Past Events

Únete a nosotros para una conversación entre los poetas del festival internacional de poesía en español, Poesía en Abril.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Under the Knife: Poetry of Medical Intervention,” created and led by Natalia Conte.

Join us for the book launch for Ulrich Jesse K Baer’s Deer Black Out.

Join us for a free four-week hybrid program exploring visual poetry in partnership with the Hyde Park Art Center’s 65+ Education program. Together, we will read, discuss, and compose visual...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the body in poetry and poetic somatic practices.

Join us for the April Open Door reading with Flor Flores + Maricela Guerrero Reyes and Érika Ordos + Jules Zinn.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will explore the relationship of image and text in the current...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore personification, the device that transforms the non-human (the animal, the...

Join us for a panel on Afro-Latinx Poetry Now with Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Diannely Antigua, Jasminne Mendez, and Yesenia Montilla as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Letras...

Join us for a reading with Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Diannely Antigua, Jasminne Mendez, and Yesenia Montilla as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Letras Latinas.

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In March, we will read and discuss Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück. 

Join us for the March Open Door reading with Claire Pentecost + Beth Jacobs and MMM + Clareese Hill.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “The Infra-Ordinary: All That Goes Unnoticed,” created and led by Alecia Beymer.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we focus on rhyme, a correspondence of sound that Rilke called the...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we continue our exploration of Poetry of Protest. The group will explore...

Join us for a virtual reading celebrating the 2024 Forms & Features Visiting Teaching Artists.

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All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In February, we will read and discuss Unfortunately, It Was Paradise by Mahmoud Darwish. Registration is required for this...

Celebrate the opening of Kara Walker: Back of Hand with curator Katie Geha and Krista Franklin.

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In January, we will read and discuss 100 Notes on Violence by Julie Carr. Registration is required for this...