2021 PAST EVENTS

All events for the Spring of 2021 were virtual

January 8
Carlow University Reading with Richard Blanco
Virtual Event / Register here

February 25
Pacific University Visiting Writer's Series
Virtual Event / More information / Event flier (PDF)

March 3 - 7, 2021
AWP Conference Events (exact dates and times TBD)
Virtual Events / More information

Free Verse: Making a Life Outside the Tenure Stream

Reading for Milkweed Editions

March 13
WOC Speak Reading
Virtual Event

March 18
Reading for Ohio University
Virtual Event

April 1
Reading for Johns Hopkins University
Virtual Event / More information

April 2calendar
Fifteenth Anniversary of Lucky Wreck Release Party with Jennifer L. Knox and Jason Schneiderman
City of Asylum / Virtual Event / More information

April 8
Reading for St. Lawrence University
Virtual Event

April 9 & 10
SOMOS Taos Reading & Workshop
Virtual Event / More information

April 13
Goodbye To All That: Book Re-Launch + Virtual Celebration
Virtual Event / More information

April 15
Reading for Eckerd College
Virtual Event / Register here

April 16
Reading for Iowa Writers Workshop
Virtual Event

April 22
The Carrying Paperback Release Party with Camille Dungy
Books Are Magic / Virtual Event / More information

April 29
LMS Voice
Interview/ Virtual Event / More information

May 4
Reading for UC San Diego
Virtual Event / More information

May 11
Reading for Cambridge Union
Virtual Event / Watch here

June 5
Keynote Presentation for the Books in Progress Conference
Carnegie Center
Virtual Event

2020 PAST EVENTS

January 24 - 25
Writers Weekend
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
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January 28
Winter Words Author Series: Reading with Jericho Brown
The Aspen Institute
Aspen, CO
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February 4
Reading at Berea College
Berea, KY

February 6
Lexington Old Time Music Gathering
Lexington, KY
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February 14
Reading at California State University, Fresno
The Chicanx Writers and Artists Association
Fresno, CA
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February 20
The Art for Justice Reading
Poetry Center at Arizona State University
Tuscon, AZ
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February 27
Midwest Poetry Series
Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO
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Fall

All of the events below for the Fall of 2020 are virtual events.

August 15 & 16
24th Annual Tuolumne Meadows Virtual Poetry Festival
Virtual Events
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August 28
826NYC QuaranTEEN Voices
Virtual Event
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August 29
Alone Together: Telling the Stories of the Pandemic, 6:00 pm EST
Click here to join the Zoom event

September 19
The 2020 Tell It Slant Poetry Festival
Virtual Event
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September 22
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Virtual Event

September 23
New Voices, New Rooms
Panel for Alone Together: Telling Our Stories During the Pandemic with Richard Blanco, Susan Henderson, Dawn Raffel, and Steve Yarbrough
More information

October 3
Southern Foodways Symposium
More information & tickets

October 9
Northeast Ohio Consortium
Virtual Events
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October 13
PBS Trailblazers
Virtual Event
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October 15
Reading & Conversation with Ray Gonzalez
University of Minnesota
Virtual Event
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October 22 - November 1
Dodge Poetry Festival
Virtual Events
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October 29
Hugo House Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Learn more & register here

Week of November 9
Visiting Writer
Grinnell College
Virtual Events

November 13 - 15
Writing By Writers
Virtual Events
More information

 

2019 PAST EVENTS

January 29
Library of Congress Reading, "Life of a Poet"
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital (921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
Washington, D.C.
More infomation

February 7
Zell Visiting Writers Series, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
More information

February 14
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
More information

February 27
Reading at Berea College
Berea, KY

March 6
Reading at Trinity College
Hartford, CT

March 20
Reading at North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

March 27 - 31
AWP Conference
Portland, OR

Thursday, March 28

6:00 pm: Fierce Love: The Field Office Collective Reading, Portland Art Museum (more information)

Friday, March 29

10:30 am: "F149. Fifty Years of First Books" (more information)

12:00 pm: "F213. A Poem for Our Time: Poets Nominate the Poems We Need in 2019—and Beyond" (more information)

1:30 pm: Booksigning, Fine Arts Work Center, Bookfair

4:00 pm: Booksigning, Milkweed Editions, Bookfair

6:30 pm: "The Resistance is Femme," Offsite reading at Powell's City of Books

April 1& 2
Williams College with Natalie Diaz
Williamstown, MA

April 14 - 27
Texas State University
Writer in Residence
Kyle, TX

June 17 -21
Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
Bemidji, MN
More information

September 5
Reading at South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities
Greenville, SC

September 11
Reading at Saint Mary's College
Moraga, CA

September 19
Reading at New York University
New York, NY

September 26
Good Thunder Reading Series
Mankato, MN

October 3
Reading at Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA

October 8
Reading at Weber State University
Ogden, UT

October 17
The Ice Worker Still Sings
Reading with Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
Chicago, IL

October 24 - 26
2019 Florida Writers Festival
Gainesville, FL

November 6
Reading at the University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX

November 7
Reading at St. Edward's University
Austin, TX

November 12
Reading at Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA

November 21
Reading at the University of North Texas
Denton, TX

 

2018 PAST EVENTS

Fall

August 21
The Carrying Kentucky Release Party
The Carnegie Center
Lexington, KY
More information

August 23
The Carrying Release Party with Matthew Zapruder
Green Apple on the Park
San Francisco, CA
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August 24
The Carrying Release Party with Matthew Zapruder
Readers Books
Sonoma, CA
More information

September 5
Reading at Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA

September 6
The Carrying New York Release Party with Dawn Lundy Martin
Books Are Magic
Brooklyn, NY
More information

September 18
Reading at Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

September 19
Reading at the University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

September 25
Reading at Smith College
Northampton, MA

September 27
Reading at the University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH

October 5
Reading with William Brewer and Parneshia Jones
Target Performance Hall | Open Book, 2nd Floor
Minneapolis, MN

October 18
Reading at Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

November 3
Reading at Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH

November 10
Portland Book Festival
Portland, OR
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November 18
Feminist AF, Hosted by Roxane Gay & Ambe Tamblyn
Vulture Festival, Los Angeles, CA
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December 13
Reading at Antioch University
Los Angeles, CA

 

Spring & Summer

January 6
Reading at the University of Tampa
Tampa, FL

January 29
Reading at Ramapo University
Ramapo, NJ

January 30
Reading at Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY

January 31
Reading at Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

February 1
Reading at the University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

February 28
Supporting Women Writers in Miami (SWWIM) Reading Series
Miami, FL

March 7 - 10
AWP Writers Conference
Tampa, FL

Thursday, March 8

12:00 pm: Persona of the Personal: A Reading and Roundtable
Ballroom A, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor (Session R179)

Friday, March 9

11:00 am: Booksigning at Milkweed Editions, Bookfair

Saturday, March 10

12:00 pm: The Worst Writing Advice I Ever Got.
Ballroom C, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor (Session S180)

March 20
Reading at Guilford College
Greensboro, NC

April 5
Reading at the Arizona Poetry Center
Tucson, AZ

April 6
Reading at the Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix, AZ

April 12
Reading at Reed College
Portland, OR

April 14
Craft Talk at the Hugo House
Seattle, WA

April 24
Reading at Grossmont College
El Cajon, CA

May 17 - 20
Skagit River Poetry Festival
La Conner, WA

June 2 - 6
Indiana University Writers Conference
Bloomington, IN

June 12 - 15
Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets
Lewisburg, PA

June 21 - 24
CantoMundo
New York, NY

July 1 - 6
Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA

 

2017 PAST EVENTS

Fall

September 27
Talking to the Sun
Minglewood, Lexington, KY

October 2
Tabula Poetica
Chapman University, Orange, CA
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October 14
Reading with Silas House & Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Benefit for the Appalachian Writers Workshop
Duncan Tavern, Paris, KY

October 24
Cocktail Reception & Reading, 25th Anniversary Poetry in Motion Celebration
The National Arts Club
New York, NY

October 25
Celebratory Reading, 25th Anniversary Poetry in Motion Celebration
The Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
New York, NY

October 26
Reading, Ramapo College
Mahwah, NJ

Summer Events

June 12 - 16
Lighthouse Writers
Denver, CO
More information

June 25
Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts
Centre College, Danville, KY

June 30 - July 1
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Montpelier, VT
More information

July 2 - 7
Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA
More information

July 23 - 28
Napa Valley Writers' Conference
More information

Spring Events

Thursday, February 9
VIDA: Voices and Views
Convention Center
More information

Friday, February 10
The Field Office Reading
Offsite Event: True Reformer Building
More information

Saturday, February 11
Poetry as Invocation
Convention Center
More information

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2016 PAST EVENTS

February 19

Reading at Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

February 25

Reading
St. Mary's College of Maryland

March 5

Reading at the New York Botanical Gardens
New York, NY

March 8

Reading, St. Francis University
Ft. Wayne, IN

March 10

Reading, University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, IL

March 16

Reading for the National Book Critics Circle
The New School
New York, NY

Reading Tour with Adam Clay & Michael Robins

April 6

Reading
Spooner Hall, The Commons, University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

April 7

Open Mouth Reading Series
Fayetteville, AR

April 8

Impossible Language Series
Memphis, TN

April 9

Trobar Ric Reading Series
Oxford, MS

April 10

Nitty Gritty Magic City Reading Series
Birmingham, AL

April 11

Indian Springs School Reading
Birmingham, AL

April 11

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

April 12

Loyola Reading
New Orleans, LA

April 13

Reading, University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

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April 29 - May 1

Mass Poetry Festival
Salem, MA

May 21

WorldTemple Poetry Series
Sonoma, CA

May 22

Reading
Gundlach Bundschu
Sonoma, CA
More information / Event Flier (PDF)

May 23

California State University, East Bay
Hayward, CA

May 31

Reading at Bryant Park
New York, NY

June 3 - 5

Calabash Festival
Treasure Beach, Jamaica
More information.

August 7 - 12

Poetry As Surrender
Workshop at the Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA

 

 

2015 PAST EVENTS

January 5 – February 27, 2015

Online Workshop
Staying True: Authenticity & Voice

→ Learn more & apply here.
→ Download the workshop flier here [PDF]

March 13 – 14

Princeton Poetry Festival
Lewis Center for the Arts
Princeton, New Jersey
Learn more

March 16

Reading with Jason Schneiderman
KGB Bar
New York, New York
Learn more

April 1

PLEASE EXCUSE THIS POEM
Strand Bookstore, 7:00 pm
New York, New York

April 8 - 11

AWP Conference
Minneapolis Convention Center / Minneapolis, MN

Thursday:

3:00 pm: Booksigning / New Harmony Writers Retreat Bookfair Table

4:30 pm: R263. Let's Not Start From Scratch: How to Talk About Race in Poetry
(Jason Schneiderman, Timothy Leyrson, Rickey Laurentiis, Ada Limon, Syreeta McFadden) Why does a discussion of the sonnet assume common knowledge, but a discussion of race in poetry always seems to be starting from scratch? How can we create shared bodies of knowledge regarding race, difference, and ethnicity so that conversations will turn on intellect, experience, and analysis, rather than accusation and defense? What tools do poets need for thinking about race that are larger than the self? Five poets present their vision for creating a foundation for productive conversation. (Room 101 H&I, Level 1)

8:00 pm: Offsite event: descant, Pressgang, and Fourth River Reading at The News Room, Entertainment Room

Friday:

1:30 pm: Book-signing / Milkweed Editions Bookfair Table

3:00 pm: Meet & Greet / Fine Arts Work Center Bookfair Table

7:00 pm: Offsite event: Newfound/ Waxwing Reading, Gamut Gallery 1006 Marquette Ave South

April 29

Reading at the University of Scranton, 8:00 pm
Scranton, PA
More information here {PDF}

May 5

"Chthonic" Chapbook Release Party with John James
New York, NY (Venue TBD)

May 15

Broadside Reading Series
Center for Book Arts, 6:30 pm
New York, NY

June 21 – 27

New Harmony Writers Workshop
University of Southern Indiana
New Harmony, Indiana
Learn more

September 5

Kentucky Book Release Party
5:00 pm, The Morris Book Shop
Lexington, KY

September 20

Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, NY

September 23

Living by Words
7:00 pm, Christ Church
Lexington, KY

October 4

Reading at Jack London State Park
Glen Ellen, CA

October 6–7

Guest Authors Series
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey, CA

October 9

Reading
Readers' Books, 130 East Napa Street
Sonoma, CA

October 13

LitQuake
San Francisco, CA

October 19

Reading
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA

November 11

Reading
Georgetown College
Georgetown, KY

November 17

Reading
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Manhattan, NY {more information}

December 9

Student Day of Poetry
Worcester State University

December 10

Student Day of Poetry
University of Massachusetts Lowell

2016 PAST EVENTS

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February 26–March 1, 2014: AWP Events (Seattle, Washington)

Wednesday, February 26

THRUSH Reading
Re-Bar, 1114 Howell Street (Off-Site Event)
Doors at 7:00 pm, Reading starts at 8:00 pm

Thursday, February 27

Book signing at The Field Office table
AWP Bookfair, Table #AA33
11:00am – 12:00pm

The Field Office Reading
Still Liquor, 1524 Minor Avenue (Off-Site Event)
5:00pm – 7:00pm

March 29, 2014

Reading
8:00 pm, Stanley Kunitz Common Room, Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA

April 7, 2014

Reading with Jennifer L. Knox
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

July 19–August 2, 2014

Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program in Latin America
Faculty Readings
Buenos Aires, Argentina

August 7, 2014

WORK/ PLACE/ POETRY: A FIELD OFFICE CONVERSATION AT THE WILD FIG
with Field Office Poets Rebecca Gayle Howell & Marcus Wicker
The Wild Fig Bookstore, Lexington, KY (more information)

August 27, 2014

Holler Poets Series
8:00 p.m., Al's Bar, 601 North Limestone Street
Lexington, Kentucky

September 19, 2014

Fort Gondo Poetry Series with Adam Clay
Fort Condo, 3151 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, Missouri

September 21, 2014

Poets in the Parlor Reading Series with Adam Clay
Vachel Lindsay Home
Springfield, Illinois

October 9, 2014

The So and So Reading Series with Adam Clay & Michael Robins
8:00 pm, CAM Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
Learn more

October 10, 2014

New Southern Voices Reading Series with Adam Clay & Michael Robins
7:00 pm, Hub City Bookshop
Spartunburg, SC
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October 11, 2014

Avid Poetry Series with Adam Clay & Michael Robins
Avid Bookshop
Athens, Georgia
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October 12, 2014

SAFTA Reading Series with Adam Clay & Michael Robins
The Birdhouse
Knoxville, TN
Learn more

October 23, 2014

Reading at University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia