Saturday OCTOBER 4, 2025 7pm PST
Dorothea Lasky is a featured poet for Poetry Society of New York's Third Annual Masquerade Ball. This event features an intimate constellation of typewriter poets, tarot and astrology readers, palmists, dream interpreters, and more—all ready to reveal the poetry written (just for you) in the stars. This celestial celebration will feature performances from prestigious poets, drag artists, and burlesque dancers. Attendees can bid in our live and silent auctions, sip cocktails from the open bar, and explore interactive installations, all while supporting the poetic universe of arts programming. More details here. Tickets are available here for those over 21.
Pen and Brush, 29 East 22nd Street New York, NY
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Saturday OCTOBER 4, 2025 10:00-11:15am PST
Richard Meier is reading at the 2025 Portland Poetry Confluence for the Spare Room Reading Series alongside Jordan Dunn, Chris Piuma, and Jen Denrow. This event is free and open to the public. More details here
South Studio, Atrium Movement & Events, 2305 SE 50th Ave, Portland, OR
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Sunday OCTOBER 5, 2025 7-9pm PST
Kate Durbin is featured alongside poets such as Sophie Appel, Amelia Gray, Anna Biller, and Chris Kraus within the Zona Motel L.A Reading Series. It is open to the public and anyone is welcome to join and enjoy the readings of these authors. More details here
Stories Books & Cafe, 1716 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA
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Sunday October 5, 2025 7pm CST
Lisa Fishman reads at the Sound & Text event alongside Brenda Cardenas, Lewis Freedman, and Roberto Harrison. This event also features live music by Ceremonial Abyss. More details here
Sugar Maple, 411 E Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee, WI
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Wednesday OCTOBER 8, 2025 8:30pm EST
Fred Moten reads at the celebration of Jayne Cortez's new publication, Firespitter The Collected Poems of Jayne Cortez(Nightboat, 2025). alongside LaTasha Nevada Diggs, Lois Griffith, Kyle Carrero Lopez, Aja Monet, Tracie Morris, Quincy Troupe, T'ai Freedom Ford, Rosamond S. King, Tangie Mitchell, Jessica Care Moore, Brandon Lopez, and Anne Waldman. This event will also feature a performance from Cortez's band. Tickets are avaliable online, and will be livestreamed for free on The Poetry Project's youtube channel. Tickets can be purchased here.
St. Mark's Church, 131 E 10th Street, New York, NY
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Wednesday OCTOBER 8 – Sunday OCTOBER 19, 2025
Don Mee Choi appears at the 2025 Hong Kong International Poetry Night festival in Aranya Jinshanling , Kaiping, Chunmuyuan Town, and Hong Kong. Fifteen outstanding poets from around the world, along with over a dozen musicians, artists, and scholars, will participate in this twelve-day poetry extravaganza. Tickets are available online. More details here.
Multiple Locations
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Thursdays OCTOBER 9 – January 8, 2025 5-8pm EST
Dorothea Lasky begins a ten-session long poetry intensive workshop titled The Heart of The Book. Participants can expect both individual and group meetings, generative prompts, and feedback on several drafts. By the end of the course, each student will leave with a manuscript of poems. More details here.
Online only
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*Friday OCTOBER 10, 2025 8:30am CST
Lorine Niedecker's life and works are discussed in a PBS Wisconsin episode, narrated by 2023-24 Wisconsin State Poet Laureate Nicholas Gulig. This installment features Gulig's retelling of Niedecker's 1966 trip that inspired the first poem of hers that he ever read, "Lake Superior." This is part of the series, "Welcome Poets." More details here.
Online only
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Sunday OCTOBER 12, 2025 12-6pm EST
Join Julian Talamantez Brolaski in attending Books & Bistros: Indie Lit Fest, a celebration of independent voices and Pittsburgh's vibrant literary community. The festival is free with online registration. More details here.
Alphabet City, City of Asylum, 40 W North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
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Wednesday OCTOBER 15, 2025 5-7pm PST
Prageeta Sharma reads at Your New Writing Series alongside Jennifer Firestone.
UC San Diego, Geisel Library, 9701 Hopkins Dr, La Jolla, CA
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Friday OCTOBER 17, 2025 7:30pm EST
Timothy Donnelly appears alongside Jana Prikryl, Nicole Sealey, and Festival founder Paul Muldoon for day one of Sharon Springs Poetry Festival. The reading is open to the public, and attendees will have the opportunity to meet the poets afterwards. More details here.
Sharon Springs Central School Auditorium, 514 US-20, Sharon Springs, NY
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Saturday OCTOBER 18, 2025 10:00am-12:00pm EST
Timothy Donnelly, Jana Prikryl, Nicole Sealey, and Paul Muldoon will conduct an in-person poetry workshop for day two of Sharon Springs Poetry Festival. Workshops are free to the public, anyone over 18 or older may register, avaliability is limited. Exact location will be emailed to registered participants. Register here.
Exact Location TBA, Sharon Springs, NY
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Saturday OCTOBER 18, 2025 2:00pm EST
Timothy Donnelly,Jana Prikryl, Nicole Sealey, and Paul Muldoon participate in a panel discussion titled Poetry and Public Life. Exact location to be announced. More details here.
Exact Location TBA, Sharon Springs, NY
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Thursday OCTOBER 23, 2025 6pm PST
Cedar Sigo will be joining Sid Ghosh in a discussion surrounding his fellow poets collection debut. The event is free and it is recommended to RSVP. More details here.
Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA
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Friday OCTOBER 24, 2025 7:30pm MDT
Julian Talamantez Brolaski reads their work and gives a Q&A at Boise State. The event will be followed by a book signing. More details here.
Hemingway Center (HEMG) 110, Boise State University, ID
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Wednesday OCTOBER 29, 2025 8pm EST
Cedar Sigo and Anselm Berrigan will be reading from their newly published works, Siren of Atlantis and Don't Forget to Love Me hosted by the Poetry Project. Tickets are available for purchase on their website along with access to a free livestream of the event. More details here.
St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NY
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Tuesday NOVEMBER 4, 2025 6-7:30pm EST
Fred Moten, André Lepecki, Ann Pellegrini, and Karen Shimakawa read and discuss selected texts from Gilles Deleuze, Frantz Fanon, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The event is hosted by NYU Performance Studies. More details here.
Richard Schechner Studio Room 612, Broadway Block, New York, NY
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Thursday NOVEMBER 6, 2025 7-9pm EST
Maggie Nelson reads from her latest book, Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth. After, there will be a reception and book signing. More details here.
The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St, New York, NY
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Friday NOVEMBER 7, 2025 5-7pm EST
Matthew Rohrer hosts an event with readings by Mike Carlson, Tina Chang, and Terrance Winch. After, there will be a reception and book signing. More details here.
The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St, New York, NY
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Saturday NOVEMBER 8, 2025 10am-5pm CST
Douglas Kearney reads from his most recent work, I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always at Twin Cities Book Festival. The TCBF features dozens of presenting authors, special children’s programs, and a wide variety of exhibitors featuring new and rare books, quirky literary curiosities, and more. The festival is free to the public. More details here.
Union Depot, 214 4th St E UNIT 120, St Paul, MN
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Tuesday NOVEMBER 11, 2025 7-9pm CST
Douglas Kearney presents poets from the Cave Canem Minneapolis Regional Workshop, Pattern/Constraint/Sound. Readers will share works that engage with structure, sound, and innovation in various written mediums. More details here.
The Loft Literary Center, 1011 South Washington Avenue #200, Minneapolis, MN
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Thursday DECEMBER 4, 2025 7pm PST
Anselm Berrigan reads at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. More details here.
University of Arizona: Poetry Center, 1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ
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Thursday DECEMBER 11, 2025 7pm EST
Prageeta Sharma and Jennifer Moxley read for Poetry Society of America. Registration is required, tickets are available for purchase on their website. The event also has an online option. More details here.
Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Friday DECEMBER 12, 2025 7pm EST
Prageeta Sharma holds a workshop titled Poetics/Poetry on Myth, Caste, Race, Supremacy, and Emancipatory Practices. More details here.
The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, 131 E 10th st, New York, NY
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Thursday FEBRUARY 19, 2026 6:30pm CST
Prageeta Sharma reads poems from Onement Won for the Gertrude C. & Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series. More details here.
Vanderbilt University, Dept. of English, location TBD, Nashville, TN