The 48th Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture welcomes John James, author of The Milk Hours.

The University of Arizona is proud to present Ada Limón (The Carrying), who will read from her work commissioned for the Poetry Center's Art for Justice grant. After the reading, there will be a short Q&A and a book signing.

Join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for a presentation by author and Pulitzer prize finalist Elizabeth Rush, who will discuss her new book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.

Midwest Poetry Series welcomes Ada Limón (The Carrying) at the Arrupe Hall Auditorium.

Tennessee Tech welcomes Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations, for a reading at the Backdoor Playhouse.

This panel explores social media as a political space critical to writers today. Panelists will discuss digital citizenship; the fight for inclusivity, vulnerability, accountability, allyship, discourse, and understanding in writing and publishing; and the effects of that fight on personal and professional lives.

Join Martha Collins (Night Unto Night), Sidney Wade, and David Huddle at the Twig Book Shop during the AWP Conference.

Is poetry science? What happens when poets engage research and adopt strategies of scientific inquiry? Five poets will discuss the influence of science on their craft (observation, form, and discovery), and also as a method of investigating truth.

The persistent political, racial, and religious divisions of our time have made Naomi Shihab Nye’s beloved poem "Kindness" one that regularly resurfaces with its urgent search for human connection. Like the poem, Nye’s immense body of work as a poet, anthologist, novelist, and children’s book author transcends genre and bridges worlds. 

In Texas you can drive 800 miles in a straight line and still be in Texas. The influence of place upon one’s writing is known, but what if one is from a place that has many places within place? How does one write about expanse and a conflicting sense of terrain?—A place of borders, yet an openness seemingly without borders. Is there a writing of place in Texas? Four writers will discuss how to write about place when it is fragmented and expansive and includes several cultures and voices.

Louisville Literary Arts welcomes John James (The Milk Hours) and Tony Brewer to the InKY Reading Series. 

The Ohio University Creative Writing program presents five visiting writers for the 35th annual Spring Literary Festival. Authors include Lauren Groff, Melissa Febos, Ada Limon (The Carrying), Anthony Marra, and Ira Sukrungruang.

Join the Virginia Festival of the Book to hear Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations, speak at the celebration of the Reed Award for Environmental Writing presented by the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Thorpe Moeckel (Down by the Eno, Down by the Haw), Margaret Renkl (Late Migrations), Laura-Gray Street (editor, A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia), with moderator, Sharon Harrigan, share perspectives on their deep engagement with the natural world as a source of inspiration and solace, continuity and awe.

Chevalier's Books welcomes Rick Barot (The Galleons), Victoria Chang, and Donna Spruijt-Metz for a night of riveting intellectual discussion!

Author Elizabeth Rush, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, will present Rising: Dispatches From the New American Shore as part of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy's spring lecture series.

Florida Atlantic University welcomes Rick Barot, author of The Galleons.

The Kentucky Great Writers Series presents Jeff Worley, John James (The Milk Hours), and Savannah Sipple.

Knox College welcomes John McCarthy (Scared Violent Like Horses) for the English Department's Reading Series. Following the reading, he will award this year's prizes for the Davenport Poetry Prize.

The Blake School welcomes Philip Otis Environmental Author Elizabeth Rush (Rising) for the April Breakfast at Blake & Book Signing.