Join the Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference for a public reading by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass, 2014). A book signing will follow the event.
Join the Penn Book Center for an evening of readings celebrating the release of David Nutt’s novel The Great American Suction, featuring readings by Grady Chambers (North American Stadiums, 2018), Christopher Kennedy, & David Nutt!
Join Moon Palace Books for a reading with Karen Havelin from her new book Please Read This Leaflet Carefully, followed by a conversation with Karen Babine (All the Wild Hungers, 2019).
Celebrate Poetry Month with readings by Patricia Kirkpatrick (Odessa, 2012), Chris
Santiago (Tula, 2016), Ibe Kaba, Freya Manfred, Louis Jenkins, and Joyce Sutphen. Have dinner before the reading, drinks after, books will be on sale by Common
Good Books.
The live storytelling event, This Really Happened, is back at Blue Metropolis presenting stories on the theme “Obsessions.” Come and hear some of your favourite writers talk about their passions, compulsions, and preoccupations. Participants include Deni Ellis-Béchard (White, 2018), Nisha Coleman, Maggie Panko, Ann Lambert, Joel Yanofsky, Taylor Tower
Martha Collins (Night Unto Night, 2018) will teach a poetry workshop at Chautauqua Institution.
This Friday Night International Feature will feature performances by Pierre Joris and Nicole Peyrafitte, Salgado Maranhäo and translator Alexis Levitin (Blood of the Sun, 2012), Isabel de la Fuente, Javier Etchevarren and translator Jesse Lee Kercheval, Andrea Jurjević reading Olja Savičević, and more at Cafe Istanbul.
Join Porter Square Books for a reading to celebrate the publication of Ceremonial Entries by Joseph DeRoche (1938-2013), edited by Kevin Gallagher, with Martha Collins (Night Unto Night, 2018). Poets Collins and Gallagher will be joined by poet Anna M. Warrock in reading from the collection.
Join Influx Collectiv their May queer poetry night with Muriel Leung, Jos Charles (feeld, 2018), Ryka Aoki, Yosimar Reyes and Tommy Pico.
Poet Kathy Fagan (Sycamore, 2018) will read from her new collection on lost love, nature, and the process of recovery.
