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Poetry
View Poetry Current Events (37 events)

THE Best American Poetry 2007

Heather McHugh, guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2007, and David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry and poetry coordinator of the Writing Program at The New School, read their own work and introduce some of the poets, such as Robert Pinsky and Alan Shapiro, represented in the 2007 volume.

Event Date: Sep 20, 2007 7:00 PM

Poetry

Event Date: Oct 30, 2006 7:00 PM

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Join Jackson Poetry Prize winner Elizabeth Alexander in celebrating the publication of Power and Possibility: Essays, Interviews, Reviews. Hear about African-American artistic production, particularly poetry, and the cultural contexts in which it is created and experienced.

Event Date: Oct 16, 2007 7:00 PM

Greek and English Poetry Reading

Event Date: Dec 07, 2006 7:30 PM

KGB's Columbia University Writing Division Faculty Selects

Event Date: Dec 07, 2006 7:00 PM

Duwana Neville

Event Date: Dec 15, 2006 6:00 PM

LIFE IS GOOD

Event Date: Dec 02, 2006 6:00 PM

Jackson Heights Poets

Event Date: Dec 06, 2006 7:00 PM

Women's Poetry Jam and Open Mike

Event Date: Dec 26, 2006 7:00 PM

A Strictly New York Joie de Vivre: Celebrating the Work of Frank O’Hara

The poet Frank O’Hara, awarded the National Book Award for Poetry posthumously in 1972, was a key figure in the postwar New York School of poets. His deceptively straightforward poems are in fact complex representations of a revolutionary sensibility. Poets Billy Collins and Paul Violi will read from O’Hara’s work as well as their own, and discuss O’Hara’s continuing influence on contemporary poetry and the literary culture of New York City.

Event Date: Aug 02, 2007 6:30 PM

Women of Mystery: Peek Under the Writer's Veil."

Jane K. Cleland will moderate a panel of stellar mystery authors, Mary Jane Clark, Robin Hathaway, Mary Anne Kelly, and Elizabeth Zelvin. as they discuss creating believable female characters. Is a woman's voice different from a man's? Do women kill for different motives? Do they detect using different strategies or skill sets? Female detectives are becoming an increasingly popular sub-genre--why? This event or (sponsored by) is part of The 2007 New York City Adult Summer Reading program jointly sponsored by Brooklyn Public, The New York Public Library and Queens Library.

Event Date: Aug 07, 2007 6:30 PM

Distinguished Poets Series - Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize winner

Pulitzer Prize winning poet reads from his work

Event Date: Aug 21, 2007 6:30 PM

La Casita

Twelve poets read from their work

Event Date: Aug 26, 2007 2:00 PM

Urbana Poetry Slam

Opens, Features, Slams! Hosted by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Taylor Mali & Shappy

Event Date: Jul 10, 2007 7:00 PM

Master Class - Playing Saw: The Poetics of Risk – with Aracelis Girmay

A chance for writers to locate moments of risk in their own work and in the writings of others. Poets share their latest poems, select Tuesdays at dusk. Produced in cooperation with the Academy of American Poets.

Event Date: Jul 14, 2007 2:00 PM

STARK!! OPEN MIKE FOR MUSICIANS/POETS/PERFORMANCE ARTS

STARK!! OPEN MIKE plus featured performers hosted by VIVIANA Poets, Musicians and Performance Artists get 6 minutes to perform...We are uncensored, unbound and unapologetic!!!

Event Date: Jul 21, 2007 3:00 PM

Women's/Trans' Poetry Jam & Open Mike Featuring: Christine Gelineau & Cory Kantin

Gelineau draws on the lyrical and the narrative to look at the natural world and the human-constructed worlds of politics and culture. Kantin gives everything to a city that takes everything and her poetry is her record. Hosted by Vittoria Repetto.

Event Date: Jul 31, 2007 7:00 PM

Where Poetry Meets Hip-Hop

Sponsored by Abandoned Nation, Shah Echelon proudly presents “Where Poetry Meets Hip-Hop", the monthly spoken word showcase - where poets and hip-hop alike, grace the stage with artistic expressions guaranteed to inspire the lyricist in us all.

Event Date: Jul 01, 2008 7:00 PM

Big City Lit Poets

Contributors read from the Spring 2007 Poetry Feature

Event Date: Jun 26, 2007 6:00 PM

33rd Annual New Year's Day Marathon Reading

Event Date: Jan 01, 2006 2:00 PM

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