Jake Skeets writes about the cover of his debut collection of poems, Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers (forthcoming September 2019), which features the portrait of his uncle, Mr. Benson James, taken in 1979 by Richard Avedon in Gallup, New Mexico.
Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers, winner of the National Poetry Series, American Book Award, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Whiting Award.
Witness and the American Literary Review invite you to an evening of readings at Paddy’s Bar and Grill. Readers in poetry and prose include John McCarthy (Scared Violent Like Horses, 2019), Jessica Guzman Alderman, Samar Fitzgerald, Jameelah Lang, Cade Leebron, David Mura, Gale Marie Thompson, Ruvanee Pietrersz Vilhauer, and Kathleen Winter.
Poet Jos Charles (feeld, 2018) will read at the Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival.
Join A Novel Idea for the Philadelphia launch of poet Edgar Kunz’s collection Tap Out. The event will feature a reading by Kunz, as well as local authors Grady Chambers (North American Stadiums, 2018) and Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach. Copies of the authors’ books will be for sale and complimentary refreshments will be offered.
Poet Michael Bazzett will read from his tranlation of The Popul Vuh, the Mayan creation epic.
Guest author Ed Pavlić reads from his latest novel Another Kind of Madness and talks with Serpentine Fire artists Umar Rashid and Duane Paul about art, music, border crossings, and Chicago.
Reception and music following the conversation.
William Brewer (I Know Your Kind, 2017) will read at the Heathman Hotel Library along with Eduardo C. Corral, Hafizah Geter, Edgar Kunz, Paige Lewis, and Marcus Wicker.
Upon accepting the National Book Critics Circle Award, Ada Limón delivered a powerful speech about women and community. Read the full speech here.
