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Poetry & Performance
Poetry that incorporates aspects of performance, such as slam poetry, video poems, and staged works.
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- Events-In PersonJoin us for a multidisciplinary celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Allen!
- EventsIn PersonPoetry and portraiture provide a rare view into contemporary Mexican American women’s equestrian performance.
- Events-In PersonJoin a live taping of VS in Los Angeles during AWP.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA listening experience of Danielle Davis and Cage Sebastian Pierre’s original mixtape “Songs from the Poets” from Court Theatre’s production of Antigone.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA poetry reading with Midwest-based authors Oliver Baez Bendorf, Imani Elizabeth Jackson, Nathanael Jones, Vi Khi Nao, and Ruben Quesada.
- Events-Poetry FoundationJoin us for a poetry reading, artist talk, and reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home.
- Events-Poetry FoundationParticipa en un dialogo entre los poetas participantes del festival Poesía en Abril.
- Events-Poetry FoundationAn evening of poetry readings by Ruth Lilly prize winner Kimiko Hahn, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Mónica de la Torre, and Rosalie Moffett.
- Events-Poetry FoundationAn evening of performances and readings by Karen Finley, Jada Renée Allen, Odette Stout, and Ruby Que with Ále Campos.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA poetry reading featuring Cheryl Clarke, Harmony Holiday, Natalia Molebatsi, and Nikki Patin.
- Events-In PersonJoin us for a special Wordplay Open Mic event featuring MTVE.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA book launch featuring readings by contributors Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, Candace Williams, and editor Diana Marie Delgado.
- Events-VirtualAn online poetry reading featuring Michelle Alexander, Casey Larkin Mazer Carsel, Lara Mimosa Montes, Danielle Pieratti, Samyak Shertok, Leigh Sugar
- PoemBy Shubhi SahniDownload the descriptive transcript
You’ll wake up in the middle of the night with
shooting pain
Your … - Events-HybridAn online poetry reading featuring community participants from the Poetry Foundation’s Forms & Features workshop series.
- Events-Poetry FoundationAn evening of music, poetry, dialogue, memory-weaving, and community gathering to honor the James Baldwin Centennial.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA staged play by Timothy David Rey, directed by Roger Ellis.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA poetry reading featuring Danielle Vogel, fahima ife, and Stefania Gomez.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA poetry reading featuring Daniel Borzutzky, Rae Armantrout, and Forrest Gander.
