: A Stephen Jonas Reader with Derek Fenner, Randall Horton & Pamela Sneed
Derek Fenner, co-editor of Arcana: A Stephen Jonas Reader, joins poets Pamela Sneed and Randall Horton to explore Jonas’ work.
Find out more »Epic Voices: Karen Finley on William Carlos Williams’ Paterson
Legendary downtown performance artist Karen Finley looks at William Carlos Williams’ Paterson as a political poem and in relation to her new work in poetry.
Find out more »PEN America World Voices Festival: Oppression Rewritten
Award-winning Jamaican author Kwame Dawes and renowned Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort discuss the ways in which the echoes of oppression influence their writing.
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