Poets House

Poets House, in partnership with Letras Latinas —the literary initiative at — is pleased to announce the premiere of a video trailer series showcasing ten Latinx poets, Ten Takes From the Archive 📚

The first episode in the series will premiere on Thursday, July 25 with 📺 Subsequent episodes will premiere on the last Thursday of the month thereafter. Visit our website to view the videos as they premiere! 💫

Join us for Sibling Rivalry Press: Family Reunion! ❤️

6pm: Reception in Kray Hall 🍷
7-8:30pm: Readings in Teardrop Park 📖
Free and Open to the Public 🌳

Celebrate a decade of defiant poetry with SRP founders, writers, and allies. Embrace the spirit of solidarity, community, and q***r joy. Let’s look back and envision a future where art leads to liberation and healing worldwide. 🌍✊

🔤 ASL interpretation available. 🥂 Light bites & refreshments

Visit the link in the bio to RSVP! 🔗

Join us at the 13th NYC Poetry Festival! 🌟

📅 Jul 13, 2024 | 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
📍 Brinkley Stage, Nolan Park, Governors Island

Enjoy readings by:
📖 (INSTRUCTIONS FOR BANNO)
📖 (The Weird Sister Collection)
📖 (回 / Return)

See you on Saturday! ☀️

Join us next month for Poets House Academy! We have an amazing roster of knowledgeable working poets leading student workshops, offering a unique opportunity for teens’ creative development.

Can’t make the whole week? Teen poets can also select individual days they’d like to attend. Follow the link in our bio to learn more about specific sessions.

Please register by Monday, July 29. Linktree in bio!

The library is closed today, July 4. See you Friday!

Join Poets House for a weeklong summer intensive designed to sculpt students into confident writers, speakers, and publishers of poetry. Linktree in bio.

Monday 8/5 – Friday 8/9: 10am to 4pm
Saturday (performance) 8/10: 3pm to 6pm

Poets House Academy encompasses five days of workshops, classes, and wellness activities. The week culminates in a student reading on Saturday, to which students’ families and friends are invited. Teen writers will be guided by a roster of esteemed poets, leading workshops on spoken word and oration, the body as a poetic canvas, and navigating poetry as a profession. Throughout this week of writing and community-building, students will have a one-of-a-kind collection of poetry, chapbooks, and journals at their fingertips.

All are welcome; full and partial scholarships are available according to student need.
Follow the Linktree in our bio for more information and to register for the program. Registration is due by Monday, July 29.

We are sorry to say that the Cornelius Eady Group’s EP Release Party is postponed due to heat. It will be rescheduled to the fall. Stay cool!

Join us this Saturday, June 22 at 4 PM for the launch of PAINTING, an eight-track acoustic EP from the Cornelius Eady Group. If you haven’t dropped by to check out Poets House’s rise from the ashes, this is your excuse. If you’ve been missing Cornelius’ January birthday parties, this is your chance to gather. If you’ve been wanting to hear the Cornelius Eady Group live in New York, something that doesn’t happen that often, your opportunity has just sailed in. See you there! Linktree in bio.

The library is closed today, we re-open tomorrow at 11am.

6/22: Enjoy an summer evening of live music performed by the Cornelius Eady Group. Performance is free and open to the public.

https://poetshouse.org/event/cornelius-eady-group/

Q***r Joy Poetry Picnic: Celebrate Pride with Poets House! Join us outdoors for an afternoon of expression at our first Q***r Joy Poetry Picnic in Rockefeller Park (across the street from Poets House). We invite you to share our inspiration for uplifting q***r voices in a come-as-you-are poetry writing meetup that is free and open to all ages. There will be moments to write poetry, recite poetry, and enjoy the summer sun with new friends. Don’t forget to bring a blanket/seat for your lounging preference!
Registration is required; attendees will receive a Poets House pamphlet of writing prompts with RSVP. LINKTREE IN BIO.

We will be closed on Thursday, June 6, but will reopen Friday, June 7 at 11am.

We will be closed on Wednesday, June 6, but will reopen Thursday, June 7 at 11am.

Tuesday 5/21: Join award-winning poets John Keene and Pamela Sneed for a reading and wide-ranging conversation on publishing amidst the unknowns of 2020 & 2021. RSVP via Linktree in bio.

This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority, and is part of the Poetry Coalition’s slate of programs in the spring and summer that reflect the transformative impact poetry has on individual readers and communities across the nation, and is made possible in part by the Academy of American Poets with support from the Mellon Foundation.

5/18: To mark the first Showcase Exhibit in five years and to welcome back our community, Poets House is hosting an open reading! This unique event is open to all poets who have work in the 2020 – 2021 Showcase exhibit. You may sign up to read by completing the form linked in our bio.

5/16: In this generative workshop with Brian Turner, we’ll focus on dreamscapes, poems of the underworld within, that state where language and image meld as story gives way to song. We’ll read and consider approaches to the poetry of labor, as well as the deep reservoir of love and loss that, perhaps, serves as the lifeblood of all verse. Linktree in bio.

In-Person 5/7: Rosebud Ben-Oni, author of If This Is the Age We End Discovery (Alice James Books, 2021); and Megan Fernandes author of Good Boys (Tin House, 2020), will read from their featured books. This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. Linktree in bio.

The Poets House Youth Center is closed Thursday 5/2 and Friday 5/3

Starting May 7: In this 6-week course with Keisha-Gaye Anderson, we’ll look at the tradition of the protest poem and learn the key components of the protest poetry. Linktree in bio.

Next Thursday, 4/25: Guggenheim fellow Eduardo C. Corral, author of Guillotine (Graywolf Press, 2020) and award-winning debut poet Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat (Milkweed Editions, 2020) come together to read and discuss the work they published during the pandemic. This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. Seating is first-come, first-seated. Accessible seating is available. If events reach capacity, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room. Linktree in bio.

Tomorrow: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, author of A Treatise on Stars (New Directions, 2020), is joined by Lara Mimosa Montes, author of Thresholes (Coffee House Press, 2020) for a reading and conversation about the pandemic’s impact on poetry and the challenges of publishing books during that time. This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. Events at Poets House are popular, and seating is first-come, first-seated. We have several seats reserved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room.

4/6: Please join us for a celebratory opening reception for the 28th Poets House Showcase exhibit, hosted by Cornelius Eady and Myra Shapiro. Eady will read from his chapbook, 706 Union Ave: Memphis Session (Kattywompus Press, 2020), and Shapiro will read from her book, When the World Walks Toward You (Kelsay Books, 2021). This event is presented with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. Linktree in bio.

The 28th Poets House Showcase exhibit—the first since the pandemic and major renovations—features books published in 2020 and 2021. The exhibition will be on view from April 6–May 31, during regular library hours, and will be accompanied by readings throughout April and May.

The only event of its kind, the Poets House Showcase is an admission-free exhibit featuring thousands of books of poetry published by hundreds of presses. Discover a panoramic view of nationwide poetic activity!

4/3: Join .press at Poets House to celebrate the launch of Laura Newbern’s A Night in the Country with readings from Carlie Hoffman, Miller Oberman, Martha Rhodes, and Laura Newbern. Free with RSVP! Linktree in bio.

Our elevator is currently out of order. We apologize for any inconvenience. For patrons who wish to visit the first floor, Kray Hall and the Youth Center are fully accessible, and staff are happy to retrieve items from the second floor reading room upon request. Feel free to call us at (212) 431-7920 with any questions.

Saturday 3/30: In this remote generative workshop with Rosanna Young Oh, we will discuss how poems can reinvent ancient, familiar stories into ones that feel urgently new. Linktree in bio.

In-Person Thursday, March 21, 6:30-8pm. Join Four Way Books, Yetzirah, and Poets House for an evening of short readings. Free with RSVP, linktree in bio.

Saturday! Join fahima ife, Danielle Vogel, and Asiya Wadud for a remote triple book launch celebration and conversation. Free with rsvp (a zoom link will be posted on the event page on our website on Saturday). Linktree in bio.

6-weeks with Bhisham Bherwani starting Feb 14: From the fragment to the epigram to the haiku to the imagist lyric, the very short poem (four lines, give or take) can be especially pungent, poignant, or ecstatic. Linktree in bio.

In-person at Poets House this Friday: Join Heid E. Erdrich and the 2023 James Welch Prize winning poets J.K. Tsosie and Kalehua Kim for a reading and celebration of their work. Presented in partnership with Poetry Northwest, and In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets) with generous support from the Battery Park City Authority. Barrier-free entry for all, please RSVP on our website. Linktree in bio.