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  • Workshops & Discussions

    Library Book Club Online: No‘u Revilla – AT CAPACITY

    Friday, April 28th, 12:00 PM CDT–1:30 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In April, we will read and discuss Ask the Brindled by No‘u Revilla.  Registration is required for this event....

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  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Staff & Friends Reading: Adrian Matejka, Maggie Queeney, Charif Shanahan & Patricia Smith

    Thursday, April 27th, 7:00 PM CST–8:00 PM CST

    Join us for a reading celebrating new book releases by Poetry Foundation staff and friends: Adrian Matejka, Maggie Queeney, Charif Shanahan, and Patricia Smith.

    Adrian Matejka, a Black man with short black hair sits at a table. Maggie Queeney, a white woman with shoulder-length hair, stands inside a wall of vines. She is wearing a white lace top in this black and white headshot. Charif Shanahan
  • Celebrations

    One Poem, One Chicago

    Tuesday, April 25th – Saturday, June 10th, 1:30 PM CDT–6 PM CDT

    To complement Chicago’s collective reading of Blacks, there will be several free events and opportunities to learn about Ms. Brooks’s life and legacy. 

    Artwork of Gwendolyn Brooks in profile with a hand under her chin, enclosed in two circles. Around the artwork are other circles and the text: "One Poem, One Chicago 2023. Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks."
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Process - AT CAPACITY

    Tuesday, April 25th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, April 26th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, April 26th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this special process session, we will explore the role of questions and questioning in...

    An abstract illustration featuring 11 characters, all wearing muted-color clothing. They are positioned on or around large books that have red, pink, and orange tones. One is using a pencil the size of her body to draw a scribble and another is walking th
  • Readings & Lectures

    Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online)

    Saturday, April 22nd, 3:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT

    Join us for a virtual reading celebrating the Forms & Features poets.

    An abstract illustration featuring 11 characters, all wearing muted-color clothing. They are positioned on or around large books that have red, pink, and orange tones. One is using a pencil the size of her body to draw a scribble and another is walking th
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Poetry off the Shelf: Renee Gladman, Eileen Myles & Simone White

    Thursday, April 20th, 7:00 PM CST–8:30 PM CST

    Join us for a reading and conversation with Renee Gladman, Eileen Myles, and Simone White, celebrating their new book releases.

    Renee Gladman, an African-American woman with dark hair gathered in bun at the top of her head, is captured while talking. Eileen Myles wears sunglasses and a blazer. Simone White, a black woman with silver hair in a bun, sits on a window ledge, looking i
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Pantoum – AT CAPACITY

    Tuesday, April 18th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, April 19th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT
    Thursday, April 20th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the pantoum, a form born of Malaysian oral poetry that...

    An abstract illustration featuring 11 characters, all wearing muted-color clothing. They are positioned on or around large books that have red, pink, and orange tones. One is using a pencil the size of her body to draw a scribble and another is walking th
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Poetics in Practice: Art Writers Panel

    Saturday, April 15th, 2:00 PM CST–3:00 CST

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation during EXPO for a panel on art writing.

    Camille Bacon, Black femme with a long bubble pony tail, she is wearing a black collared shirt and pants. Amarie Cemone Gipson, a Black woman, in the thinker pose outside in a beige dress with colorful geometric patterns. Daria Simone Harper, a Black woma
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Library Book Club Online: Tishani Doshi – AT CAPACITY

    Friday, March 31st, 12:00 PM CDT–1:30 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In March, we will read and discuss A God at the Door by Tishani Doshi.  Registration is required for...
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Poetry & Grief: Raquel Salas Rivera & Angel Dominguez

    Thursday, March 30th, 7PM CST–8PM CST

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation for a reading on Poetry & Grief with Raquel Salas Rivera and Angel Dominguez.

    Raquel Salas Rivera, a trans person looks directly at the camera over his shoulder. Angel Dominguez, a Latinx person with long black hair wearing lavender framed glasses holding galaxy petunias with a giant sequoia behind them.
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features with grace (ge) gilbert – AT CAPACITY

    Thursday, March 30th, 6:00 PM CST–8:00 PM CST

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Critique & Nostalgia: Digital Explorations of Visual Poetics and Collage,” created and led by grace (ge) gilbert. In this session,...
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Assonance – AT CAPACITY

    Monday, March 27th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT
    Tuesday, March 28th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, March 29th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore assonance, the audible repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words....
  • Celebrations

    A House Called Tomorrow: Copper Canyon at 50

    Saturday, March 25th, 2:00 PM–3:00 PM

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation for a celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th anniversary.

    Clockwise from top left: Chris Abani, a Black man with glasses wearing a lilac polo shirt. Tishani Doshi, a Welsh-Indian woman sits on a beach with her mischievous dog Buggy Alison C. Rollins, a Black woman with curly black hair gathered into a bun wear
  • Readings & Lectures

    Copper Canyon 50th Anniversary Reading: Chris Abani, Tishani Doshi, Alison C. Rollins, Arthur Sze & Javier Zamora

    Thursday, March 23rd, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation for a celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th anniversary.

    Clockwise from top left: Chris Abani, a Black man with glasses wearing a lilac polo shirt. Tishani Doshi, a Welsh-Indian woman sits on a beach with her mischievous dog Buggy Alison C. Rollins, a Black woman with curly black hair gathered into a bun wear
  • Readings & Lectures

    Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online)

    Thursday, March 16th, 7:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT

    Join us for a virtual reading celebrating the Forms & Features poets.

    An abstract illustration featuring 11 characters, all wearing muted-color clothing. They are positioned on or around large books that have red, pink, and orange tones. One is using a pencil the size of her body to draw a scribble and another is walking th
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Sestina – AT CAPACITY

    Monday, March 13th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT
    Tuesday, March 14th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, March 15th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the sestina, a highly complex verse form created by French...
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Off the Chain: AWP Reception & Cave Canem Fellow Reading

    Wednesday, March 8th, 6:00 PM PST–9:00 PM PST

    Join us for an off-site AWP reception and reading with Cave Canem at Town Hall Seattle.

    A banner with the event title, date, time, and performer lineup. On the far right is the Cave Canem logo illustration of a dog breaking out of its leash and the Poetry Foundation’s logo.
  • Readings & Lectures

    Open Door: Ari Banias, Joss Barton, Alex Jane Cope, & KOKUMO

    Thursday, March 2nd, 7PM CST–8PM CST

    Join us for an Open Door event featuring Ari Banias, Joss Barton, Alex Jane Cope and KOKUMO.

    Ari Banias, a white trans person with short brown hair and black glasses, stands with the San Francisco Bay in the background. Joss Barton, a brown trans woman, holds her face as wind blows her black hair around her face against a red brick wall. She is w
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Library Book Club Online: Wanda Coleman – AT CAPACITY

    Friday, February 24th, 12:00 PM CST–1:30 PM CST

    All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In February, we will read and discuss Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman.  Registration is required for this event. To...
  • Readings & Lectures

    VS Live in Detroit! Season 6 Finale

    Thursday, February 23rd, 6:30PM EST–9:30PM EST

    Join us for an in-person celebration of Season 6 of VS with our first live episode recording since 2020! Featuring Aricka Foreman and Tommye Blount.

    Aricka Foreman- Black woman against a red-brick wall, with undercut and locs to the right side, wearing plum-red lipstick and wood, square-framed glasses; wearing a thick, grey cable knit scarf and caramel brown leather coat. Tommye Blount headshot - In
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