Shirley Lim & Dana Gioia on Formalism in Poetry! Moderated by Kate Gale

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Red Hen Press Poetry Lecture and Conversation Series: Shirley Lim and Dana Gioia Streamed live on redhen.org, facebook.com/redhenpress, and youtube.com/redhenpressbeats With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Red Hen Press is proud to bring a unique lecture and conversation series to the public, focusing on the history and future of formalism in […]

The History and Future of Black Literature: A Black History Month Event

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Featuring Khalisa Rae, Dexter L. Booth, Nordette Adams, Karisma Price, and Tée V. Smith, with conversation moderated by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Red Hen Press is excited to bring this reading and conversation to your viewing screens! Join us for a reading and conversation on the history and future of Black literature, especially in the context […]

SHAPING A BOOK OF ESSAYS w/ SEBASTIAN MATTHEWS & REBECCA MCCLANAHAN

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Nonfiction and memoir writers, learn to shape your essays into a book with Sebastian Matthews and Rebecca McClanahan. About this Event The nonfiction writer who creates a book from independent pieces encounters challenges that the writer of a single-arc narrative does not. Though each essay can stand alone, each should also relate to the other […]

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Curated Conversation(s): Jacqueline Balderrama with CYNTHIA HOGUE

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Jacqueline Balderrama discusses her debut poetry collection, Now In Color, with Cynthia Hogue. Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show is a monthly interview with a Latinx poet who has recently published their first book. The debut poets themselves have selected their interlocutors. Register HERE to be notified when this episode premieres! You’ll receive an email with instructions for viewing […]

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LIVE ON – ZOOM: Poetry & Practice Spring Reading Series – Danielle Vogel, Wesleyan University

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Mar 31, 2021 04:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) Join us for poetry and conversation about creative, research, and transformative practices. Featuring contemporary poets reading from their recent books and in dialogue with KU student writers and artists. In collaboration with this spring's graduate poetry seminar (ENGL 752) and the Global Grasslands CoLABorative's […]

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Jennifer Risher, CBS Lectures

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JOIN US on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 5:30 PM PT for a CPS Lecture with Jennifer Risher on We Need To Talk: A Memoir About Wealth. Zoom link will be given to those who RSVP. CPS Lectures is a free discussion series that normally takes place in San Francisco, however events are being hosted virtually […]

Kim Stafford book event at Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR)

Virtual

April is National Poetry Month and we are excited to bring you this special event with poet Kim Stafford. Please join us as he shares from his new book, Singer Come from Afar. Find more about the event and register here to join online: https://college.lclark.edu/calendars/events/#!view/event/event_id/326561

Khalisa Rae @ Variety Pack — Comedy of Errors: Poetry Reading!

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For full info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/variety-pack-presents-comedy-of-errors-poetry-reading-w-khalisa-rae-tickets-147347266641 Saturday, April 3rd, from 6-7PM where Khalisa Rae will read w/ Mike, Jazz, Rita, Sofia, and Chris B., for some laughter & poetry! About this Event Join our fearless emcees, Ben, & Maddie, for our second featured event, "Comedy of Errors," a funny reading filled with poetry and laughter as we […]

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MAGIC CITY CONVERSATIONS: RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS AND KHALISA RAE [Virtual]

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For full info: https://pen.org/event/magic-city-conversations-rachel-eliza-griffiths-and-khalisa-rae/   Join PEN America Birmingham and the Magic City Poetry Festival for a conversation between Khalisa Rae, author of Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Seeing the Body. The authors will read their latest works and discuss how identity and place inform the craft of their poetry. REGISTER HERE Khalisa Rae is a […]

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