Celebrate National Poetry Month at Poets House. Bring a poem to read to others and enjoy refreshments. Learn about Poetry Path, a partnership between Poets House and Battery Park City Authority that celebrates poetry with signage in the parks.
BETTISSIMA: TREASURES FROM THE ELIZABETH KRAY ARCHIVES # 6PM: OPENING RECEPTION, # 7PM: POETRY READING # Betty Kray (1916 – 1987) – dubbed Bettissima by E.E. Cummings - was a visionary arts administrator, co-founder of Poets House with Stanley Kunitz …
ANNE CARSON: ON STILLNESS Renowned poet, classicist, and translator Anne Carson explores the concept of stillness with a discussion of various ancient and modern artists and art forms, including Homer, Sappho, Emily Dickinson, John Cage, and Jenny Holzer. Made possible …
EMILY WILSON: ON THE ODYSSEY The first woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English, scholar Emily Wilson “has given Homer’s epic a radically contemporary voice” (The New York Times). In this talk, she discusses the challenges of making this ancient …
To “divine” is to seek guidance and council from a god or an oracle. To “auger” is to be able to read the signs whether one is looking at the stars, throwing down coins, or drawing cards from the major …
Celebrate a quarter-century of the Poets House Showcase and surround yourself with poetry publishes in the last 18 months. Spend time with your favorite books and discover new favorites. Free and open to the public. For more information, click here. …
Master Classes offer advanced writers of poetry an opportunity to work intensively with some of the most respected poets of our time. Catherine Barnett, the teacher of this class, is the author of Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced, winner of …
Master Classes offer advanced writers of poetry an opportunity to work intensively with some of the most respected poets of our time. Catherine Barnett, the teacher of this class, is the author of Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced, winner of …
Mahogany Browne, Nuyorican Poets Café Poetry Program Director and Cave Canem and Poets House Fellowship Alumna, teaches an open-enrollment poetry workshop for the first 15 interested NYC students to sign up. Lunch and Metrocards provided. Free event. To sign up, …
Irish poet Harry Clifton, author of Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994-2004 and winner of the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, and poet and translator Alissa Valles, author of Orphan Fire and recipient of a Poetry Foundation Ruth Lily Poetry Fellowship, …
