Events

Join Karen Babine with Sybil Baker at The Book & Cover for a reading and discussion of her latest book The Allure of Elsewhere.

Join Helen Whybrow and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder at the Brooks Memorial Library for a reading and discussion of their works.

Join Chris La Tray at The King’s English Bookshop for a reading and discussion of his latest work, Becoming Little Shell.

Join Sid Ghosh with Cedar Sigo at the Ravenna Third Place Books for a reading and celebration of his latest work, Yellow Flower Gills Me Whole.

Join Helen Whybrow with Tom Wessels at Blue Hill Library for a reading and celebration of her latest work, The Salt Stones.

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance for its annual Food Justice Gathering, on “Building Resilience.”

Join Rick Barot at “Lavish Syntax,” a free virtual craft talk presented by Poetry@Tech. More information below:

The problem at the heart of writing a poem is the problem of dramatization. That is, how do we dramatize in language—a very limited means—the dynamics of thought, sensation, mystery, knowledge, and unsayability that often comprise human experience? In this lecture, we’ll examine the crucial importance of syntax in vitalizing a poem. We’ll look at poems with powerful content and the syntactical correlatives the poets use in dramatizing that content.

Join Chris La Tray at Composition Shop for a reading and discussion of his latest work, Becoming Little Shell.

Join Jennifer Eli Bowen at A Room of One’s Own Bookstore for a reading and discussion of her latest work, The Book of Kin.

Join Jennifer Eli Bowen and Katherine Larson for a reading and discussion of their latest works, The Book of Kin and Wedding of the Foxes.

Join Helen Whybrow and Shilpi Suneja at the Concord Art Center for the inaugural Independent Press Prose Reading Series. An introduction of the press and its mission will be followed by a reading and discussion of their works. Books will be available for purchase through the Concord Bookshop.

The League of Minnesota Poets is proud to announce the upcoming launch of its 3 rd annual Agates IndyBookStore Tour that showcases its highly anticipated Agates Volume 88, a vibrant poetry collection celebrating the creative spirit of Minnesota’s literary community.

This year’s publication will feature the work of more than 80 distinguished and emerging poets from across the state, each contributing unique voices to a tapestry of contemporary verse.

Over the coming months, the anthology’s poets will appear at more than 30 independent bookstores throughout Minnesota, sharing their work with audiences in every corner of the state. These events…

Join Jennifer Eli Bowen with Angela Pelster and Inara Verzemnieks at Prairie Lights Bookstore for a reading and discussion of her latest work, The Book of Kin.

Join Ada Limón at the Vermont Humanities Fall Festival for a special presentation in partnership with the University of Vermont.

Join Sangamithra Iyer at Kew and Willow Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Chris La Tray at White Oak Books for a reading and discussion of his latest work, Becoming Little Shell.

Join Milkweed Books as we present Adedayo Agarau’s book launch for his collection, The Years of Blood. Adedayo will read from the book and be joined in conversation with gracious local poets Sarah Ali Ghazal and Erin Sharkey.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Winner of the 2023-24 Poetic Justice Institute Editors Prize for a BIPOC Writer

In this unflinching debut collection, Adedayo Agarau confronts the harrowing reality of ritual killings and child abductions that have terrorized Nigeria from the turbulent pre-democratic era to the present day. Set against the backdrop of rural Ibadan, The Years of Blood plunges readers…

Join Lewis Hyde with Lawrence Rosenwald at Wellesley Books for a reading and discussion of The Essays of Henry David Thoreau, edited by Lewis Hyde.

Join Sangamithra Iyer with Sunu Chandy at Lost City Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Sangamithra Iyer with E.B. Bartels at the Boston Porter Square Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Sangamithra Iyer at the New York Public Library’s Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies. More information forthcoming.

Join Keith S. Wilson and Rosalie Moffett at the 2025 Miami Book Fair for “ON POETRY, PRIZES, AND PUBLISHING,” a panel in conversation and moderated by Simone Zapata. Together they will read poems from their newest books and discuss the lifespan of a poetry collection from manuscript-in-progress to published book. They will also reveal what it’s really like to win (and judge) book prizes and balance writing, careers, and the rest of life.

Join Kristen Case and Lewis Hyde at Brookline Booksmith for a reading and celebration of their latest edited works, Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar and The Essays of Henry David Thoreau.