Date	Title	Poet
03/07/14	e.e. cummings and Edna St. Vincent Millay: 20th Century Stars
e.e. cummings and Edna St. Vincent Millay: 20th Century Stars WITH BLAIR BROWN, SUSAN CHEEVER, BILLY COLLINS, AND NANCY MILFORD Blair Brown is a theater, film, and television actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Copenhagen. She played Nina Sharp in the television series Fringe. Susan Cheever is the author of E.E. Cummings: A Life, just published by Alfred A. Knopf. She is also the author of fourteen books—among them Louisa May Alcott, American Bloomsbury, Home Before Dark, and Looking for Work. A Guggenheim fellow and a member of the Yaddo Corporation, she currently teaches at the MFA programs at Bennington College and The New School. She lives in New York City. Billy Collins is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems; Horoscopes for the Dead; Ballistics; and Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems. He served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003. Nancy Milford is the author of Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Zelda: A Biography. She has been an Annenberg Fellow at Brown University, a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, and has received Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships. Thursday, March 6, 2014 The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Bruno Walter Auditorium In Tributes
11/06/13	Meghan O'Rourke	Meghan O'Rourke
Meghan O'Rourke In New Salon Series
11/01/13	Tina Chang	Tina Chang
Tina Chang Reading and in conversation with Alice Quinn. Co-sponsored with New York University Creative Writing Program. March 14, 2013 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House New York, New York In New Salon Series
11/01/13	Lucie Brock-Broido	Lucie Brock-Broido
Lucie Brock-Broido Reading and in conversation with Charif Shanahan. Co-sponsored with New York University Creative Writing Program. October 17, 2013 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House New York, New York In New Salon Series
11/01/13	Edward Hirsch	Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch Reading and in conversation with Charif Shanahan. Co-sponsored with New York University Creative Writing Program. February 7, 2013 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House New York, New York In New Salon Series
04/25/12	A Tribute to Philip Larkin	Philp Larkin
A Tribute to Philip Larkin Meena Alexander "Going" Archie Burnett "After drinking Glenfiddich" Billy Collins "At Grass" Thomas Sayers Ellis "Money" James Fenton "To the Sea" Jonathan Galassi "Talking in Bed" Deborah Garrison "Poetry of Departures" Adam Gopnik "For Sidney Bechet" Eamon Grennan "The Explosion" Saskia Hamilton "First Sight" Mary Karr "High Windows" Nick Laird "Aubade" J.D. McClatchy "Sad Steps" D. Nurkse "Home is so Sad" Katha Pollitt "Dockery and Son" Rowan Ricardo Phillips "MCMXIV" Vijay Seshadri "Church Going" Paul Simon "The Mower" Zadie Smith "The Old Fools" Andrew Sullivan "The Whitsun Weddings"Readings Readings of Poems by Philp Larkin Meena Alexander reading "Going" Archie Burnett reading "After drinking Glenfiddich" Billy Collins "At Grass" Thomas Sayers Ellis "Money" James Fenton "To the Sea" Jonathan Galassi "Talking in Bed" Deborah Garrison "Poetry of Departures" Adam Gopnik "For Sidney Bechet" Eamon Grennan "The Explosion" Saskia Hamilton "First Sight" Mary Karr "High Windows" Nick Laird "Aubade" J.D. McClatchy "Sad Steps" D. Nurkse "Home is so Sad" Katha Pollitt "Dockery and Son" Rowan Ricardo Phillips "MCMXIV" Vijay Seshadri "Church Going" Paul Simon "The Mower" Zadie Smith "The Old Fools" Andrew Sullivan "The Whitsun Weddings" Musical Performances by the Queens College Louis Armstrong Ensemble. Direction, David Engelhard. Tuesday April 24th, 2012 The Great Hall at Cooper Union Co-sponsored by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art In Tributes
03/15/12	Eduardo C. Corral	Eduardo C. Corral
Eduardo C. Corral Eduardo C. Corral reads "Monologue of a Vulture's Shadow" on November 8th, 2011 as part of Latino/a Poetry Now. Co-sponsored by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Poetry Society of America, and the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. In Readings
03/15/12	Rosa Alcalá	Rosa Alcalá
Rosa Alcalá Rosa Alcalá reads her poem "Autobiography" on November 8th, 2011 as part of Latino/a Poetry Now. Co-sponsored by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Poetry Society of America, and the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. In Readings
03/15/12	Aracelis Girmay	Aracelis Girmay
Aracelis Girmay Aracelis Girmay reads "Kingdom Animalia" on November 8th, 2011 as part of Latino/a Poetry Now. Co-sponsored by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Poetry Society of America, and the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. In Readings
03/15/12	Latino/a Poetry Now: A Conversation	Rosa Alcalá Eduardo C. Corral Aracelis Girmay Francisco Aragón
Latino/a Poetry Now: A Conversation November 8th, 2011 Woodberry Poetry Room Rosa Alcalá, Eduardo C. Corral, and Aracelis Girmay in conversation. Moderated by Francisco Aragón (director of Letras Latinas). Co-sponsored by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Poetry Society of America, and the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. In On Poetry
09/20/11	Reading with Kay Ryan	Kay Ryan
Reading with Kay Ryan March 30, 2006 The New School New York City In Readings
09/12/11	Contemporary Masters: Gary Snyder	Gary Snyder
Contemporary Masters: Gary Snyder March 10, 2006 The New School Tishman Auditorium Co-Sponsored with The New School Creative Writing Program. In Readings
09/12/11	Contemporary Masters: Jack Gilbert	Jack Gilbert
Contemporary Masters: Jack Gilbert March 10, 2006 The New School Tishman Auditorium Co-Sponsored with The New School Creative Writing Program. In Readings
09/12/11	Contemporary Masters: Maxine Kumin	Maxine Kumin
Contemporary Masters: Maxine Kumin March 10, 2006 The New School Tishman Auditorium Co-Sponsored with The New School Creative Writing Program. In Readings
09/12/11	Contemporary Masters: Irving Feldman
Contemporary Masters: Irving Feldman Introduced by Alice Quinn. March 10, 2006 The New School Tishman Auditorium Co-Sponsored with The New School Creative Writing Program. In Readings
09/07/11	In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems (part 1)
In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems (part 1) In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems After the tragedy on September 11th, 2001, the New York City literary community sponsored a now historic reading at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, introduced by Alice Quinn and featuring in Part 1 readings by Billy Collins, Alastair Reid, Michael Cunningham, Eve Ensler, Jorie Graham, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Stanley Kunitz. Monday, October 22nd, 2001 The Great Hall, Cooper Union Co-sponsored with The Academy of American Poets, Poets House, PEN American Center, Poets & Writers, Inc., The Unterberg Poetry Center, Columbia University School of the Arts, NYU Creative Writing Program, New School Graduate Writing Program, CLMP, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Writer's Voice, and Cooper Union. In Readings
09/06/11	In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems (part 2)
In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems (part 2) In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems After the tragedy on September 11th, 2001, the New York City literary community sponsored a now historic reading at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, introduced by Alice Quinn and featuring in Part 2 readings by Robert Pinksy, Sapphire, Vijay Seshadri, Anna Deavere Smith, Susan Sontag, and C. K. Williams. Monday, October 22nd, 2001 The Great Hall, Cooper Union Co-sponsored with The Academy of American Poets, Poets House, PEN American Center, Poets & Writers, Inc., The Unterberg Poetry Center, Columbia University School of the Arts, NYU Creative Writing Program, New School Graduate Writing Program, CLMP, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Writer's Voice, and Cooper Union. In Readings
07/26/11	Song of the Turkey Buzzard: On the Poetry of Lew Welch, with Gary Snyder	Lew Welch Gary Snyder
Song of the Turkey Buzzard: On the Poetry of Lew Welch, with Gary Snyder Podcast provided by The Library Foundation's ALOUD series Recorded May 26, 2011 Co-presented with the Poetry Society of America For more information about the event visit The Library Foundation. To purchase a broadside of "Axe Handles," signed by Gary Snyder and made exclusively for this event, visit The Library Foundation store. In Tributes
07/06/11	Charles Wright	Charles Wright
Charles Wright Reading and in conversation with Alice Quinn. Co-sponsored with New York University Creative Writing Program. November 19, 2010 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House New York, New York In New Salon Series
07/06/11	Olena Kalytiak Davis	Olena Kalytiak Davis
Olena Kalytiak Davis Reading and in conversation with Deborah Landau. Co-sponsored with New York University Creative Writing Program. February 18, 2010 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House New York, New York In New Salon Series