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Wednesday March 10 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Selected Shorts: An Eveining with Bernhard Schlink Symphony Space Kathy Minton 2537 Broadway (at 95th St.) New York, NY 212-864-5400 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The New York Times bestselling author of The Reader, a master of poignant characterizations and psychological suspense, hosts an evening of performances of stories he admires. "Arresting, philosoph... [details »]

Wednesday March 10 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   An Evening with Bernhard Schlink Symphony Space Milica Vlajkovic 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025 New York, NY 212 864 1414 x239 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The New York Times bestselling author of The Reader, a master of poignant characterizations and psychological suspense, hosts an evening of performances of stories he admires. "Arresting, philosoph... [details »]

Thursday March 11 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   2020 Visions: Tiphanie Yanique & Nicole Sealey Teachers & Writers Collaborative Carla Ching 520 8th Avenue, Suite 2020 (between 36th and 37th Streets) New York, NY 212-691-6590 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Caribbean-American Writers Nicole Sealey and Tiphanie Yanique (one of Boston Globe’s 16 Cultural Figures to Watch) celebrate the release of Tiphanie Yanique’s first book, How to Escape a Leper Colony.... [details »]

Thursday March 11 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Imagining Louisiana: A Conversation & Reading Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Two Louisiana poets, Darrell Bourque & Sheryl St. Germain, discuss the history, challenges and future of Louisianan poetry, examining the influence of culture and landscape as well as the work of Caju... [details »]

Friday March 12 2010, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM   Alumni Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

NYU Creative Writing Program alumni read from newly published books. Featuring Ishion Hutchinson, John Murillo, January Gill O’Neil, and Sung J. Woo.... [details »]

Tuesday March 16 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Lyric Persuasions Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poet Rae Armantrout and Zen Buddhist priest and poet Norman Fischer investigate new and old concepts of the lyric, using their own poems as jumping-off points. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free t... [details »]

Tuesday March 16 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Brownstone Poets Patricia Carragon Patricia Carragon Tillies of Brooklyn 248 Dekalb Ave. Brooklyn, NY 917 679 5002 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poetry grows in Ft. Greene The Brownstone Poets Presents: Ted Jonathan, Thaddeus Rutkowski and Savonna Smith Tuesday, March 16 at 7p.m. Tillies of Brooklyn 248 DeKalb Ave. (corner of ... [details »]

Wednesday March 17 2010, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM   The Little General and the Giant Snowflake with Matthea Harvey Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Renowned poet Matthea Harvey reads from The Little General and the Giant Snowflake, her tale of a little general and his Realist army who attempt to fend off the imagination. Illustrator Elizabeth Z... [details »]

Saturday March 20 2010, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM   “How Does a Bird Imagine? What Does a Tree Know?” An Exhibition Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 20, 3:00–5:00PM. On View through Saturday, May 29. For all ages, this exhibition documents the creation of poetic spaces by a public-school community in response to ... [details »]

Saturday March 20 2010, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM   The Green Man: An Exhibition Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 20, 3:00–5:00pm On View through Saturday, May 29 This series of paintings by British-born poet and painter Basil King depicts the Green Man, the pre-Christian arch... [details »]

Monday March 22 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Henri Cole, David Gewanter, Eduardo C. Corral Triptych Readings kaveh bassiri 510 East 11th Street (between Avenues A & B) New York City, NY xxx Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join us for a great night of poetry with Henri Cole, David Gewanter, and Eduardo C. Corral. We are also celebrating the highly-anticipated selected poems, Pierce the Skin, by Henri Cole, and War Bird,... [details »]

Tuesday March 23 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Green Man: A Panel Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poets Basil King and Thomas Meyer join scholars Carolyn Dinshaw and Michael Hrebeniak for a discussion of the Green Man—the mythic figure that incorporates elements of nature and humanity—from medieva... [details »]

Wednesday March 24 2010, 9:00 AM to Monday January 31 2011, 5:00 PM      Literary Lives: The World of Shirley Hazzard and New York Society Library New York Society Library located at 53 East 79th Street New York City, NY (212) 288-6900 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Shirley Hazzard - one of the world’s most gifted and acclaimed writers and author of The Transit of Venus and The Great Fire - unlocks her pri... [details »]

Wednesday March 24 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Lapham's Quarterly: A Panel on Creativity NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

"Lapham’s Quarterly" editor Lewis Lapham moderates a discussion about creativity with composer Vince di Mura, poet Yusef Komunyakaa, and painter Joan Snyder. Co-sponsored by Lapham’s Quarterly... [details »]

Wednesday March 24 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   A Literary Mixtape: Stories Inspired by Songs Symphony Space Milica Vlajkovic 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025 New York, NY 212 864 1414 x239 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

From tune to tale, actors perform an eclectic mix of stories that found their inspiration in music, with special musician guests.... [details »]

Thursday March 25 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Rawi Hage: Fiction Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Novelist Rawi Hage is the author of "Cockroach" and "De Niro’s Game," which won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.... [details »]

Friday March 26 2010, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM   April Bernard and Gardner McFall: Poetry Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

April Bernard’s fourth collection of poems is "Romanticism" (W.W. Norton & Co.). She is also the author of a novel and numerous cultural essays. Gardner McFall is the author of two books of poems, ... [details »]

Wednesday March 31 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Elizabeth Alexander: Poetry Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The New Salon: Poets in Conversation Elizabeth Alexander has published five books of poems including "American Sublime," which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and was one of the ... [details »]

Thursday April 1 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Paris Review Fiction Salon: André Aciman and Kenneth Calhoun NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

André Aciman is a memoirist, novelist, and essayist whose works include "Call Me by Your Name," his debut novel, and "Out of Egypt," a memoir. His story “Monsieur Kalashnikov” appeared in "The Paris R... [details »]

Friday April 2 2010, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM   David Lehman: Poetry Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

David Lehman is a poet, writer, editor, and teacher. Including the 2009 edition of "The Best American Poetry" (of which he is the series editor), he had three new books in fall 2009: "Yeshiva Boy" (po... [details »]

Saturday April 3 2010, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM   Black Nature: A Panel & Poetry Reading Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Black Nature: A Panel & Poetry Reading with Camille T. Dungy, Sean Hill, Yusef Komunyakaa & Evie Shockley. Contributors to the landmark anthology Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nat... [details »]

Saturday April 3 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   West 10th Reading and Reception NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

A reading and reception celebrating the newest issue of “West 10th,” NYU’s undergraduate literary journal. Featuring readings by students and guest contributor Todd Hasak-Lowy, author of the short-sto... [details »]

Tuesday April 6 2010, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM   InDigest 1207 w/ CA Conrad, Daniel Nester, & Laura Sims InDigest Magazine Dustin Luke Nelson 158 Bleecker St New York, NY 212-505-3474 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The InDigest 1207 Reading Series is an extension of the literary magazine InDigest (indigestmag.com) which seeks to create a dialogue between and about the arts. The reading series asks authors to bri... [details »]

Wednesday April 7 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Apartments and Neighbors, with a Special Guest from The Moth Symphony Space Milica Vlajkovic 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025 New York, NY 212 864 1414 x239 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Selected Shorts presents an evening of tales about the mysterious, curious or just plain insane people we live close to, with a special guest storyteller from The Moth: the Tony and Obie Award-winning... [details »]

Saturday April 10 2010, 7:30 AM to 9:30 PM   Unicorn Writers' Conference Unicorn Press, LLC Jan Kardys 385 Oronoque Lane Stratford, CT (203) 938-7405 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

PLAN TO ATTEND A WRITERS’ CONFERENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER! www.unicornwritersconference.com As valuable for published authors as it is for beginners! This conference covers the total story from craf... [details »]

Saturday April 10 2010, 8:00 AM to 9:30 PM   The Unicorn Writers Conference Unicorn Press/Blackhawk Literary jan kardys 385 Oronoque Lane Stratford, CT 203-938-7405 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The Unicorn Writers Conference! DATE: Saturday, April 10, 2010 TIME: 8 AM - 9:30 PM PLACE: Oronoque Country Club, Stratford, CT SO EXCITING! Our special guest speaker will be GENE WILDER! ... [details »]

Tuesday April 13 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Spain’s Bard: Jesús Aguado with Electa Arenal & Beatrix Gates Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Award-winning Spanish poet Jesús Aguado is joined by his Englishlanguage translators for a bilingual reading and conversation about Iberian poetry, translation and Aguado’s work. $10, $7 for students ... [details »]

Wednesday April 14 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Poetry Reading and Discussion: The Asian American Avant-Garde NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Featuring Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Jennifer Hayashida, and John Yau. Three pioneers of experimental Asian American poetry read and discuss their work. Introduced by Ken Chen, Executive Director, Th... [details »]

Thursday April 15 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Alexander Chee: Fiction Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The New Salon: Fiction Writers in Conversation. Alexander Chee, author of the novel "Edinburgh," is a recipient of the Whiting Writers’ Award and is currently the Visiting Writer at Amherst Colleg... [details »]

Friday April 16 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Cave Canem Poetry Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Cave Canem is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. Featuring R. Dwayne Betts, Raina ... [details »]

Friday April 16 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Texts to Argue Through Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Essayist John D’Agata, cross-genre writer Thalia Field and experimental poet Jena Osman trace how research-based projects can evolve into book-length lyric essays and serial poems. $10, $7 for student... [details »]

Saturday April 17 2010, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM   Grand Opening of the Constance Laibe Hays Children’s Room at Poe Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join us for a celebration of our new children’s room! Festivities begin at 11:00am with U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman and teacher Linda Winston sharing poems from their anthology, Th... [details »]

Wednesday April 21 2010, 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM   Nordic Voices: A Reading & Conversation Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Young Swedish poets Jörgen Gassilewski and Anna Hallberg read their work and talk with conceptual artist and translator Jonas J. Magnusson. Admission free.... [details »]

Wednesday April 21 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   A Civil Feast of Jazz & Poetry Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poet Afaa Michael Weaver and acclaimed musicians Harold Anderson, Bill Lowe & Stan Strickland perform jazz pieces and recitals of Weaver’s poems, followed by conversation about music and verse. $10, ... [details »]

Thursday April 22 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   The New Salon: Fiction Writers in Conversation NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Featuring Rachel Dewoskin, Jennifer Gilmore and Shannan Rouss. Rachel DeWoskin is the author of two books, most recently the novel "Repeat After Me," and a memoir, "Foreign Babes in Beijing." Je... [details »]

Thursday April 22 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Opening of the Field Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

On Earth Day, rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz examine how poetic and scientific understandings of nature might be combined to inspire environmental stewardship. $10, $7 ... [details »]

Friday April 23 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   NYU Undergraduate Reading and Reception NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Undergraduate Creative Writing students read their original poetry and prose. Hosted by Darin Strauss... [details »]

Friday April 23 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Tom Perrotta: Fiction Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases the students of the NYU graduate Creative Writing Program, and features established writers as special guests. Tom Perrotta is the author of six novel... [details »]

Friday April 23 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Opening of the Field: Workshops Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

These poetry workshops with rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz introduce the surprisingly creative language used by scientists to describe ecology and explore commonalities... [details »]

Saturday April 24 2010, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM   The Opening of the Field: Workshops Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

These poetry workshops with rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz introduce the surprisingly creative language used by scientists to describe ecology and explore commonalities... [details »]

Tuesday April 27 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY 212.431.7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

On the occasion of the publication of The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry, editor Mark Weiss, contributors and translators Maria Isabel Alfonso, Lourdes Gil, James Irby & Christopher Winks e... [details »]

Wednesday April 28 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Heather McHugh: Poetry Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The New Salon: Poets in Conversation. 2009 MacArthur Fellow Heather McHugh is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently "Upgraded to Serious." In conversation with Rob Casper. Co-sp... [details »]

Thursday April 29 2010, 5:20 PM to 7:20 PM   Nox: From Box to Book with Anne Carson & Currie Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

With artistic collaborator Currie, poet Anne Carson discusses and reads from Nox, her illustrated “book in a box” that elegizes the loss of her brother with photos, collages, sketches and poetry wri... [details »]

Thursday April 29 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Creative Writing Program Graduate Student Readings NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Readings from thesis manuscripts of poetry and fiction.... [details »]

Saturday May 1 2010, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM   “How Does a Bird Imagine? What Does a Tree Know?” with Richard L Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Presented in conjunction with an exhibition and an adult program, this performance, art and writing workshop led by children’s poet extraordinaire Richard Lewis features a parade in spring-time imagin... [details »]

Saturday May 1 2010, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM   It’s About Nature: Children’s Learning & the Poetic Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Experience with Richard Lewis Richard Lewis converses with artists, teachers and parents about creating poetic spaces as a means of inspiring community and creative responsiveness to the environmen... [details »]

Monday May 3 2010, 10:00 AM to Tuesday May 4 2010, 8:00 PM      Annual Chapbook Festival Suzanne Wise CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Now in its second year, this two-day national festival of workshops and readings celebrates the microbook. Cosponsored by the MFA Programs in Creative Writing of the City University of New York;... [details »]

Wednesday May 5 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Close Observation: The Poetics of Flora & Fauna A Reading & Conv Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Diane Ackerman, acclaimed essayist and author of Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day, talks with poet Kimiko Hahn, author of Toxic Flora, about the role of environmenta... [details »]

Thursday May 6 2010, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   Tribute to Daniel Halpern and Ecco NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Featuring Russell Banks, Anthony Bourdain, Janie Fink, Richard Ford, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Campbell McGrath, Joyce Carol Oates, and Patti Smith. An evening honoring the great poet, publisher, ... [details »]

Thursday May 6 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Chile’s Dante: An Evening with Raúl Zurita & Anna Deeny Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The uncompromising Chilean poet Raúl Zurita reads from his work and talks with Anna Deeny, the English-language translator of his volume Purgatory. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets ... [details »]

Friday May 7 2010, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM   Carole Maso: Fiction Reading NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poet, essayist, and novelist Carole Maso is the author of nine books including the novels "The Art Lover," "AVA" and "Defiance," and a memoir "The Room Lit By Roses." Her new fiction title "Mother and... [details »]

Tuesday May 11 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Praises & Offenses: Women Poets from the Dominican Republic with Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Dominican poets Ylonka Nacidit-Perdomo and Angela Hernández Núñez are joined by their English-language translator, Judith Kerman, and scholar Linda M. Rodriguez Guglielmoni for a reading and conversat... [details »]

Wednesday May 12 2010, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM   Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century NYU Creative Writing Program April Naoko Heck 58 W 10th St. New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

"Voice Recognition" (Bloodaxe Books, 2009) showcases a new wave of poets from Britain and Ireland. Featuring Siddhartha Bose, Ailbhe Darcy, Mark Leech, Colm O’Shea, and Sandeep Parmar. Hosted by ed... [details »]

Wednesday May 12 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Poetry & Biodiversity: A Seminar with Jonathan Skinner Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

In recognition of the International Year of Biodiversity, this seminar with poet and ecocritic Jonathan Skinner looks at current poetics and cultures of biodiversity, including forest languages and in... [details »]

Thursday May 13 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Back Home: A Conversation & Reading with Maurice Manning & Norma Poets Hosue Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poets Maurice Manning and Norman Minnick share poems, tall tales and conversation about the nature of Kentucky poetry, from the lyric to the comic. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets H... [details »]

Friday May 14 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Poetry & Watersheds: A Seminar with Jonathan Skinner Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212) 431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poet and ecocritic Jonathan Skinner examines how poets are responding to our relationship to water, taking into account emerging science, politics, and social and ecological inequities. $10, $7 for... [details »]

Saturday May 15 2010, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM   My Life as a Blue Elephant with Calef Brown Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Author and illustrator of prizewinning children’s books, Calef Brown reads from his most popular works and reveals how he creates his illustrations and madcap poems.... [details »]

Saturday May 15 2010, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM   Urban Field Poetics: A Writing Workshop with Jonathan Skinner Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Building on the concerns uncovered in Skinner’s two previous seminars, this workshop is an ecopoetics field audit that focuses on Poets House’s location along the Hudson River and introduces sitebased... [details »]

Tuesday May 18 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Language of the Neighborhood: Chinese Poetry Today with Arthur S Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poet, translator and editor of the new volume Chinese Writers on Writing, Arthur Sze reads and discusses modern and contemporary Chinese poetry with scholar and translator Lucas Klein. $10, $7 for ... [details »]

Thursday May 20 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Sweethearts of Rhythm: An Evening with Marilyn Nelson & Jerry Pi Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Acclaimed poet Marilyn Nelson and artist Jerry Pinkney, winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal, discuss their collaborative book, Sweethearts of Rhythm, which profiles the all-female, interracial band of... [details »]

Tuesday May 25 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Ecopoetical Futures: A Panel with Marcella Durand, Brenda Iijima Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Four emerging poets investigate how poetry might marshal diverse languages, ethnicities and identities to engage with a global ecosystem under duress. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poet... [details »]

Wednesday May 26 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   This American Life with Special Guest Ira Glass Symphony Space Milica Vlajkovic 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025 New York, NY 212 864 1414 x239 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Two of the most popular public radio series distributed by PRI join forces for an evening of surprising stories by contributors to the hit series from Chicago Public Radio.... [details »]

Thursday May 27 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Elements & Energies: Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman on Poetry, Eco Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and Brenda Hillman, author of eight lauded collections, share their experiences of activism and writing in response to the natural world. Suggested contribut... [details »]

Saturday May 29 2010, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM   River of Words with Robert Hass Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Robert Hass shares his own poems of the natural world as well as those by children across the country. A discussion about connecting watersheds and imaginations through poe... [details »]

Saturday May 29 2010, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM   An Ethics Occurs at the Edge of What We Know: A Seminar with Bre Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Author of Practical Water, among other poetry books, Brenda Hillman discusses poetry and activism, writing about the elements and ecopoetics, and the writing process in relation to political commitmen... [details »]

Saturday May 29 2010, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM   Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman in the Great Outdoors: A Reading Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

This reading inaugurates Poets House’s outdoor courtyard in the new South Teardrop Park.... [details »]

Friday June 4 2010, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   Taylor Mali at Caffè Lena Caffè Lena Carol Graser 47 Phila St. Saratoga Springs, NY 518-883-6394 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Taylor Mali is one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet. Eloquent, accessible, passi... [details »]

Tuesday June 8 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   What Love Comes To: A Celebration of Ruth Stone Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

What Love Comes To: A Celebration of Ruth Stone with Chard deNiord, Toi Derricotte, Marie Howe, Maxine Kumin, Dorianne Laux, Sharon Olds, Bianca Stone, & Hillery Stone In honor of Ruth Stone’s 95th... [details »]

Monday June 14 2010, 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM   The 15th Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge: A Benefi Poets House Suzanne Wise 10 River Terrace New York, NY (212)431-7920 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join us for this annual pilgrimage across one of New York City’s great architectural gems. Leading poets read the words of Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes and other greats en route. The ... [details »]