Saturday MARCH 22, 2025 4 pm PDT
Geoffrey Nutter will read with Margaret Reges, Anthony Madrid, and Nadya Pittendrigh as part of the poetry and performance serious WAVEMACHINE. Gradient Fade will perform as a musical guest. More details here.
169 Putnam St, San Francisco, 94110
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday MARCH 24, 2025 6 - 8 pm GMT
CAConrad reads from a range of their work, including Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return, at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. Tickets are free and available online. More details here.
Open Eye Gallery, 19 Mann Island, L3 1BP Liverpool, United Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday MARCH 26, 2025 7 pm GMT
CAConrad reads and performs along with SoiL Thornton, Timmy Simonds, and Aaron Lehman as part of An Evening with Montez Press at the ICA in London. Tickets are £12 full price / £8.50 concession, and are available online. More details here.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH, United Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday MARCH 27, 2025 10:35 - 11:50 am PDT
Sawako Nakayasu discusses translation as part of the AWP event, Debunking Myths Around Gettings Started in Translation. Other participants include moderator Amanda L. Andrei and presenters Diana Arterian, KB Thors, and Elisa Wouk Almino. More details here.
Room 405, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday MARCH 27, 2025 6 - 7 pm EDT
Terrance Hayes reads at the O'Brien Poetry Event. There will also be an informal Q&A session from 4:30-5:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. More details here.
University of Southern Maine McGoldrick Center, 35 Bedford St., Portland, ME
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Friday MARCH 28, 2025 12:10 - 1:25 pm PDT
Srikanth Reddy speaks with other editors on what it's like to be both a poet and a poetry editor for the AWP event, Poets Who Edit: The Joy & Conundrum of Wearing Two Hats. Other participants include moderator Jill Bialosky and presenters Meghan O'Rourke, Major Jackson, and Walt Hunter. More details here.
Room 515B, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Friday MARCH 28, 2025 6 - 10 pm PDT
Anastacia-Renee, Jeanne Heuving, Michelle Gil-Montero, Anthony McCann, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Jack Jung, Josh Fomon, Ted Dodson, Laura Mullen, Jared Daniel Fagen, Lara Glenum, Kate Hedeen, Janaka Stucky (reading Bill Knott), Kate Durbin, Sawako Nakayasu, and Leia Penina Wilson participate in an AWP offsite poetry reading curated by Wave Books, Action Books, Black Ocean, and Black Square Editions.
The Kult LA, 251 S Main Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday MARCH 29, 2025 6 pm PDT
Lisa Fishman, Sarah Mangold, Rick Meier, Geoffrey Nutter, Prageeta Sharma, Tonya Foster, Kendra Sullivan, Iris Cushing, and Sampson Starkweather participate in an AWP offsite poetry reading curated by Wave Books and CUNY's Lost and Found. Lisa Fishman's newest poetry book, One Big Time, will be released in May 2025. There is a $10 suggested donation, and tickets are available online. More details here.
Heavy Manners Library, 1200 N Alvarado St., Los Angeles, CA 90026
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday APRIL 1, 2025 7 pm EDT
Dorothea Lasky is in conversation with Alex Dimitrov for the launch of his new poetry collection. Tickets available online. More details here.
Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway 3rd Floor, Rare Book Room, New York, NY 10036
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday APRIL 3, 2025 7 pm EDT
Maggie Nelson discusses the artistic and public personas of Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift, and other artists in relation to the cultural politics of female fame as part of the Poetry Society of America Talks series. Her forthcoming book, Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth, will be released in April 2025. Tickets for this event are currently sold out. More details here.
Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday APRIL 6, 2025 5 - 6 pm CDT
Lisa Fishman delivers a reading with Jordan Dunn as part of the North Central Reading Series, hosted by the Friends of Lorine Niedecker. Her newest book, One Big Time, will be released in April 2025. The event is online, and will be recorded. More details here.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday APRIL 7, 2025 7 - 8:30 pm PDT
Cedar Sigo reads from his latest poetry collection, Siren of Atlantis, in an event hosted by City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. The event is online, and tickets are free. More details here.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday APRIL 10, 2025 10 - 11 am EDT
Douglas Kearney gives a Writing Craft Talk at Vermont Studio Center. The event is free, and registration is online. More details here.
Vermont Studio Center, 80 Pearl Street, Johnson, VT 05656
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday APRIL 10, 2025 5:30 - 6:30 pm EDT
Gillian Conoley delivers a reading with Julie Carr at the University of Cincinnati. The event is free and open to all, with tickets available on March 13. More details here.
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library, 2911 Woodside Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45220
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday APRIL 12, 2025 2 pm CDT
Anselm Berrigan gives a reading at the New Orleans Poetry Festival as part of the Lagniappe Readings series. More details here.
St. Roch Tavern, 1200 St. Roch Ave., New Orleans, LA
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday APRIL 13, 2025 2 pm CDT
Anselm Berrigan delivers a Bagley Wright Lecture, "Pregrettably Yours: On Being Influenced," in partnership with the New Orleans Poetry Festival. Tickets are free. More details here.
Room 300, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday APRIL 15, 2025 6:30 -7:30 pm EDT
Srikanth Reddy gives a reading for the International Poetry Forum. Tickets are $10 for general admission, and free for students, educators, and librarians. More details here.
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall (Oakland), 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday APRIL 16, 2025 6:30 - 9:30 pm BST
CAConrad is in conversation with Andrea Luka Zimmerman at TANK GPS, Reading light in the more than human world. Tickets are free but must be booked. More details here.
91-93 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7NX, United Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday APRIL 26, 2025 3 - 6 pm EDT
Dorothea Lasky leads a generative workshop on the presence and meaning of flowers in poetry at Poets House. The event is ticketed, with limited space. More details here.
Stanley Kunitz Conference Room, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday APRIL 27, 2025 4 pm EDT
Cedar Sigo reads from his latest poetry collection, Siren of Atlantis, at the Parkside Lounge. More details here.
The Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston Street, New York, NY
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday MAY 17, 2025 3 - 5 pm EDT
CAConrad discusses the relationship between occult and paranormal experiences/practices and poetry today at Looky Here Greenfield. Tickets are $9 and are available online. More details here.
Looky Here Greenfield, 28 Chapman St., Greenfield, MA 01301
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Friday MAY 23, 2025 6 pm EDT
Fred Moten opens the annual Lincoln Center Poetry Festival by reading with Andrés Cerpa and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, with bassist Brandon López. Tickets are available at a suggested price of $10, but are purchased on a choose-what-you-pay basis. More details here.
Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio, David Geffen Hall, New York, NY