Chicago, IL —
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley at Truman College
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley will speak at Truman College via Zoom. This event is co-sponsored with The Poetry Foundation. More details here!
Babson Park, MA —
torrin a. greathouse speaks at Babson College
torrin a. greathouse will speak at the “Poetry, Disability, Trans Identity” event for Babson College. More details here!
San Antonio, TX —
Benjamin Garcia, Marcos Gonsalez, & Rudy Ruiz at the San Antonio Book Festival
Benjamin Garcia, Marcos Gonsalez, & Rudy Ruiz speak at “Dismantling Masculinity in Latinx Lit”, a San Antonio Book Festival event. Details here!
Norfolk, VA —
Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley at the William Carroll Writers Festival
Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley will speak at Norfolk State University for the William Carroll Writers Festival. More information here!
Minneapolis, MN —
Kazim Ali, Diane Wilson, & Moheb Soliman at The Loft's Wordplay event "Tending the Earth"
Kazim Ali, Diane Wilson, & Moheb Soliman will discuss how the environmental crisis connects with their communities and writing. More information here!
Cheney, WA —
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Brooke Matson, Kathryn Smith, & Michael Kleber-Diggs at the Get Lit! Festival
Join Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Brooke Matson, Kathryn Smith, & Michael Kleber-Diggs as they read and discuss their works. More information here!
Chris Martin
Chris Martin is an Editor-at-Large for Milkweed Editions, where he curates the Multiverse series.
Flagstaff, AZ —
Benjamin Garcia in conversation with Tacey Atsitty and Ansel Elkins at the Northern Arizona Book Festival
Benjamin Garcia will read and have a discussion with Tacey Atsitty and Ansel Elkins at the Northern Arizona Book Festival. More information here!
Authors / Interviews / Watch & Listen / Roundup / Poetry & Migration
Listen Here: National Poetry Month Special (Part Two)
Hello again, friends! It’s time for round two of our National Poetry Month feature (check out part one here).
For our second installment, I touched base with a few well-loved poets whose books are entering the world again as paberbacks. I’m thrilled that Grady Chambers, John James, and Ada Limón shared their thoughts (and voices) with us to discuss the process of putting together a poetry collection, as well as the power of poetry-out-loud. Listen to audio of them reading from their collections below!
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“A Story About the Moon” from North…