All Events

Wednesday, Feb 8, 8:00pm

New York, NY

POETRY AS SURVIVAL:
AN EVENING WITH GREGORY ORR

"Poetry is a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions and traumatic events that come with being alive." — Gregory Orr

A conversation exploring the intersection between creative expression and mental health—Gregory Orr will present and converse with Arts in Mind curator Joshua Wolf Shenk and Donald Rosen, the CEO and Medical Director of the Austen Riggs Center.

Gregory Orr is the author of 10 collections of poetry, a Guggenheim and NEA fellow, and a long-time professor of creative writing at the University of Virginia. Orr has given his career to showing the healing power of poetry and explaining the complex matters of craft, aesthetics, and psychology that make this possible.

Admission is free. 

Co-sponsored by Arts in Mind, the Sandor Ferenzci Center at the New School in New York City, and the Erikson Institute for Education and Research at the Austen Riggs Center.

The New School's Arnold Hall
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor

Friday, Feb 10, 5:00pm

New York, NY

LITERARY LEGACY: TWO WRITERS IN CONVERSATION ON CRAFT & PROCESS
Mark Doty and Tracy K. Smith

Literary Legacy invites you to engage with Mark Doty and Tracy K. Smith as they converse on topics of craft and their process. Moderated by Darrel Alejandro Holnes. 

Mark Doty is the author of numerous collections of poetry, most recently Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (2008), which received the National Book Award; School of the Arts (2005); Source (2002); and Sweet Machine (1998). 

Tracy K. Smith's first collection, The Body's Question (2003), won the Cave Canem Prize in 2002. Her second book, Duende ( 2007), won the 2006 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. Her third collection, Life on Mars, was published by Graywolf Press in 2011. 

Co-sponsored by the NYU Creative Writing Program.

Admission is free.

Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York University
58 West 10th Street

Friday, Mar 2, 3:00pm

Chicago, IL

THE DOORS OF MY HEART: A TRIBUTE TO DEBORAH DIGGES with Patrick Phillips, Susan Mitchell, Joelle Biele, and Alice Quinn

Join us to celebrate the life and work of the late poet, memoirist, and teacher, Deborah Digges (1950-2009), whose startling lyricism and soulful intelligence have been deeply important to a wide range of contemporary writers. Our panelists, who include editors, long-time friends, and former students, will read from Digges's work and discuss both her life and her lasting impact on American poetry.

Admission is free with conference registration.

Associated Writing Program Conference 
Marquette, Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor 

Friday, Mar 2, 4:30pm

Chicago, IL

PSA PRESENTS AT AWP: C. K. Williams

PSA Presents C. K. Williams at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference. Williams will read his poetry and participate in a moderated discussion with Alice Quinn.

C. K. Williams  is the author of numerous books of poetry and translations, including Wait (2011), The Singing (2003), which won the National Book Award; Repair (1999), winner of a Pulitzer Prize; and Flesh and Blood (1987), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Among his many awards and honors are an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, and a Pushcart Prize. Williams teaches in the creative writing program at Princeton University and lives part of each year in Paris.

Admission is free with conference registration.

Associated Writing Program Conference
Grand Ballroom
Hilton Chicago, 2nd Floor 

Saturday, Mar 3, 1:30pm

Chicago, IL

PSA PRESENTS AT AWP: Mary Jo Bang and Ed Roberson

PSA Presents Mary Jo Bang and Ed Roberson at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference. Bang and Roberson will read and then participate in a moderated discussion with Darrel Alejandro Holnes. Introduced by Alice Quinn.

Admission is free with conference registration.

Associated Writing Program Conference
Grand Ballroom
Hilton Chicago, 2nd Floor 

Thursday, Mar 8, 7:00pm

New York, NY

THE NEW SALON: READINGS AND CONVERSATIONS
Meghan O'Rourke with Deborah Landau

New Salon welcomes poet Meghan O'Rourke to read her newest poems, followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Deborah Landau.

Meghan O'Rourke is the author of two collections of poetry, Once (2011) and Halflife (2008). She is also the author of the memoir The Long Goodbye (2011), a chronicle of mourning written after the death of her mother. From 2005-2010 O'Rourke was poetry co-editor for the Paris Review, and in 2000 she was a fiction editor for the New Yorker.  Since 2001 she has been a contributing writer for the online magazine Slate.

Co-sponsored by the NYU Creative Writing Program.

Admission is free.

Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York University
58 West 10th Street

Saturday, Mar 10, 4:00pm

Bronx, NY

A SEASON IN POETRY:
Star Black, Dave Lucas, and Patrick Phillips

A Season in Poetry welcomes the spring with poets Star Black, Dave Lucas, and Patrick Phillips, who will read classic poems and poems of their own to celebrate the season.

Co-sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden.

Admission is free with All Garden Pass admission to the Botanical Garden.

For directions see www.nybg.org

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

Tuesday, Mar 13, 7:00pm

Los Angeles, CA

AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE:
Douglas Kearney and Edgar Arceneaux

As part of the new national series Red, White, &  Blue: Poets on Politics presented by the Poetry Society of America and its partners this election year, poet Doug Kearney and artist-activist Edgar Arceneaux of the Watts House Project discuss their individual engagement with politics in their artistic practices, and the world of arts and letters. 

Co-sponsored by [ALOUD], Library Foundation of Los Angeles.

Admission is free. Reservations recommended.

630 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 

Wednesday, Mar 14, 7:00pm

Los Angeles, CA

RED, WHITE, & BLUE: POETS ON POLITICS
Douglas Kearney, Prageeta Sharma, and Matthew Zapruder

As part of the new national series Red, White, & Blue: Poets on Politics, presented by the Poetry Society of America and its partners this election year, poets Douglas Kearney, Prageeta Sharma, and Matthew Zapruder will read and discuss their poems and the role of politics in the literary landscape today. Introduced by Alice Quinn and moderated by Darrel Alejandro Holnes.

Co-sponsored by Pen Center USA. 

Admission is free. Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00pm.

Annex
Hammer Museum 
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Monday, Mar 19, 8:00pm

Los Angeles, CA

Monday Evenings at the Geffen:
with Rita Mae Reese, Eduardo C. Corral, and Beckian Fritz Goldberg

Red Hen Press and the Poetry Society of America are pleased to invite you to spend an evening with the finest authors of our time at Red Hen's Monday Evenings at the Geffen Playhouse.

Admission: General $20/PSA Members, Students, and Seniors $10

The Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
www.geffenplayhouse.com

Tuesday, Mar 20, 5:30pm

Washington DC

LATINO/A POETRY NOW:
William Archila and Ruth Irupe Sanabria

Continuing our tour of Latino/a poets around the nation, cosponsored by Letras Latinas, this event features the rich and dynamic voices of poets William Archila and Ruth Irupe Sanabria.

Admission is free. 

5:30 PM Seminar
New North 408

8:00 PM Reading
Copley Formal Lounge

Georgetown University
37th ST and O ST, NW Washington DC 
http://maps.georgetown.edu

This event is hosted by Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice as part of their 2011-2012 Readings and Talks Series, and cosponsored by Letras Latinas of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and the Library of Congress' Hispanic Division and Poetry and Literature Center. 

Thu-Fri, Mar 29-30

New York, NY

A CELEBRATION OF THE CHAPBOOK

Now in its fourth year, the festival features a two-day bookfair with chapbook publishers from around the country, workshops, and the  reading of the 2011 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellows.

Free and open to the public.
 

Workshop: Nuts and Bolts for Publishers
Thursday March 29, 3pm

Ryan Murphy, Reservoir Editions
Iris Cushing and Elizabeth Clark Wessel, Argos Books

C Level, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Free registration required for all workshops.
To register, e-mail ksullivan@gc.cuny.edu.

PSA Chapbook Fellows Reading
Friday, March 30th, 7:00 PM

2011 PSA Chapbook Winners:  EJ Garcia, Angela Veronica Wong, Alison Roh Park, Marni Ludwig.
Introduced by Alice Quinn 

Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, corner of 34th Street
Please visit chapbookfestival.org for further details.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Book Arts; the Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY; and Queens College, CUNY, MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation;  Poets House; and Poets & Writers.

Thursday, Mar 29, 7:00pm

New York, NY

THE NEW SALON: READINGS AND CONVERSATIONS
Glyn Maxwell with Alice Quinn and Belinda McKeon

New Salon welcomes poet Glyn Maxwell to read his newest poems, followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Belinda McKeon. Introduced by Alice Quinn.

Glyn Maxwell is the author of several collections of poetry, including Out of the Rain (1992), which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and The Nerve (2002), which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and One Thousand Nights and Counting: Selected Poem (2011). He has taught at Amherst College, Columbia University, and The New School, and was poetry editor of the New Republic from 2001 to 2007.

Co-sponsored by the NYU Creative Writing Program.

Admission is free.

Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York University
58 West 10th Street

Monday, Apr 2, 7:00pm

New York, NY

RED, WHITE, & BLUE: POETS ON POLITICS
CAConrad, Filip Marinovich, Eileen Myles, and Patricia Smith

As part of the national series Red, White, and Blue: Poets on Politics, presented by the Poetry Society of America and its partners this election year, poets CAConrad, Filip Marinovich, Eileen Myles, and Patricia Smith will read and discuss their poems and the role of politics in the literary landscape today.

Co-sponsored by the New School Writing Program

Admission is free.

Wollmann Hall
The New School
65 West 11th Street

Tuesday, Apr 3, 7:00pm

Nashville, TN

THE NEW SALON AT VANDERBILT
Don Paterson with Alice Quinn

New Salon welcomes poet Don Paterson to read  his newest work, followed by a discussion moderated by Alice Quinn.

Co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, Vanderbilt University.

Admission is free. 

126 Wilson Hall
Vanderbilt University

Thursday, Apr 12, 7:00pm

New York, NY

THE NEW SALON: READINGS AND CONVERSATIONS
Linda Gregerson with Darrel Alejandro Holnes

New Salon welcomes poet Linda Gregerson to read her newest poems, followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Darrel Alejandro Holnes.

Linda Gregerson is the author of four volumes of poetry including Magnetic North (2007), Waterborne (2002), winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep (1996), a finalist for both The Poet's Prize and the Lenore Marshall Award. She is the Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, where she teaches creative writing and Renaissance literature.

Co-sponsored by the NYU Creative Writing Program.

Admission is free.

Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York University
58 West 10th Street

Tuesday, Apr 24, 7:00pm

New York, NY

A Tribute to Philip Larkin

A Tribute to Philip Larkin on the occasion of the publication of The Complete Poems, edited by Archie Burnett and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Readings by Meena Alexander, Archie Burnett, Billy Collins, James Fenton, Jonathan Galassi, Deborah Garrison, Adam Gopnik, Eamon Grennan, Mary Karr, Nick Laird, J.D. McClatchy, D. Nurkse, Katha Pollitt, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Saskia Hamilton, Vijay Seshadri, Paul Simon, Zadie Smith, and Andrew Sullivan.

With live musical performances of some of Larkin's favorite jazz by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Sidney Bechet, and Duke Ellington.

Admission is free.

Co-sponsored by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

The Great Hall at Cooper Union
7 East 7^th Street, New York City

Thursday, May 3, 6:00pm

New York, NY

Montale Early and Late:
An evening of readings and discussions of the poetry of Eugenio Montale

Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren, and Fausto Lombardi, with Rebecca West, celebrate the publication of William Arrowsmith's translation of The Collected Poems of Eugenio Montale 1925-1977 (Norton 2012) and Jonathan Galassi's revised Eugenio Montale: Collected Poems of Eugenio Montale 1920-1954 (FSG, 2012).

Co-sponsored by Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers and the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. 

Italian Cultural Institute 
686 Park Avenue
(Between 68th and 69th street)

RSVP:
f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com 

Friday, May 4, 7:30pm

Queens, NY

POETS IN THE PLAYHOUSE:
Rita Dove's Thomas and Beulah

Poets in the Playhouse, brings  poetry from page to stage, beginning with a theatrical staging by students of Thomas and Beulah, the Pulitzer prize-winning collection by Rita Dove at Queens College with a theatrical staging by students. Introduced by Darrel Alejandro Holnes.

Co-sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation and the Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance.

The Little Theater at Queens College
King Hall, Room 115 
65-30 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, New York

Saturday, May 5

New York City

PEN WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL

Memory in Harlem
6:30–8 p.m.

With Etgar Keret, Adam Mansbach, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Tracy K. Smith, Sonia Sanchez and Marcus Samuelsson

What is memory? Is it more than just the residue of time passed? Can memory also nourish the mind, uplift the spirit? At Harlem's Schomburg Center, writers including Adam Mansbach, Etgar Keret, and Tracy K. Smith will read from their works dealing with the complexities and intricacies of memory. With Marcus Samuelsson, of Red Rooster.

The New York Public Library
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
Harlem, New York City

Tickets: $15/$10 PEN & PSA Members and students with valid ID. Call (866) 811-4111 or visit ovationtix.com

Co-sponsored by Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel,  and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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Metamorphosis in the East Village
7–8:30 p.m.

With Danielle Evans, John Haskell, Anka Muhlstein, Idra Novey, Thomas Sayers Ellis, and Maud Casey

When change occurs, what does it leave in its wake? What is left behind? Where better to explore these questions than in The Standard's new hotel—itself a symbol of the ever-changing East Village. Join John Haskell, Anka Muhlstein, and others as they discuss the metamorphoses of identity and ideology in their work, and in today's literary landscape.

The Standard, East Village
25 Cooper Sq.
New York City

Tickets: $15/$10 PEN & PSA Members and students with valid ID. Call  (866) 811-4111 or visit ovationtix.com

Tuesday, May 8, 7:00pm

New York, NY

102nd Annual Awards Ceremony

The evening will  honor our 2012 Frost Medalist Marilyn Nelson, who will deliver the annual Frost lecture, and celebrate the winners of our Annual Awards with readings by winners Lily Brown, Wanda Coleman, Jehanne Dubrow, Emily Kendal Frey, Suji Kwock Kim, Lise Goett,  Jennifer Maier, Bruce Smith, and Susan Terris.

Admission is free.

The Grand Ballroom, The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South

Saturday, May 12, 4:00pm

Bronx, NY

A SEASON IN POETRY:
Erika Meitner, Benjamin Paloff, and Thomas Sleigh

A Season in Poetry welcomes the summer with poets Erika Meitner, Benjamin Paloff, and Thomas Sleigh, who will read work classic poems and poems of their own to celebrate the season.

Co-sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden.

Admission is free with All Garden Pass admission to the Botanical Garden.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

For directions see www.nybg.org

Sunday, May 13, 2:00pm

Brooklyn, NY

Poets on Painters
Kenneth Goldsmith and David Shapiro on Keith Haring with Darrel Alejandro Holnes

Poets Kenneth Goldsmith and David Shapiro with Darrel Alejandro Holnes discuss the interchange of ideas between the visual arts and the written word in New York City during 1978-1982 in homage to Keith Haring, and read their poetry.  Presented in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum, and the Keith Haring: 1978-1982 exhibition.

Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY

Saturday, May 19, 4:00pm

Bronx, NY

Monet to Mallarmé: The French Symbolist Poets
Rosanna Warren, Bill Zavatsky, Mark Polizzotti, and Metta Sama

Monet to Mallarmé a salon series at the New York Botanical Garden presenting readings by contemporary poets and scholars of their favorite French Symbolist poetry. This stunning tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet showcases poets, scholars, and translators over the course of a six-event series.

Co-sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden.

Admission is free with All Garden Pass admission to the Botanical Garden.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

For directions see www.nybg.org

PDF of Press Release

 

Tuesday, May 22, 7:00pm

Los Angeles, CA

PSA SPOTLIGHT SERIES:
Monica Lee Copeland, Janice N. Harrington, Anna Journey, and Kevin Simmonds

The Spotlight hits LA once more, shedding its light on poets Monica Lee Copeland,  Janice N. Harrington, Anna Journey, and Kevin Simmonds. Their reading will be followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Darrel Alejandro Holnes.

Co-sponsored by Red Hen Press.

Admission is $10 / $5 for PSA Members and Students.

Boston Court Performing Arts Center
The Theatre @ Boston Court
70 North Mentor Avenue 

Thursday, Jun 7, 6:30pm

New York, NY

Liu Xiaobo’s June Fourth Elegies: A Reading and Discussion with Jeffrey Yang and Larry Siems

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was a prominent figure in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Each year after the government crackdown he commemorated his fellow activists with a poem. The poems will be published in both English and Chinese for the first time in the volume June Fourth Elegies. Liu is currently serving an 11-year jail sentence in China for his political writings.

Poet, editor at New Directions, and translator Jeffrey Yang will read a selection from his translation of Liu's June Fourth Elegies. Yang will be joined by Larry Siems, director of the PEN American Center's Freedom to Write Program for a discussion on Liu's poetic process and the state of free expression in contemporary China.

Free and open to the public

RSVP to programs@mocanyc.org

The Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013

Saturday, Jun 9, 4:00pm

Bronx, NY

Monet to Mallarmé: Rimbaud
Elena Rivera, Vincent Katz, and Thomas Sayers Ellis

Monet to Mallarmé a salon series at the New York Botanical Garden presenting readings by contemporary poets and scholars of their favorite French Symbolist poetry. This stunning tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet showcases poets, scholars, and translators over the course of a six-event series.

Co-sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden.

Admission is free with All Garden Pass admission to the Botanical Garden.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

For directions see www.nybg.org

PDF of Press Release 

Saturday, Jul 14, 4:00pm

Bronx, NY

Monet to Mallarmé: Baudelaire
Richard Howard, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, and Nancy Milford

Monet to Mallarmé a salon series at the New York Botanical Garden presenting readings by contemporary poets and scholars of their favorite French Symbolist poetry. This stunning tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet showcases poets, scholars, and translators over the course of a six-event series.

Co-sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden.

Admission is free with All Garden Pass admission to the Botanical Garden.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

For directions see www.nybg.org

PDF of Press Release 

Saturday, Aug 11, 4:00pm

Bronx, NY

Monet to Mallarmé: Mallarmé
Mary Ann Caws, Laila Pedro, Paul Legault and Susan Mitchell

Monet to Mallarmé a salon series at the New York Botanical Garden presenting readings by contemporary poets and scholars of their favorite French Symbolist poetry. This stunning tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet showcases poets, scholars, and translators over the course of a six-event series.

Co-sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden.

Admission is free with All Garden Pass admission to the Botanical Garden.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

For directions see www.nybg.org

PDF of Press Release 

Sunday, Aug 12, 6:00pm

New York, NY

Pardon Our Analysis:
An All-Star Gathering for Gil Scott-Heron

29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival

Performed by Black Rock Coalition Orchestra & Guests
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, artistic director

Featuring Brian Jackson, Sapphire, Martha Redbone, Abiodun Oyewole, Sandra St. Victor, Carl Hancock Rux, A. Van Jordan, Gordon Voidwell, Hanifah Walidah, Willie Perdomo, and surprise guests.

Aloe Blacc

Swamp Dogg

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Roots of American Music presented in association with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation.

Pardon Our Analysis is presented in collaboration with the Black Rock Coalition and Poetry Society of America.

In cooperation with the Estate of Gil Scott-Heron.

Damrosch Park Bandshell