Literary Organization Detail:
Poets House Inc
| General Information: | |
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| Type: | Literary Organization |
| Name: | Poets House Inc |
| Address: |
72 Spring Street 2nd Floor New York NY 10012 |
| County/Region: | New York (Manhattan) |
| Description: | ORGANIZATION PROFILE: POETS HOUSE is a comfortable, accessible place for poetry--a 45,000 volume poetry library and a meeting place that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. In addition to books, the collection includes extensive audio, chapbook, and journal holdings. Poets House is free to use and open to the public Tuesday- Friday 11am-7pm and Saturday 11am-4pm. Founded in 1986 by STANLEY KUNITZ and the late ELIZABETH KRAY, Poets House serves a national constituency of writers and readers, and presents > programs that cultivate a wider audience for the art. Each year Poets House presents more than one hundred programs, including lectures, panels, workshops, and master classes. Our signature PASSWORDS series features celebrated contemporary poets presenting lectures on the work of their poetic predecessors. Rather than showcase poets reading their own work, our programs strive to illuminate connections between readers and writers of diverse aesthetics, and between contemporary poetry > and the traditions that nurture it. Our programming goals are to widen public discussion about the art of poetry and to encourage audiences to continue exploring the art through our 45,000 volume poetry collection. Our annual POETRY PUBLICATION SHOWCASE gathers the entire harvest of the previous year's new poetry books--from university, commercial and independent presses--for a comprehensive exhibit in our space. Featuring the work of poets from every aesthetic, the Showcase facilitates greater public access to over 2,000 poetry books produced in America annually. Showcase events explore issues of poetry publishing, from workshops about placing a first manuscript to panel discussions on the future of poetry texts in an electronic age. The Showcase is an unprecedented annual forum that > illuminates the roles of all partners who bring poetry to the public. Poets House is also engaged in an award-winning initiative whose goal > is to make poetry more available through our nation's libraries. POETRY IN THE BRANCHES is a project designed to broaden audiences for poetry in public libraries nationwide, through collection development and display, programming, after-school writing workshops for young people and librarian training. Through this project, Poets House has worked with staff from the New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library systems to create a national model for poetry services in community libraries. Each fall, Poets House holds a Poetry in the Branches National Institute for librarians from across the country--a comprehensive crash-course in building and expanding poetry collections, displays and programming in their home branches. This training and other poetry program related services are also brought, on a consulting basis, to the staff of libraries and other organizations. New to Poets House in the past several years are a Children's Room and an Exhibit Space. An inspiring place for young readers and writers, the Children's Room features a growing collection of poetry books for kids, and Saturday programs featuring hands-on poetry and art projects facilitated by celebrated poets and teachers. Its ceiling strung with one thousand paper cranes, the Children's Room is an inviting and whimsical place for families to spend a Saturday exploring poetry. The Exhibit Space features seasonal displays which examine the intersections between the written and visual arts. Past exhibits have included Robert Warner's Poetry Boxes, Ed Colker's Haybarn Press, and the New Millennium Chapbook Exhibit. Information on current and future events and exhibits as well as other services may be found on the Poets House website, http://www.poetshouse.org. |
| Phone Numbers: |
212-431-7920 |
| Fax | 212-431-8131 |
| Email/Website/Webmaster: |
info@poetshouse.org Public Website |
| Business Hours: | Tuesday-Friday 11am-7pm & Saturday 11am-6pm. |
| Related People: | |
| Contact: |
Wragg, Carlin |
| Curator: |
Coy, Catherine |
| Contact: |
Wragg, Carlin |
| Curator: |
Coy, Catherine |
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