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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - new-york-ny BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Riverside Poetry Reading Group – September DTSTART:20260905T160000Z DTEND:20260905T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260817T182715Z UID:52100-1788609600-1788613200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Love reading poetry but wish you had someone to discuss it wit h? Join Poets House staff for an hour of guided poetry reading and discus sion in the library once per month. Take in the views of the Hudson River as we chat about poems new and old\, classic and cutting-edge. Staff wil l provide poems for discussion\, but contributions from participants are a lways welcome.   \nThis month\, in conjunction with our Poetry on the Ri ver benefit\, Poets House staff member Kate O’Donoghue will lead a discu ssion about a set of centuries-spanning poems about water. \nIn Person | S aturday | September 5 | 12-1pm ET \nRiverside Reading is open to all exper ience levels\; a $5 donation is encouraged but not required. \n\nAll are w elcome. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attend ing or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T182715Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/riverside-poetry-reading-group-september- 26/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Remote 4-Week Workshop: Ravi Shankar: Writing the Dereli ct and the Divine DTSTART:20260910T223000Z DTEND:20260911T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T182926Z UID:51593-1789065000-1789072200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Writing the Derelict and the Divine \nIn Indian and Nepali aes thetics\, a rasa (Sanskrit: रस) literally means “juice\, essence or taste.” It is a concept in Indian arts denoting the aesthetic flavour of any visual\, literary or musical work that evokes an emotion or feeling i n the reader or audience but cannot be described. In this class we will cr eate our own rasas through discussing poems and prose that verge towards a realm that AI cannot go: the transgressive and the transcendent. Looking at examples from writers as diverse as Rumi and Andal to Ethridge Knight a nd Bernadette Mayer\, we will look closely and reverse engineer their craf t. Each session will also have a generative writing component so that by t he end of our work together we will have both a larger understanding of th e lyrical limits of language and how we can harness the ineffable in writi ng and publishing our own work. \nRemote | 4 Thursdays | September 10 – October 1 | 6:30 – 8:30pm ET | $240 ($190 for Members)\n(Sept 10\, 17\, 24\, Oct 1) \nRemote workshops will take place on Zoom. \n\nAll are welcom e\, space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are avai lable. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attend ing or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Communit y Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nPushcart Prize-winning poet Ravi Sh ankar is the author / editor / translator of 18 books with such presses as W.W. Norton and University of Chicago Press. His work has appeared in the New York Times\, The Paris Review\, the Chronicle of Higher Education\, a nd has been translated into over a dozen languages. He teaches creative wr iting at Tufts University and for the New York Writers Workshop. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T182926Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-ravi-shankar-writing-derelict-di vine/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Works: I.S. Jones\, Funto Omojola\, R.A. Villanueva\, James L oop and Monica Ferrell DTSTART:20260910T230000Z DTEND:20260911T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T000145Z UID:59084-1789066800-1789074000@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of poetry with readings by I.S. Jones\, Fu nto Omojola\, R.A. Villanueva\, James Loop\, and Monica Ferrell\, explorin g myth-making\, inheritance\, and the ways poetry revisits and transforms the stories we receive. Across familial\, environmental\, cultural\, and h istorical narratives\, these poets question\, reimagine\, and rewrite inhe rited stories. \nI.S. Jones will read from her debut collection\, Blood Me rcy (Copper Canyon Press\, 2025)\, in which Cain and Abel are reimagined a s sisters. Funto Omojola will read from If I Gather Here and Shout (Nightb oat Books\, 2024)\, a book that explores ancestral memory as it collides w ith Western medical contexts\, as well as recent poems. R.A. Villanueva wi ll read from A Holy Dread (Alice James Books\, 2026)\, a collection that w eaves together Greek myth\, Christian iconography\, and family history. Ja mes Loop will read from Metronome (Winter Editions\, 2026)\, a debut colle ction that converses with classical and modern poetic models while subvert ing cultural myths. Monica Ferrell will read from The Future (Four Way Boo ks\, 2026)\, where historical reference takes a postmodern philosophical t urn. \nCopies of the readers’ books will be available for sale. \nReadin gs in Kray Hall. Also streamed on Zoom with link sent out day of the even t. \n\nThe suggested donation for this event is $10. All donations benefit Poets House. You will be able to choose your contribution amount when you RSVP online or at the door. All are welcome\; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nBy attending or participating in this program\, you a gree to abide by our Community Agreement. Events at Poets House are popu lar\, and seating is first-come\, first-seated. We have several seats rese rved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity\, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room. \n\nAbout the Poets: \nI.S. Jo nes is the author of Bloodmercy and the chapbook Spells of My Name. Alongs ide the poet Yazud Brito-Milian\, she founded Canto-Kojo\, a featured read ing series and open mic at Call and Response Books on the southside of Chi cago. In 2025\, The New York Times Review of Books named Bloodmercy one o f the Best Poetry Books of 2025. While she has lived in many places across the U.S.\, she gratefully calls Chicago home. \nFunto Omojola is a Nigeri an-American writer\, performer\, and visual artist. Omojola has received f ellowships from MacDowell\, Cave Canem Foundation\, Millay Arts\, the Poet ry Project\, and has done projects with Dia Chelsea\, Gladstone Gallery\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Silver Eye Center for Photography\, and the Solomon R. Gu ggenheim Museum\, among others. Along with their sister\, they are part of the Nigerian vocal and performance duo BABAS. Omojola holds an MFA from t he Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College. \nR. A. Villanueva is the author of two award-winning collections of poetry: A Holy Dread (US: A lice James Books\, 2026 / UK: the87press\, 2027)\, and Reliquaria (Univers ity of Nebraska Press\, 2014). New work has been featured by the Academy o f American Poets and National Public Radio—and his writing appears widel y in international publications such as Poetry London and The Poetry Revie w. His honors include commendations from the Forward Prizes\, and fellowsh ips from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and the Constance Saltonstall F oundation for the Arts. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \nJames Loop is a writer from Central New York\, the author of several chapbooks\, and Metr onome\, his debut collection\, published by Winter Editions. His work has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail\, Harp & Altar\, Hot Pink\, Hyperallergic\, Lambda Literary\, Prelude\, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn and works as the Publicity Director for World Poetry. \nMonica Ferrell is the author of four books of fiction and poetry\, including The Future (March 2026) a nd the collection You Darling Thing (2018)\, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award and Believer Book Award in Poetry. She has been recognized wit h residencies at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the MacDowell Colony \, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship\, and a Discovery/The Nation Prize. She ha s taught fiction and poetry for the MFA Programs at Columbia University an d Bennington College\, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Purchase Co llege (SUNY). She was born in Delhi\, India\, and divides her time between Vermont and New York. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T000145Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/reading-jones-omojola-villanueva-loop-fer rell/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Write? Right!: A BIPOC Writing Group DTSTART:20260912T153000Z DTEND:20260912T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002447Z UID:59208-1789212600-1789219800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:In-Person | Saturday | Sep 12 | 11:30am-1:30pm \nWrite? Right! meets to build a net of creativity and accountability. We will share new work\; discuss books we are excited about and workshop bimonthly as a comm unity. Each meet-up begins with a writing prompt and short BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color) community check-in. \nThis group is mea nt to offer safer space for writers of the global majority and their exper iences. If you are a writer\, a writer who teaches\, a writer who curates —or a writer who wears all the hats on behalf of other writers\, come wr ite selfishly! If you are a BIPOC writer who wants to reengage with writin g rituals and practices join us! Open to all experience levels. \nSpace fo r this event is limited\, please RSVP! \n\nBy attending or participating i n this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Organizers: \nAnastacia–Renee is an award-winning writer\, interdis ciplinary educator\, multi-modal artist and former Seattle Civic Poet. She is the author of Afrofuturist-fiction-fantasy book\, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (HarperCollins/Amistad) as well as the author of two full leng th books of experimental poetry: Side Notes from the Archivist (HarperColl ins/Amistad)\, and (v.) (Black Ocean). Side Notes from the Archivist was n amed New York Public Library’s “Best Books of 2023\,” and The Americ an Library Associations (RUSA) “Notable Books of 2024.” Anastacia-Rene e has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Brief-But-Spectacular series and O ur Black Gay Diaspora Podcast\, a biweekly series celebrating the global B lack LGBTQ+ community by profiling diverse professionals across 28 countri es and 45 professions. She has received fellowships and residences from: B aldwin for the Arts\, Cave Canem\, Hedgebrook\, VONA\, The White Center\, Mineral School\, Ragdale\, 4Culture\, The Hermitage Artist Retreat and The New Orleans Writers Residency. As a playwright\, Anastacia-Renee has writ ten and directed: Talking with the Lorde: A Choreopoem\, Not My Size\, 9 O unces\, and Queer Mama Crossroads. Renee’s experimental cross-genre work can be found or is forthcoming in\, The Rumpus\, The American Academy of Poets\, Moss Lit\, Logic(s)\, Callaloo\, Blue Mountain Review\, Ms. Magazi ne\, Essence and others. \nDaemond Arrindell (he/him) is a Pushcart Prize nominated\, multi-genre writer\, film maker\, educator\, and performer. Hi s work explores visual poetics\, persona\, and the meanings of Blackness a nd legacy. His writing has appeared in City Arts\, Specter\, Crosscut\, Po etry NorthWest\, Seattle Review of Books\, The Pitkin Review\, and Arcana Poetry Press. He has received fellowships from Jack Straw\, Mineral School \, VONA/Voices Writer’s Workshop\, Hermitage\, and Prospect Street Write rs House.  In 2019\, he performed his one-man show\, “Frozen Borders\, ” an exploration in imagery\, poetry\, and emotion on the subject of the United States’ southern border. Daemond graduated with an MFA in Creati ve Writing from Goddard College. Currently\, he lives in NYC\, teaches for Uptown Stories\, DreamYard\, Teachers & Writers Collaborative\, and lectu res at Rutgers University. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002447Z LOCATION:NY URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/write-right-sep-12/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hybrid 3-Hour Workshop: Joan Kwon Glass: “Rust in My Mouth”: W riting the Bold Poem DTSTART:20260912T170000Z DTEND:20260912T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:50520-1789218000-1789228800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:“Rust in My Mouth”: Writing the Bold Poem \nIn this genera tive poetry workshop\, we will read & write poems that break free of silen ce\, take risks & stake claims–distinctive\, revelatory poems that are e mboldened by poetic voice & that (as Anne Sexton put it) loosen the rust f rom our mouths. Readings will include work by writers like Tiana Clark\, T errance Hayes\, Kenzie Allen\, Nick Flynn\, Kendra DeColo\, Luna Rey Hall\ , & more. There will be time at the end of the session to share our work v erbally (sharing is optional)\, but most of our time will be spent writing . \n\nSaturday | September 12 | 1 – 4pm | $105 ($90 for Members) \nThis hybrid workshop will take place in the Stanley Kunitz Conference Room at P oets House with a Zoom option for remote attendees. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are availabl e. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By participati ng in the workshop\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAb out the Educator: \nJoan Kwon Glass is the author of DAUGHTER OF THREE GON E KINGDOMS\, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize & the Eric Hoffer Book Aw ard & finalist for the Balcones Prize. She is the recipient of a Vermont S tudio Center residency & a SWWIM residency & lives in Milford\, CT. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-joan-kwon-glass-rust-mouth-bold- poem/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Write? Right!: A BIPOC Writing Group DTSTART:20260915T210000Z DTEND:20260915T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002447Z UID:59219-1789491600-1789498800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:In-Person | Tuesday | Sep 15 | 5-7pm \nWrite? Right! meets to build a net of creativity and accountability. We will share new work\; dis cuss books we are excited about and workshop bimonthly as a community. Eac h meet-up begins with a writing prompt and short BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous \, and People of Color) community check-in. \nThis group is meant to offe r safer space for writers of the global majority and their experiences. If you are a writer\, a writer who teaches\, a writer who curates—or a wri ter who wears all the hats on behalf of other writers\, come write selfish ly! If you are a BIPOC writer who wants to reengage with writing rituals a nd practices join us! Open to all experience levels. \nSpace for this even t is limited\, please RSVP! \n\nBy attending or participating in this prog ram\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Organiz ers: \nAnastacia–Renee is an award-winning writer\, interdisciplinary e ducator\, multi-modal artist and former Seattle Civic Poet. She is the aut hor of Afrofuturist-fiction-fantasy book\, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (HarperCollins/Amistad) as well as the author of two full length books of experimental poetry: Side Notes from the Archivist (HarperCollins/Amistad )\, and (v.) (Black Ocean). Side Notes from the Archivist was named New Yo rk Public Library’s “Best Books of 2023\,” and The American Library Associations (RUSA) “Notable Books of 2024.” Anastacia-Renee has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Brief-But-Spectacular series and Our Black Ga y Diaspora Podcast\, a biweekly series celebrating the global Black LGBTQ+ community by profiling diverse professionals across 28 countries and 45 p rofessions. She has received fellowships and residences from: Baldwin for the Arts\, Cave Canem\, Hedgebrook\, VONA\, The White Center\, Mineral Sch ool\, Ragdale\, 4Culture\, The Hermitage Artist Retreat and The New Orlean s Writers Residency. As a playwright\, Anastacia-Renee has written and dir ected: Talking with the Lorde: A Choreopoem\, Not My Size\, 9 Ounces\, and Queer Mama Crossroads. Renee’s experimental cross-genre work can be fou nd or is forthcoming in\, The Rumpus\, The American Academy of Poets\, Mos s Lit\, Logic(s)\, Callaloo\, Blue Mountain Review\, Ms. Magazine\, Essenc e and others. \nDaemond Arrindell (he/him) is a Pushcart Prize nominated\, multi-genre writer\, film maker\, educator\, and performer. His work expl ores visual poetics\, persona\, and the meanings of Blackness and legacy. His writing has appeared in City Arts\, Specter\, Crosscut\, Poetry NorthW est\, Seattle Review of Books\, The Pitkin Review\, and Arcana Poetry Pres s. He has received fellowships from Jack Straw\, Mineral School\, VONA/Voi ces Writer’s Workshop\, Hermitage\, and Prospect Street Writers House.  In 2019\, he performed his one-man show\, “Frozen Borders\,” an explo ration in imagery\, poetry\, and emotion on the subject of the United Stat es’ southern border. Daemond graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing f rom Goddard College. Currently\, he lives in NYC\, teaches for Uptown Stor ies\, DreamYard\, Teachers & Writers Collaborative\, and lectures at Rutge rs University. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002447Z LOCATION:NY URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/bipoc-writing-group-sep-15/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop: Archive Everything with Kimberly Alidio DTSTART:20260915T223000Z DTEND:20260916T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:50288-1789497000-1789504200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:When we regard the craft of writing as fluid and experiential\ , the texts we make start to function as traces of the everyday that can t each us how to write further. Taking its title from Gabriella Giannachi’ s 2016 study of performance and intermedia arts\, this workshop looks at t he poem as an archive of personal\, collective becoming\, a storehouse of myriad subjective experience. The workshop offers a process-oriented\, col laborative space for generative writing rather than for formal critique. I t may also be of interest to those who’d like to discuss any of the foll owing: poetry of witness\, documentary poetry\, autowriting\, interdiscipl inary work\, immersive environments\, time-based art\, diasporic cultures\ , cabinets of curiosity\, seriality\, revision\, memory\, and forgetting\; participants are invited to add to this list. Poets\, prose writers\, and interdisciplinary artists are welcome. \n\nRemote Workshop | 4 Tuesdays | September 15 – October 6 | 6:30 – 8:30pm ET | $240 ($190 for Members) \nRemote workshops will take place on Zoom. \n\nAll are welcome\, space i s limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Plea se email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or part icipating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement . \n\nAbout the Educator: \nKimberly Alidio is an historian\, literary wri ter\, and teacher. Her recent publications are: Traceable Relation (Fonogr af Editions)\; Shared Discernments with Rebecca Teich (1080 Press)\; A Tea ching Summer (Spiral Editions)\; “On Being Porous” in e-flux\; and Tee ter\, winner of the Nightboat Poetry Prize and the Lambda Literary Award. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-kimberly-alidio-archive-everythi ng/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop: Rhythm Is a Dancer: A Generative Poetry Workshop with Ti na Cane DTSTART:20260916T223000Z DTEND:20260917T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T182139Z UID:56553-1789583400-1789590600@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Whether it’s house\, bachata\, opera\, or jazz\, music has t he power to move us. Sometimes it’s a Proustian experience. Sometimes ou r response is purely physical. Like visual art\, music can also provide po tent inspiration for writing poetry. In this workshop\, we will listen to\ , revisit\, and reflect upon the music we love. We will consider the ancie nt relationship between poetry and song\, explore ekphrasis and musical fo rms\, create fresh work\, and leave with new ways to approach making poems . \n\nRemote 6-Week Workshop | 6 Wednesdays | September 16 – October 21 | 6:30-8:30pm ET | $360 ($320 for Members)  \nThis remote class will ta ke place on Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to you by a staff member in the week leading up to the class start date.  \n\nAll are welcome\,  space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are availa ble. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attendin g or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Communi ty Agreement.  \n\nAbout the Educator:  \nTina Cane is the founder/direc tor of Writers-in-the-Schools\, RI\, and served as Poet Laureate of Rhode Island (2016-2024). Cane’s books include Dear Elena: Letters for Elena F errante\, Once More With Feeling\, Body of Work\, Year of the Murder Horne t (Veliz Books)\, and the verse novels for younger readers\, Alma Presses Play\, and Are You Nobody Too? (Penguin/Random House). LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T182139Z LOCATION:Zoom Online Video Conference\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-rhythm-generative-poetry-tina-ca ne/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jacinta Lanz: On Our Way — A Bilingual Poetry Reading and Conver sation DTSTART:20260916T230000Z DTEND:20260917T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260805T001115Z UID:58665-1789585200-1789592400@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:holiday,literary DESCRIPTION:Join Mexican poet and meditation teacher Jacinta Lanz for an e vening celebrating the publication of her bilingual poetry collection\, On Our Way / En Nuestro Camino. \nThrough conversation and readings in Engli sh and Spanish\, Lanz will share the journey behind a collection that invi tes readers into a space of reflection\, connection\, and presence\, and e xplores the ways language can become a bridge between cultures\, memories\ , and communities. Celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day this September 16 with Jacinta Lanz in an evening that honors her heritage and celebrates t he role of language\, memory\, and poetry in shaping our sense of belongin g. \nJacinta Lanz is a poet\, designer\, and meditation teacher from Mexic o City\, currently based in Baja California. Her work explores the interse ctions of breath\, memory\, belonging\, and transformation. She is the aut hor of On Our Way / En Nuestro Camino\, a bilingual poetry collection that reflects on love\, grief\, and the many paths that connect us. Having liv ed and created across Mexico and California\, Lanz’s writing bridges lan dscapes\, languages\, and experiences\, creating spaces for reflection\, c onnection\, and community. \nThe event will be followed by a reception. \n \nAll are welcome\, space is limited. By attending or participating in thi s program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout:\nJa cinta Lanz is a poet\, designer\, and meditation teacher from Mexico City\ , currently based in Baja California. Her work explores the intersections of breath\, memory\, belonging\, and transformation. She is the author of On Our Way / En Nuestro Camino\, a bilingual poetry collection that reflec ts on love\, grief\, and the many paths that connect us. Having lived and created across Mexico and California\, Lanz’s writing bridges landscapes \, languages\, and experiences\, creating spaces for reflection\, connecti on\, and community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T001115Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/jacinta-lanz-bilingual-poetry-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Craft Session: The Poetic Line with Megan Pinto DTSTART:20260919T153000Z DTEND:20260919T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:56560-1789817400-1789824600@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:When drafting a poem\, how do we know where to end a line of p oetry or begin a new one? At times\, it can feel like guesswork (or just v ibes). But within a poem\, each line is a new opportunity to create a dist inct unit of meaning within the larger sentence and poem. In this class we will study a variety of fixed and free verse poems to explore different s trategies for shaping our poetic lines. We will also read short excerpts f rom James Longenbach’s The Art of the Poetic Line to ground our discussi on. Finally\, we will try revising our own poems to practice what we have studied. \n\nRemote 2-Hour Craft Session | Saturday | September 19 | 11:30 am-1:30pm ET | $60 ($55 for Members)  \nThis remote class will take pla ce on Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to you by a staff member in the week leading up to the class start date. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or partic ipating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement . \n\nAbout the Educator: \nMegan Pinto is the author of Saints of Littl e Faith\, from Four Way Books (US) and the87press (UK). Her poems can be f ound or are forthcoming in The Los Angeles Review of Books\, The Academ y of American Poets Poem-a-Day\, Ploughshares\, and on The Slowdown podc ast. She lives in Brooklyn. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Zoom Online Video Conference\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/craft-session-poetic-line-megan-pinto/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Broadstone Books Reading DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260919T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:56548-1789826400-1789835400@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Broadstone Books\, a national poetry press based in Frankfort\ , Kentucky\, returns to Poets House for their annual presentation of new t itles by their authors in the NYC area. Join the celebratory reading\, fea turing Amy Barone\, Lucia Cherciu\, Jane Rosenberg LaForge\, Ann Lauinger\ , David Mills\, Vera Kewes Salter\, Mervyn Taylor\, Gerald Wagoner\, and M ichael T. Young. Broadstone Books is a literary small press specializing in poetry\, based in Frankfort\, Kentucky\, and founded by publisher Larry W. Moore in 2004. \nReadings in Kray Hall with a reception to follow in t he Viscusi Reading Room. \n\nBy attending or participating in this program \, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. Events at Poets House a re popular\, and seating is first-come\, first-seated. We have several sea ts reserved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity\, seati ng will be available in an overflow viewing room. \n\nAmy Barone is the au thor of Defying Extinction\, We Became Summer\, Kamikaze Dance\, & Views f rom the Driveway\, in 2008. Her poetry has appeared in The Café Review\, New Verse News\, The Ocotillo Review\, and Paterson Literary Review\, amon g other magazines and anthologies. She spent five years as Italian corresp ondent in Milan for Women’s Wear Daily & Advertising Age. Barone is a me mber of the brevitas online poetry community. \nLucia Cherciu writes both in English and in Romanian and is the author of six books of poetry\, incl uding Immigrant Prodigal Daughter\, Train Ride to Bucharest\, Edible Flowe rs\, Lalele din Paradis / Tulips in Paradise\, Altoiul Râsului / Grafted Laughter\, & Lepădarea de Limbă / The Abandonment of Language. \nJane Ro senberg LaForge is the author of four previous full length collections of poetry\, With Apologies to Mick Jagger\, Other Gods\, and All Women\, Daph ne and Her Discontents\, Medusa’s Daughter\, & My Aunt’s Abortion\, as well as four chapbooks of poetry\, After Voices\, Half-Life\, The Navigat ion of Loss\, & In Remembrance of the Life. \nAnn Lauinger’s previous bo oks of poetry include Dime Saint\, Nickel Devil\, Against Butterflies\, & Persuasions of Fall. Her poems have appeared in publications such as the C umberland River Review\, the Georgia Review\, Parnassus\, Plant-Human Quar terly\, the Southern Poetry Review\, & SWWIM\, and have been featured in a nthologies. \nDavid Mills holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and an M A from New York University—both in creative writing—as well as a B.A. (cum laude) from Yale University. He has published four previous poetry co llections: Boneyarn\, The Sudden Country\, The Dream Detective\, & After M istic. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares\, Colorado Review\, Crab Or chard Review\, Jubilat\, Callaloo\, Obsidian\, Brooklyn Rail\, Diode Journ al\, & Fence. \nVera Kewes Salter was born and raised in London\, England\ , in a family of Jewish refugees from Europe. In 1969 she moved to the Uni ted States and married into an African American family\, had two children\ , and earned her doctorate in sociology. These varied perspectives are int egral to her work. Her chapbook In Lewy’s Body was published by Finishin g Line Press. \nMervyn Taylor’s poems join experiences of his native Tri nidad with those of having lived for many years in Brooklyn. He has taught in the NYC public school system and at The New School. Currently\, he ser ves as editor with Slapering Hol Press\, Hudson Valley\, New York. Unpaint ed Houses is his tenth full-length collection of poetry. \nGerald Wagoner is the author of When Nothing Wild Remains & A Month of Someday. His child hood was divided between Eastern Oregon and Montana where he was raised un der the doctrine of benign neglect. He has a BA in Creative Writing from t he University of Montana and an MFA in sculpture from SUNY Albany. \nMount ain Climbing a River is Michael T. Young’s fourth collection. His third full-length collection\, The Infinite Doctrine of Water\, was longlisted f or the Julie Suk Award. He received a Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award for Living in the Counterpoint. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/broadstone-books-reading-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poets Out Loud: An LGBTQ+ Writing Group DTSTART:20260919T193000Z DTEND:20260919T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:58008-1789831800-1789839000@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:In-Person | Saturday | Sep 19 | 3:30 – 5:30pm \nPoets Out Lo ud meets the third Saturday of every month to read\, write\, and celebrate queer poetry. We spend the first half of this meeting writing new work\, and sharing our work in the second half. Bring your authentic selves\, you r best (or worst!) poems\, and a love for the written word. Open to all ex perience levels. \n\nAll are welcome\, by attending or participating in th is program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Organizer: \nSean Glatch is a queer poet and educator in New York City. His work has appeared in Ninth Letter\, Milk Press\, 8 Poems\, Rising Ph oenix Press\, and The Poetry Annals\, among others. Sean currently runs  Writers.com\, the oldest writing school on the internet. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/poets-out-loud-september-2026/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Reading and Reception Celebrating the Publication of Richard Hof fman’s Twin Volumes of New & Selected DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T001918Z UID:60273-1790103600-1790110800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary,music DESCRIPTION:Richard Hoffman—award‑winning poet\, memoirist\, and autho r of nine previous books—celebrates the publication of the companion vol umes: Each Child a Disappearance: New & Selected Poems (1972–2025) and M undus et Infans: New & Selected Suites\, Sequences\, & Series\, together w ith poet Dennis Nurkse and singer-songwriter Willie Nile. \nD. Nurkse will introduce Richard’s reading and will engage in conversation with him. T heir conversation will be framed by a brief performance by Willie Nile. A reception will follow. \nTogether these books gather more than fifty years of Hoffman’s work. Though each stands alone\, together the books reveal the full architecture of his work: the lyric and the narrative\, the pers onal and the political\, the elegiac and the visionary\, the intimate poem and the sweeping sequence. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T001918Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/richard-hoffman/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Riverside Poetry Writing Group – September DTSTART:20260926T160000Z DTEND:20260926T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:52108-1790424000-1790427600@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Love writing poetry but wish you had a reliable writing commun ity? Join Poets House staff for an hour of low-stakes poetry writing and d iscussion in the library once per month. Take in the views of the Hudson R iver as we chat about our writing lives before generating new work togethe r. Staff will provide optional prompts\, but self-guided writers—as well as absolute beginners—are always welcome.  \nThis month\, a Poets Hous e staff member will lead the group with conversation and prompts. Particip ants are always welcome to depart from the prompt. \nIn Person | Saturday | September 26 | 12-1pm ET \nRiverside Writing is open to all experience l evels\; a $5 donation is encouraged but not required. \n\nAll are welcome. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreem ent. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/riverside-poetry-writing-group-september- 26/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Craft Session: Narrative in Poems\, Narrative in Sequence with Lau rin Becker Macios DTSTART:20260926T170000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:57735-1790427600-1790434800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:How does a poem tell a story? And how does that story change w hen poems begin speaking to one another across a sequence? In this craft s ession\, we’ll explore the many ways poets create narrative. Through clo se readings of contemporary poems and sequences\, we’ll examine how poet s build movement\, tension\, and transformation not only within individual poems\, but through the relationship with poems placed nearby. We’ll co nsider questions such as: What makes a reader want to keep reading? How ca n a poem stand fully on its own while also contributing to a larger arc? W hat happens in the spaces between poems? How do repetition\, omission\, ch ronology\, and shifts in perspective create momentum and meaning? The seco nd half of the session will be devoted to generative prompts designed to h elp participants discover narrative possibilities in their own poems\, exp eriment with sequencing\, and create new work. Writers of all genres and e xperience levels welcome. \n\nRemote Craft Session | Saturday | September 26 | 1-3pm ET \nThis remote class will take place on Zoom. The Zoom lin k will be emailed to you by a staff member in the week leading up to the class start date. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited numb er of need-based scholarships are available. Please email support@poetsho use.org with any questions. By attending or participating in this progr am\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educat or: \nLaurin Becker Macios’ books include the YA verse novel Calling Me Home\, named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\, and Somewher e to Go\, winner of the Elixir Press 19th annual poetry award. Host of The Writer’s Bio(luminescent) Podcast with partner WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport\, s he lives in Connecticut. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/craft-session-narrative-poems-sequence-la urin-becker-macios/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Works: Tina Chang\, Jill Bialosky\, Adrian Matejka\, and Maya C. Popa DTSTART:20260926T200000Z DTEND:20260926T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T182940Z UID:58121-1790438400-1790445600@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This reading brings together the most recent books by Tina Cha ng\, Jill Bialosky\, Adrian Matejka\, and Maya C. Popa. \nThe evening will explore Tina Chang’s Lion\, a cross-disciplinary dialogue on Asian Amer ican perspectives\, surveillance\, and the myth of the model minority\; Bi alosky’s Mock Heart: New & Selected Poems\, a career-spanning volume of the poet’s work that charts the seasons of a woman’s life through desi re and motherhood\, grief and the consolations of poetry: Adrian Matejka ’s vibrant and indispensable collection of new and selected poems\, Be E asy: New & Selected\; and Maya C. Popa’s If You Love That Lady\, a colle ction of epistolary poems that explores private worlds shaped by the act o f writing and the charged silences that follow. \nJoin us to celebrate the release of these new works. Copies of the books will be available for pur chase. \nReadings in Kray Hall. Also streamed on Zoom with link sent out day of the event. \n\nThe suggested donation for this event is $10. All do nations benefit Poets House. You will be able to choose your contribution amount when you RSVP online or at the door. All are welcome\; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nBy attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. Events at Poets House are popular\, and seating is first-come\, first-seated. We have sev eral seats reserved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity \, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room. \n\nAbout the P oets: \nTina Chang is the author of the poetry collections Hybrida\, Of Gods & Strangers\, and Half-Lit Houses. She is also co-editor of the No rton anthology Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East\, Asia\, and Beyond. In 2010\, she was named the first female  Poet Laureate of Brooklyn and she served in this role for over a decade . She lives in Brooklyn and is Professor of English at Binghamton Universi ty. She is Visiting Professor at Harvard University. Her newest poetry c ollection. LION\, is forthcoming from W.W. Norton\, fall\, 2026. \nJill  Bialosky is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry\, including Asylum\, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\; three critically acclaimed novels\, including\, The Prize\; a New York Times best-selling memoir\, History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life\; and Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir. Her work has been a finalist for the James Laughlin Award\, the Paterson Poetry Prize\, and the Books for a Better Li fe Award. In 2014\, she was honored by the Poetry Society of America for h er distinguished contribution to poetry. She is an executive editor at W. W. Norton & Company and lives in New York City. \nAdrian Matejka is the au thor of eight books including The Big Smoke (Penguin\, 2013)\, which was awarded the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Nat ional Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. His first graphic novel  Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century (Liveright \, 2023) was a finalist for the 2024 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based W ork. His selected poems\, Be Easy: New & Selected\, was published by Live right May 2026. He lives in Chicago and is editor-in-chief of Poetry mag azine. \nMaya C. Popa is the author of three poetry collections: If You L ove That Lady (W.W. Norton\, July 2026\; Picador\, 2027)\, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder (W.W. Norton\, 2022\; Picador\, 2023)\, named one of Th e Guardian’s best books of poetry\, and American Faith (Sarabande\, 20 19)\, winner of the North American Book Prize. Her poems and essays have a ppeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Poetry\, The Paris Review\, and The Times Literary Supplement. She holds a PhD on the role of wonder in poetry from Goldsmiths\, University of London\, an MSt from Oxford Uni versity\, and an MFA from New York University. Popa is the Poetry Editor of Publishers Weekly and the founder of Conscious Writers Collective\, a global online writing program for poets and prose writers.\n\n\nAbout th e Books:  \nLion: Poems  \nIn Lion\, Tina Chang mines personal and colle ctive memory to explore safety and danger\, visibility and invisibility as an Asian American woman. Throughout the collection\, Chang responds to mu lti-hyphenate women artists\, including Haena Yoo\, Hồng-Ân Trương\, Astria Suparak\, and a collective whose work paid tribute to the life of C hristina Yuna Lee\, a young woman who was killed during the height of anti -Asian hate crimes. Responding to art across various media—text\, illust ration\, painting\, video\, and sculpture—Lion sparks cross-disciplinary dialogue on Asian American perspectives\, surveillance\, and the myth of the model minority. \nAs the aftermath of the pandemic is examined\, so to o are the structures of bias\, racism\, and violence that continue. The co llection’s title explores the word’s cultural history\, composite Chin ese iconography\, and lion-centered explorations of strength and mastery. Lion traverses the closeness and distance between the racialized self the world views and the perceived self who endures and survives. \nMock Heart: New & Selected Poems \nBialosky’s poems\, “always intently alive with lyrical truths” (Yusef Komunyakaa)\, weave tragedy\, language\, and per ception in poignant works of personal and public exploration. In Mock Hear t\, a powerful gathering of her work thus far\, she opens with a cache of searing new poems and proceeds backward in time through selections from he r five previous collections. We move from lyric sections of the acclaimed Asylum\, a work that reveals personal and historical traumas and how we se arch for understanding in their wake\, to the folly of The Players\, about a son’s maturing into manhood in a space of intimate wonder\, to Intrud er\, a haunting exploration of passion and its myths\, to Subterranean\, a book of maternal yearning\, and finally we arrive back at her debut\, The End of Desire\, probing the mysteries of girlhood\, premonitions of loss\ , and the temptations and challenges of becoming. \nBe Easy: New & Selecte d Poems \nFrom award–winning poet Adrian Matejka\, a vibrant and indispe nsable collection of new and selected poetry. \nA finalist for the Nationa l Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize\, Adrian Matejka has been a mainstay o f contemporary American poetry for over two decades. Collecting hits from six extraordinary collections\, Be Easy showcases Matejka’s singular son ics and narrative vision in fresh\, dynamic poems that lyrically complicat e place\, race\, and identity in contemporary America. New poems explore t he twitchy unease of unintentional migration and economic instability as t he country faces a future every bit as unsettling and circuslike as the pa rking lot carnivals in the Midwest. Selections from Mixology (2008)—“a post–soul tour de force” (Kevin Young)—shapeshift before our eyes\; while “revelatory” (Gabrielle Calvocoressi) odes from The Big Smoke ( 2013) reimagine the legacy of prizefighter Jack Johnson\; and transcendent poems from Map to the Stars (2017) brim with cosmic jazz. From a “rocke t-powered” writer (Campbell McGrath)\, Be Easy affirms Adrian Matejka as one of the most revelatory and exciting voices of our times. \nIf You Lov e That Lady: Poems \nThe stunning third collection from award-winning poet Maya C. Popa dramatizes the paradox of correspondence: the private worlds shaped by the act of writing\, and the charged silences that follow. Draw ing from nineteenth-century courtship letters\, the collection lingers in the rush of love and its fallout: “Happiness was no small thing\, / but neither was its cost.” Delivered with piercing elegance and signature wi t―“What a formidable excuse he was. / What a pair of borrowed eyes / w ith a side of Keats”―these poems remind us that our appetites\, like p oetry\, depend on revelation and restraint alike. \nSet in America\, Engla nd\, and Romania\, these poems are part elegy to the passing of impossible things\, part ars poetica of remaking. If You Love That Lady explores the inventive\, relentless drive of longing\, proving that what breaks us ope n at last reveals us to ourselves. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T182940Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/new-works-tina-chang-jill-bialosky-adrian -matejka-maya-popa/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Write? Right!: A BIPOC Writing Group DTSTART:20260929T210000Z DTEND:20260929T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002447Z UID:59223-1790701200-1790708400@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:In-Person | Tuesday | Sep 29 | 5-7pm \nWrite? Right! meets to build a net of creativity and accountability. We will share new work\; dis cuss books we are excited about and workshop bimonthly as a community. Eac h meet-up begins with a writing prompt and short BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous \, and People of Color) community check-in. \nThis group is meant to offe r safer space for writers of the global majority and their experiences. If you are a writer\, a writer who teaches\, a writer who curates—or a wri ter who wears all the hats on behalf of other writers\, come write selfish ly! If you are a BIPOC writer who wants to reengage with writing rituals a nd practices join us! Open to all experience levels. \nSpace is limited\, please RSVP! \n\nBy attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Organizers: \nAnastaci a–Renee is an award-winning writer\, interdisciplinary educator\, multi -modal artist and former Seattle Civic Poet. She is the author of Afrofutu rist-fiction-fantasy book\, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (HarperCollins /Amistad) as well as the author of two full length books of experimental p oetry: Side Notes from the Archivist (HarperCollins/Amistad)\, and (v.) (B lack Ocean). Side Notes from the Archivist was named New York Public Libra ry’s “Best Books of 2023\,” and The American Library Associations (R USA) “Notable Books of 2024.” Anastacia-Renee has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Brief-But-Spectacular series and Our Black Gay Diaspora Podc ast\, a biweekly series celebrating the global Black LGBTQ+ community by p rofiling diverse professionals across 28 countries and 45 professions. She has received fellowships and residences from: Baldwin for the Arts\, Cave Canem\, Hedgebrook\, VONA\, The White Center\, Mineral School\, Ragdale\, 4Culture\, The Hermitage Artist Retreat and The New Orleans Writers Resid ency. As a playwright\, Anastacia-Renee has written and directed: Talking with the Lorde: A Choreopoem\, Not My Size\, 9 Ounces\, and Queer Mama Cro ssroads. Renee’s experimental cross-genre work can be found or is forthc oming in\, The Rumpus\, The American Academy of Poets\, Moss Lit\, Logic(s )\, Callaloo\, Blue Mountain Review\, Ms. Magazine\, Essence and others. \ nDaemond Arrindell (he/him) is a Pushcart Prize nominated\, multi-genre wr iter\, film maker\, educator\, and performer. His work explores visual poe tics\, persona\, and the meanings of Blackness and legacy. His writing has appeared in City Arts\, Specter\, Crosscut\, Poetry NorthWest\, Seattle R eview of Books\, The Pitkin Review\, and Arcana Poetry Press. He has recei ved fellowships from Jack Straw\, Mineral School\, VONA/Voices Writer’s Workshop\, Hermitage\, and Prospect Street Writers House.  In 2019\, he p erformed his one-man show\, “Frozen Borders\,” an exploration in image ry\, poetry\, and emotion on the subject of the United States’ southern border. Daemond graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard Col lege. Currently\, he lives in NYC\, teaches for Uptown Stories\, DreamYard \, Teachers & Writers Collaborative\, and lectures at Rutgers University. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002447Z LOCATION:NY URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/bipoc-writing-group-sep-29/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guided Tour: Pierre Joris Notebooks DTSTART:20260930T220000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T002755Z UID:60377-1790791200-1790794800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:Join Nicole Peyrafitte for a guided tour of Pierre Joris Noteb ooks exhibition. Participants are invited and encouraged to attend the Tra nslation Panel on Pierre Joris\, happening after the tour.\n\n\nAbout the exhibition:\n\nAre notebooks the ideal means for tracing the life and work of a nomadic poet? Through more than six decades of bound manuscripts\, t his exhibition charts the singular career and restless achievement of poet \, translator\, and editor Pierre Joris. Born in the immediate aftermath o f World War II\, on July 14\, 1946\, and raised in Luxembourg\, Joris died a New Yorker in 2025. He “grew up dreaming of an American paradise\,” as he described\, through the rock and roll played on radio stations for American soldiers and from Hollywood films shown at his grandmother’s mo vie house in Ettelbruck. Joris was first compelled to a life in poetry aft er hearing the poems of Paul Celan in a German literature class in high sc hool\; he would go on to carry the fullness of Celan’s work into English through his unflinching translations. The exhibition provides an intimate portrait—across continents and languages—of one of the major internat ional figures of contemporary and postmodern poetry.\n\n\nBy attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreem ent. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T002755Z LOCATION:Cheney Chappell Exhibition Space URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/pierre-joris-tour/2026-09-30/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Let a Thousand Translations Bloom: A Panel With Susan Bernofsky\, Emma Ramadan and Mónica de la Torre DTSTART:20260930T230000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002447Z UID:59188-1790794800-1790802000@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Held on International Translation Day\, this panel explores th e challenges of translating contemporary poetry\, drawing inspiration from Paul Celan and the story of how Pierre Joris came to translate Celan’s work. Panelists reflect on their own translation practices in conversation with this legacy\, drawing on different techniques\, styles\, and languag es. \nThe panel will be preceded by a presentation by Nicole Peyrafitte on Pierre Joris and his journey translating Paul Celan\, and it’ll be foll owed by a conversation with translators Susan Bernofsky\, Emma Ramadan\, a nd Mónica de la Torre. \nThis event would not be possible without the ded ication of Nicole Peyrafitte and the generous support of the Consulate Gen eral of Luxembourg in New York and the Centre National de Littérature Lux embourg. \nAlso streamed on Zoom with link sent out day of the event. \nJo in us before this event for a free guided tour of Pierre Joris Notebooks.   \n\nThe suggested donation for this event is $10. All donations benefit Poets House. You will be able to choose your contribution amount when you RSVP online or at the door. All are welcome\; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nBy attending or participating in this program\, you a gree to abide by our Community Agreement. Events at Poets House are popu lar\, and seating is first-come\, first-seated. We have several seats rese rved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity\, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room. \n\nAbout the Panelists: \nSus an Bernofsky is the translator of works by Robert Walser\, Yoko Tawada\, J enny Erpenbeck\, Franz Kafka\, and Hermann Hesse including\, most recently \, Tawada’s novel Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel. A Guggenheim\, Cullman\, and Berlin Prize fellow\, she directs the program in literary t ranslation in the School of the Arts at Columbia University. Her book Cla irvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser\, was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Her translation of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain is forthcoming from Liveright in Mar ch 2027. \nEmma Ramadan is an educator and a literary translator of over 4 0 books from French. She has been awarded the PEN Translation Prize\, the Albertine Prize\, two NEA Fellowships\, and a Fulbright. Her translations include Anne Garréta’s Sphinx\, Marguerite Duras’s The Easy Life\, Ab dellah Taïa’s Living in Your Light\, and Lamia Ziadé’s My Port of Be irut. \nMónica de la Torre is a poet\, translator\, and scholar\, born an d raised in Mexico City. Her books include Pause the Document (2025)\, Rep etition Nineteen (2020)\, Public Domain (2008)\, and Talk Shows (2007). De la Torre has edited BOMB Magazine and the Brooklyn Rail. She is the recip ient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts C.D. Wright Award\, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship\, and a Creative Capital grant\, and te aches poetry and translation at Brooklyn College. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002447Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/let-a-thousand-translations-bloom-transla tion-after-paul-celan/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Works: Aimee Nezhukumatathil\, Joseph O. Legaspi\, Noel Quiño nes\, and Grace Yanucci DTSTART:20261002T230000Z DTEND:20261003T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T182940Z UID:58392-1790967600-1790974800@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This poetry reading celebrates new works by poets Aimee Nezhuk umatathil and Joseph O. Legaspi alongside those of their former mentees\, Noel Quiñones and Grace Yanucci. \nThe evening will feature Aimee Nezhuku matathil’s Night Owl\, a series of nocturnes that revel in the magic\, s ensuality\, and vitality that emerge as the rest of the world goes to bed\ ; Joseph O. Legaspi’s Amphibian\, which examines queerness and immigrati on through the metaphor of “amphibious living”—adapting\, surviving\ , and flourishing across changing geographies\; Noel Quiñones’s debut c ollection\, Orange\, which traces the ripple effects of reconciling a line age of masculinity and queerness while unearthing truth from within lies\; and recent poems by Grace Yanucci. \nJoin us in celebrating these new wor ks and the enduring tradition of mentorship in poetry. Copies of the featu red books will be available for purchase. \nReadings in Kray Hall. Also s treamed on Zoom with link sent out day of the event. \n\nThe suggested don ation for this event is $10. All donations benefit Poets House. You will b e able to choose your contribution amount when you RSVP online or at the d oor. All are welcome\; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nBy attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Co mmunity Agreement. Events at Poets House are popular\, and seating is fir st-come\, first-seated. We have several seats reserved for people with acc ess needs. If events reach capacity\, seating will be available in an over flow viewing room. \n\nAbout the Poets: \n\nAimee Nezhukumatathil is the New York Times best-selling author of the poetry book\, NIGHT OWL (Ecco\, 2026)\, and two illustrated collections of essays\, BITE BY BITE and WORLD OF WONDERS: IN PRAISE OF FIREFLIES\, WHALE SHARKS\, & OTHER ASTONISHMENTS \, which was chosen as Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year and named a f inalist for the Kirkus Prize. She also wrote four previous award-winning p oetry collections: OCEANIC\, LUCKY FISH\, AT THE DRIVE-IN VOLCANO\, and  MIRACLE FRUIT. With the poet Ross Gay\, she co-authored the chapbook  LAC E & PYRITE\, a collaboration of epistolary garden poems. Her writing appea rs twice in The New Yorker\, The Nation\, the Best American Poetry Series\ , The New York Times Magazine\, ESPN\, Poetry magazine\, American Poetry R eview\, and The Paris Review. \n\nJoseph O. Legaspi\, a Fulbright and New York Foundation for the Arts fellow\, is the author of three poetry collec tions: Amphibian (Northwestern University Press\, 2026)\; Threshold and Im ago (both from CavanKerry Press\, 2007 and 2017)\; and three chapbooks: Po stcards (Ghost Bird Press\, 2019)\, Aviary\, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts \, 2014)\, and Subways (Thrush Press\, 2013). His writing has appeared in POETRY\, American Poetry Review\, World Literature Today\, The Common\, Be st of the Net\, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day\, and in multiple anthologies. A graduate of the Creative Writing Program at New York Unive rsity and Loyola Marymount University\, he works at Columbia University an d teaches at Fordham University. He lives with his husband in Queens\, NY. \nNoel Quiñones is an Emmy award-winning writer\, speaker\, educator\, c ommunity organizer\, and cultural worker who believes in the power of stor ytelling to build community. Noel has shared their stories across the glob e\, including Lincoln Center\, Harvard University\, the Ford Foundation\, BAM\, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta\, Stanford University\, and the Ho nolulu Museum of Art. Their work has been published in POETRY\, the Boston Review\, Poem-a-Day\, and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT anthology\ , as well as the Michigan Quarterly Review\, for which they won the 2025 J esmyn Ward Fiction Prize. Their short story\, “This Time and the Next” will be included in The Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winne rs. Their debut poetry collection\, Orange\, was published by CavanKerry P ress in May\, 2026. \nGrace Yanucci is a Brooklyn-based poet and essayist. She is an MFA Candidate in Creative Writing at New York University. Her w ork has appeared in the Saturday Evening Post\, Flash Magazine\, and The C omma. \n\nAbout the Books:  \nNight Owl \nIn her latest poetry collection \, Aimee Nezhukumatathil plumbs the depths of nighttime\, crafting a serie s of nocturnes that explore the magic\, sensuality\, and life that emerge as the rest of the world goes to bed. Night Owl navigates questions and co ncerns for the environment that envelops us. It meditates on our connectio ns to family and beloveds\, and explores our position within the broader b eauty of the planet. Just as the night transforms how we see things\, love in its many forms shifts our understanding of togetherness and the natura l world. And these poems are deeply suffused with love—each an expressio n of Nezhukumatathil’s captivating responses to the animals\, plants\, a nd people who have her heart and enliven her world. \nNight Owl presents a dazzling vision of nature that celebrates the beautiful noises and silenc es of this planet\, as well as its many complications. Nezhukumatathil pro vides a singular contribution to writing on the natural world\, calling on our sense of love—even in the face of increasing violence to one anothe r and the environment—by focusing on the revolutionary impact of the dar k. \nAmphibian \nHow does a queer brown body move through the American pan orama? In Amphibian\, Joseph O. Legaspi explores the metaphor of “amphib ious living”—adapting\, surviving\, and flourishing in varying geograp hies—as it pertains to immigrants and to queerness. These poems draw on the natural world to illuminate personal experiences and\, in turn\, close ly examine cultural\, environmental\, and societal constructs and concerns . Dwelling in landscape as a guide into the interior\, Amphibian journeys not only between earth\, water\, and air\, but also into the past\, catalo ging an immigrant’s departures\, arrivals\, and returns to native soil. This moving collection is at every turn liberating\, fraught\, and altered . \nOrange  \nPainting a vivid and fraught portrait of the North Bronx\,  Orange unflinchingly highlights and confronts the contradictions at the heart of love\, divorce\, gender\, religion\, and community. Through nar rative poems and innovative forms\, Orange explores the ripple effects o f reconciling a lineage of masculinity and queerness\, unearthing truth fr om within lies\, and grappling with the complexity of familial influence. Yet\, family expands well beyond the nuclear as poems center relationships between friends\, cousins\, teachers\, and partners. Orange ultimately argues that truth resembles color\, something so real\, yet elusive and im possible to prove. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T182940Z LOCATION:Elizabeth Kray Hall\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/new-works-poetry-reading-nezhukumatathil- legaspi-quinones-yanucci/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry on the River: A Poets House Benefit with Rickey Laurentiis\ , Ariana Reines\, and Tracy K. Smith DTSTART:20261003T084500Z DTEND:20261003T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T000035Z UID:58355-1791002700-1791054000@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Poetry on the River: A Poets House Benefit\ , a poetry reading taking place on a sunset ferry cruise down the Hudson R iver with acclaimed poets Rickey Laurentiis\, Ariana Reines\, and Tracy K. Smith. After the reading\, enjoy some light hors d’oeuvres and drinks i n the company of the poets themselves and other poetry-lovers. All proceed s support Poets House. \nTake in some of New York’s most iconic sights\, including an up-close view of the Statue of Liberty at golden hour\, duri ng Poetry on the River—one of the highlights of the Poets House calendar . We can’t wait to journey with you. \n\nThe ferry leaves promptly at 4: 45pm from the Brookfield Place Terminal\, one block from Poets House. We r ecommend arriving at 4:30pm for boarding. Reception will take place on the ferry after the reading. Books will be available for purchase and signing . \nPlease advise Poets House staff of any serious food allergies by conta cting support@poetshouse.org. By attending or participating in this progra m\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nMembers play a vita l role in the life of Poets House\, helping to keep our non-profit poetry library open and free to everyone. Click HERE to become a member of Poets House and qualify for a discounted admission to this fundraiser and future special events\, among other benefits. \n\n \nRickey Laurentiis is a poet who was raised in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, to study light. Her most rece nt book of poems is Death of the First Idea (Knopf\, 2025)\, which Publish ers Weekly called “visionary” in a starred review. She is also the aut hor of Boy with Thorn (Pitt Poetry Series\, 2015)\, winner of the Cave Can em Poetry Prize and the Levis Reading Prize\, and a finalist for the Lambd a Literary Award\, the Kate Tufts Discovery award\, and the PEN/Osterweil Award. It was named one of the top ten debuts of 2015 by Poets & Writers M agazine and a top 16 best poetry books by Buzzfeed\, among other distincti ons. Individual poems have appeared widely\, including Boston Review\, Fem inist Studies\, The Kenyon Review\, The Los Angeles Review of Books\, New Republic\, The New York Times\, and Poetry\; have been anthologized in Ext raordinary Rendition: (American) Writers Speak of Palestine\, Bettering Am erican Poetry\, and Prospect.3’s art catalogue Notes for Now. Her poems have been translated into Arabic\, Spanish and Ukrainian. \nNamed one of F lavorwire’s 100 best living writers and “a crucial voice of her genera tion” by KCRW’s Michael Silverblatt\, Ariana Reines is an award-winnin g poet\, Obie-winning playwright\, performing artist\, and translator. Her most recent books are The Rose (Graywolf\, 2025)\, which Chris Kraus call ed “thrilling and harrowing\,” and Wave of Blood\, published in the UK in 2024 by Divided Publishing. Her other books include A Sand Book (Tin H ouse\, 2019)\, winner of the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize & longlisted for th e National Book Award\, The Cow (Alberta Prize\, 2006)\, Coeur De Lion (20 07)\, and Mercury (2011)\, all from Fence Books\, and The Origin of the Wo rld (2014) from Semiotext(e). Her Obie-winning play Telephone (2009) was c ommissioned by The Foundry Theatre and has been performed and published in Norwegian translation at the Mollebyen Literary Festival (2017) and at KW Berlin (2018) among others. \nTracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet\, memoirist\, editor\, translator and librettist. She served as the 2 2nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017-19\, during which time sh e spearheaded American Conversations: Celebrating Poetry in Rural Communit ies with the Library of Congress\, created the American Public Media podca st The Slowdown\, and edited the anthology American Journal: Fifty Poems f or Our Time. Smith is the author of five poetry collections: Such Color: N ew and Selected Poems\, which won the 2022 New England Book Award\; Wade i n the Water\, which was awarded the 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\; Life on Mars\, which won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize\; Duende\, winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets\; and The Body’s Q uestion\, which received the 2003 Cave Canem Prize. Her memoir\, Ordinary Light\, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in nonfiction. She is the co-translator (with Changtai Bi) of My Name Will Grow Wide like a Tree: Selected Poems of Yi Lei\, which was a finalist for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize\; and co-editor (with John Freeman) of There’s a Revolutio n Outside\, My Love: Letters from a Crisis. Her memoir-manifesto\, To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul\, was a Time magazine and Wash ington Post Best Book of the Year\, and a New York Times Book Review Edito rs’ Choice. Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times is a nonfiction celebrat ion of poetry as a source of courage and emotional fortitude amidst the ma ny upheavals of the 21st Century. LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T000035Z LOCATION:Brookfield Place Terminal URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/poetry-river-reading-boat-benefit-laurent iis-reines-smith/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop: Poetry Fundamentals: Developing Imagery That Resonates w ith David McLoghlin DTSTART:20261003T153000Z DTEND:20261003T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182654Z UID:58885-1791027000-1791034200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:In this poetry fundamentals class\, perfect for beginners and experienced writers looking to strengthen their foundations\, we will disc uss the role of imagery by exploring the objective correlative. The object ive correlative is\, simply put\, the ability to find in the “outside wo rld” a signifier\, or equivalent\, for our human experience. Most often this takes the form of an image\, which is one of the building blocks of a successful poem. \nFrom Bashō and the haiku poets to the Imagists to Pla th and beyond\, imagery has been continually identified as the engine of t he poem. Some of the most successful poems employ imagery that resonates o n multiple levels and connects to us on a fundamental level. In this class we will discuss the role of imagery in exemplary poems by poets like Char if Shanahan\, Suji Kwock Kim\, Sharon Olds\, Yusef Komunyakaa\, Adrienne R ich\, Carolyn Forché\, Audre Lorde\, Gregory Pardlo\, and more. We will t hen use these poems to trigger our own in-class writing and exploration of the image in our own work. \n\nRemote 4-Week Workshop | 4 Saturdays | Oct ober 3 – 24 | 11:30am-1:30pm ET \nThis remote class will take place on Z oom. The Zoom link will be emailed to you by a staff member in the week le ading up to the class start date. In agreement with the instructor\, this class will be recorded for internal use only. Recordings will be made ava ilable to registered students for a limited time after each class session. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nDavid McLog hlin’s third collection\, Crash Centre (Salmon Poetry\, 2024) was short listed for the 2025 Pigott Prize\, Ireland’s most valuable poetry prize. He has taught creative writing workshops at NYU\, University College\, Du blin\, The Center for Fiction\, The Irish Writers Centre\, The Shipman Age ncy and Hudson Valley Writers Center. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182654Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-poetry-fundamentals-imagery-davi d-mcloghlin/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop: Poetry as Rhetorical Experimentation with DeeSoul Carson DTSTART:20261007T223000Z DTEND:20261008T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:55782-1791397800-1791405000@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Poetry is an art that is often defined by what it is not. It i s not prose (except when it is). It is not music (until it is set to a tun e). In The Essential Poet’s Glossary\, Samuel Johnson is quoted as sayin g “to circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definier.” What if\, instead\, we were to reorient ourselves awa y from what poetry is and toward what poetry can make possible? In this ge nerative workshop\, we will view poetry as any attempt to disrupt our ever yday engagement with language. By reading pieces that make use of techniqu es like repetition and prosody\, as well as by analyzing hybrid texts\, we will generate and discuss work that seeks to best capture what language s ometimes fails to communicate. \n\nIn-Person Workshop | 4 Wednesdays | Oct ober 7 – October 28 | 6:30 – 8:30pm ET | $240 ($190 for Members) \nIn- person workshops will take place in the Stanley Kunitz Conference Room at Poets House. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of n eed-based scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org  with any questions. By attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nDeeS oul Carson is a poet\, educator\, and host of the O\,Word? podcast. For hi s work\, DeeSoul has received\, amongst other awards\, a National Endowmen t for the Arts and a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent fellowship. His debut full-length\, The Laughing Barrel\, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in Spring 2027. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-poetry-rhetorical-experimentatio n-deesoul-carson/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Craft Session: Patchwork Poetry with Danielle Bero DTSTART:20261008T220000Z DTEND:20261009T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182654Z UID:58892-1791482400-1791489600@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:In this poetry craft class\, we’ll fire through a series of short prompts by incredible\, eclectic poets and then create a patchwork p oem stringing the prompts together. The result can be a surprising mosaic of voice\, moods\, and images that reflects the richness of spontaneous an d inspired creation. Along the way\, we’ll embrace imperfection\, lean i nto instinct\, and discover how several slices of various blueprints can s park unexpected creativity. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just beg inning to explore the written word\, this session offers a playful\, low-p ressure space to unlock your voice\, get to know some poets\, and engage w ith language in fresh\, dynamic spurts. \n\nHybrid Craft Session | Thursda y | October 8 | 6-8 pm ET \nThis hybrid in-person/remote workshop will tak e place at Poets House in the Kunitz Conference Room on the second floor w ith a Zoom option available. Elevator access is available\, and the Zoom l ink will be emailed to all participants by a staff member in the week lead ing up to the class start date. \nIn agreement with the instructor\, this class will be recorded for internal use only. Recordings will be made ava ilable to registered students for a limited time after the class session. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of need-based s cholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nDanielle Ber o is a Fulbright and Posse scholar\, educator\, poet and filmmaker from Qu eens\, determined to carve out joy and creativity through poetic mixtaping . Since her first poetry acceptance in Highlights for Kids\, she now hold s two master’s degrees in education\, an MFA from the University of San Francisco\, and has attended Harvard’s Urban Education and Second City F ilm school programs. She co-founded a public school for foster youth and w orks in public turnaround education. She is a Jack Straw Cultural fellow\, and you can find some of her work in Lavender Review\, Juked\, Sinister W isdom and in Divine Feminist\, Stained\, I Feel Nothing Like Good antholog ies. She is the author of the micro-chapbook Schooled (Ghost City Press\, 2021) and the chapbook Sweet Queens (Bottlecap Press\, 2026). LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182654Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/craft-session-patchwork-poetry-danielle-b ero/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Riverside Poetry Reading Group – October DTSTART:20261010T160000Z DTEND:20261010T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:52124-1791633600-1791637200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Love reading poetry but wish you had someone to discuss it wit h? Join Poets House staff for an hour of guided poetry reading and discus sion in the library once per month. Take in the views of the Hudson River as we chat about poems new and old\, classic and cutting-edge. Staff wil l provide poems for discussion\, but contributions from participants are a lways welcome.   \nThis month\, a Poets House staff member will lead a d iscussion about a set of poems. \nIn Person | Saturday | October 10 | 12-1 pm ET \nRiverside Reading is open to all experience levels\; a $5 donation is encouraged but not required. \n\nAll are welcome. Please email suppor t@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/riverside-poetry-reading-group-october-26 / X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop: Poetry of Collaboration: Radical Togetherness in a Time of Crisis with Ayesha Raees DTSTART:20261010T170000Z DTEND:20261010T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:54526-1791637200-1791648000@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Collaborative poetry has a strong and compelling history that goes back to the Renaissance\, where poetry was a form of expression that called for togetherness in both its creation and performance\, rather than an individual effort. In France\, poets formed groups known as “virtuos o circles” and\, during the surrealist movement\, invented what is now c alled “Exquisite Corpse\,” a form of poetry where a number of poets bu ild onto a singular poem. In this generative workshop class\, we will be f ocusing on the history of collaborative poetry ranging from the Renaissanc e to modern day practice of hybridity\, and we will be exploring the possi bilities of collaborations not only in the forms already taken place (reng a\, haiga\, mushaira\, lunch bag sestinas\, tapestry etc.) but also by dev ising our own practices. We will bring in practices from non-western socie ties that\, traditionally and historically\, fetch from communitarian ways of existing\, and we will learn the tools to build intentional community. Students will create at least one poem as a group\, critically learn to t alk about processes and poetry\, and be encouraged to further develop coll aborative writing as a radical act during times of crises. \nThis course i s structured as a single three-hour session\, during which students will r eflect on their creative processes and share their poems. \n\nRemote 3-Hou r Workshop | Saturday | October 10 | 1 – 4pm ET | $105 ($90 for Members) \nThis remote class will take place on Zoom. The Zoom link will be ema iled to you by a staff member in the week leading up to the class start d ate. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of need-base d scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with a ny questions. By attending or participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nAyesha Raees عائشہ رئیس is a poet and artist identifying as a hybrid creating hybrid poetry through hybrid forms. Her interdisciplinary work places poe try at its center and delves into paint\, film\, sound\, theater\, perfor mance\, and collaboration with the intention of breaking conventional idea s of linear language\, form\, and genre to materialize a space of belongin g for marginalia and their narratives. \nHer work strongly revolves around issues of belonging and dislocation\, G/god and spirituality\, and beauty ::cruelty while possessing a strong agency for decolonial\, anti-violence\ , and anti-erasure practices. She edits poetry at The Margins and has rece ived endorsements from Asian American Writers Workshop\, Kundiman\, Brookl yn Poets\, UNESCO\, Millay Colony For The Arts and elsewhere. Her work has been published extensively\, including Poetry Northwest\, Pleiades\, The Nation\, Poets.org and others. Her first book of poems Coining A Wishing T ower won the Broken River Prize and was an Indies Award Finalist. Original ly from Lahore\, she is based in New York City. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-ayesha-raees-poetry-collaboratio n-radical-togetherness/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Remote Craft Intensive: Pádraig Ó Tuama: Poetry and Desire DTSTART:20261013T220000Z DTEND:20261014T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:50529-1791914400-1791921600@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Poetry and Desire \nWhat does it mean to desire something? We all know that desire can change once we get what it is we think we want? A nd what does it mean to lose desire? Join Pádraig Ó Tuama for a session incorporating readings\, prompts\, and sharing about themes of loss\, desi re\, longing and satisfaction. \n\nTuesday | October 13 | 6 – 8pm ET | $ 105 ($90 for Members) \nThis craft intensive will take place remotely on Z oom. \n\nAll are welcome\, space is limited. A limited number of need-base d scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By participating in the session\, you agree to abide by our Co mmunity Agreement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nPádraig Ó Tuama (b. 1975 Co rk\, Ireland) is a poet with interests in conflict\, language and religion . He presents Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios\, and has published t wo anthologies (2022\, 2025\, both with WW Norton) from that podcast. In e arly 2025 Copper Canyon Press published Kitchen Hymns\, his fourth poetr y collection. A freelance artist\, one of Ó Tuama’s projects is poet in residence with the Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Center at Columbia University. He serves as faculty at Yale Divinity School as a Professor i n the practice of Spirituality. He splits his time between Belfast and Ne w York City. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/craft-intensive-padraig-o-tuama-poetry-an d-desire/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seminar: Reading García Lorca's Poet in New York with Ricardo Alb erto Maldonado DTSTART:20261015T230000Z DTEND:20261016T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T050253Z UID:57747-1792090800-1792096200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:“When things are clear … Man imagines he has no need to di scover them … And he turns to murky matters to uncover secrets within th em that he already knew” – so say the two duendes in Federico García Lorca’s The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden. \nThis thr ee-session seminar on Poet in New York begins from the presumption that Ga rcía Lorca is not an obfuscating poet\, but rather one of our most radica lly legible poets\, one who made visible forms of love and desire that fas cism would not tolerate. \nFor him\, poetry is something that walks the st reets. It moves. It passes right beside us as a mystery and desire for all things that poetry can possess\, or be possessed by\, the awful\, cosmic problem that we seek to battle with in the murky world we may already know . \nCan we look at García Lorca’s “difficulty” as an ethical and ae sthetic practice\, as if he wants us to read the language of the world ins tantly even when his images startle us? Rather than deciphering symbols as fixed codes\, we will ask how his work teaches us to read relationships b etween body and landscape\, desire and death\, history and myth\, language and silence\, etc. \nStudents may use whatever edition they may have in h and of Poet in New York (1929-1930). The instructor will be using Greg Sim on and Steven F. White’s translations\, with a few detours into Jack Spi ce’s After Lorca\, which he will provide. \n\nRemote 3-Week Seminar | 3 Thursdays | October 15 – 29 | 7-8:30pm ET \nThis remote class will tak e place on Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to you by a staff member i n the week leading up to the class start date. \n\nAll are welcome\, sp ace is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or  participating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community A greement. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nRicardo Alberto Maldonado was born an d raised in Puerto Rico. He is the author of The Life Assignment (Four W ay Books\, 2020)\, a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award\, one of Remezcla’s Best Books by Latina or Lati n American Authors\, and Silver Medalist for the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award. He is also the translator of Dinapiera Di Donato’s C olaterales/ Collateral (National Poetry Series / Akashic Books\, 2013) an d coeditor of Puerto Rico en mi corazón (Anomalous Press\, 2019)\, a bi lingual anthology that raised funds for grassroots recovery efforts in Pue rto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Ricardo is the former President and Execut ive Director of the Academy of American Poets. Previously\, he served as t he codirector of 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center in New York City. He is the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, C antoMundo\, Queer|Art|Mentorship\, and the T. S. Eliot and Hawthornden fou ndations. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T050253Z LOCATION:Zoom\, NY\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/seminar-garcia-lorca-poet-in-new-york-ric ardo-alberto-maldonado/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop: Cut\, Paint\, Stitch: Writing Poetry Through Collage wit h Katya Borkov DTSTART:20261017T160000Z DTEND:20261017T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260822T062255Z UID:55792-1792238400-1792249200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:arts,education,literary DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, poets are invited to make use of a variety of visual tools to craft a poem through multimedia collage. \nWe’ll expl ore the visual qualities of text\, drawing inspiration from illuminated ma nuscripts\, calligrams\, photo-poetry\, calligraphy\, and other examples o f sewn\, etched\, printed\, painted\, multimedia poems across centuries an d continents. \nWhile you’re welcome to bring your own source materials and ephemera to work with\, you’ll be provided with all the tools and gu idance you need to compose your own visual poem\, including: \n\nText and images repurposed from magazines and damaged/discarded books\nWatercolor p aints\nColored pens\, pencils\, and wax pastels\nThread and needles\nFunct ional tools such as paper\, glue\, scissors\, etc.\n\nYour final work will take the form of a finished poem-on-paper or a small art book. This works hop is suited for beginners seeking an accessible window into the world of writing poetry\, as well as experienced poets eager to incorporate visual structures into their practice. \n\nIn-Person 3-Hour Workshop | Saturday | October 17 | 12-3pm ET | $105 ($90 for Members)  \nThis in-person works hop will take place at Poets House in the Kunitz Conference Room on the se cond floor\; elevator access is available. \n\nAll are welcome\, space i s limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Plea se email support@poetshouse.org with any questions. By attending or par ticipating in this program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreem ent. \n\nAbout the Educator: \nKatya Borkov is a poet\, multimedia artis t and facilitator leading interdisciplinary arts workshops as Everything S pills Studio. Her poetry has been featured by Poets House\, La Bouche\, Di scount Guillotine\, Temptations Salon\, Experimental Creations\, Secret Pe te’s\, At The Well and Auteurism. She has authored the photo-poetry chap book Flamingo Heights (Tiny Cutlery Press\, March 2025)\, as well as col lage-poetry zine “V. The Vision”\, and arts criticism in Impulse Magaz ine and AN Interior. LAST-MODIFIED:20260822T062255Z LOCATION:Stanley Kunitz Conference Room\, Poets House\, 10 River Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10282\, United States URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/workshop-poetry-collage-katya-borkov/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poets Out Loud: An LGBTQ+ Writing Group DTSTART:20261017T193000Z DTEND:20261017T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002447Z UID:60436-1792251000-1792258200@poetshouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:In-Person | Saturday | Oct 17 | 3:30 – 5:30pm \nPoets Out Lo ud meets the third Saturday of every month to read\, write\, and celebrate queer poetry. We spend the first half of this meeting writing new work\, and sharing our work in the second half. Bring your authentic selves\, you r best (or worst!) poems\, and a love for the written word. Open to all ex perience levels. \n\nAll are welcome\, by attending or participating in th is program\, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. \n\nAbout the Organizer: \nSean Glatch is a queer poet and educator in New York City. His work has appeared in Ninth Letter\, Milk Press\, 8 Poems\, Rising Ph oenix Press\, and The Poetry Annals\, among others. Sean currently runs  Writers.com\, the oldest writing school on the internet. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002447Z LOCATION:NY URL:https://poetshouse.org/event/poets-out-loud-oct-17/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Poets House X-SOURCE-URL:https://poetshouse.org/programs-events/upcoming-events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR