Each year, through its Readings/Workshops program, Poets & Writers supports hundreds of writers participating in literary events. If you're interested in attending events featuring any of the writers listed below, please be sure to get in touch with the contact person listed to confirm the time and place for the event.
The Literary Events Calendar is a nationwide calendar of readings, workshops, and other literary events. If you're interested in attending events featuring any of the writers listed below, please be sure to get in touch with the contact person listed to confirm the time and place for the event.
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Hannah R. Menkin Poetry Workshop Burbank Senior Artists Colony Burbank, CA Contact: Frank Lopez Poetry Reading/Workshop Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Bronx, NY Contact: Sadie Mahoney E-mail: smahoney@khcc-nyc.org This event is not open to the public. Joe Milazzo Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Center for Community Cooperation Dallas, TX Contact: Joe Milazzo E-mail: camp@writersgarret.org Samantha Hunt Ben Marcus Fiction Reading The Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA Contact: Miriam Newcomer E-mail: info@hammer.ucla.edu hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/1136 Terri Glass Poetry Reading West End Cafe and Deli San Rafael, CA Contact: Charselle E-mail: charselle@aol.com |
Amanda Cockrell Fiction Reading Hollins University, Green Drawing Room in Main Building Roanoke, VA Contact: Cathy Hankla E-mail: creative.writing@hollins.edu www.hollins.edu Gayl Teller Poetry Workshop Reading Specialists Council of Suffolk Dix Hills, NY Contact: Fred Seiden, Co-President Phone: 631 669 5964 www.rscs.wikispaces.com This event is not open to the public. Wanda Coleman Poetry Reading Cocoanut Grove 400 Beach St., Santa Contact: Daniel Yaryan E-mail: dyaryan@gmail.com Avotcja Jiltonilro Poetry Reading Cocoanut Grove 400 Beach St., Santa Contact: Michael C. Ford Poetry Reading Cocoanut Grove 400 Beach St., Santa Contact: Daniel Yaryan E-mail: dyaryan@gmail.com |
Wanda Coleman Poetry Reading Barnes & Noble Booksellers Palm Desert Palm Desert, CA Contact: Patricia D'Alessandro Phone: (760) 329-6130 Betsy Sholl Poetry Reading Gibson's Bookstore Concord, NH Contact: Gibson's Bookstore Phone: 603-224-0562 www.gibsonsbookstore.com Open Mic Poetry Reading Coffee Works Cafe Voorhees, NJ Contact: Rachael E-mail: rviscidy@gmail.com www.coffee-works.com GEORGIA JONES-DAVIS Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org |
Maureen Alsop Poetry Workshop Riverside Art Museum Riverside, CA Contact: Beth Yeager E-mail: byeager@riversideartmuseum.org Poetry Center Poetry Reading/Workshop Hamilton Club Building Paterson, NJ Contact: Maria Gillan Phone: 973-684-6555 www.pccc.edu/poetry Jeanne Miller and Joan Frank Creative Nonfiction Workshop Petaluma Senior Center Petaluma, CA Contact: Redwood Writers Branch of the California Writers Club E-mail: ecalendar@redwoodwriters.org SECOND ANNUAL POETRY OF VENICE PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Performance Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org The Rattling Wall, Issue 2 Reading and Release Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading The Standard Hotel Los Angeles, CA Contact: Michelle Meyering E-mail: michelle@penusa.org |
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Deborah Mayaan Creative Nonfiction Workshop Arizona Cancer Ctr./Casa de la Luz/Cong. Chaverim Tucson, AZ Contact: Sheryl Sister Phone: (520) 320-1015 DAN MUELLER : ART SHOW OPENING IN THE UPSTAIRS GALLERY Fiction Performance Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org FIRST SUNDAY FREE OPEN READING Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org Terese Coe Poetry Reading Bowery Poetry Club New York, NY Contact: Terese E-mail: kandroma@hotmail.com www.bowerypoetry.com/ FLORENCE WEINBERGER Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org |
Dana Gioia, David Mason, & Katharine Coles Poetry Reading Geffen Playhouse Los Angeles, CA Contact: Geffen Playhouse Phone: 310-208-5454 geffenplayhouse.com/more_info.php?show_id=68 |
Paul Dickey Poetry Reading/Book signing Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE Contact: Neil Harrison E-mail: neil@northeast.edu Carol Graser Poetry Workshop Saratoga Springs Public Library Saratoga, NY Contact: Barbara Moore E-mail: bmoore40@juno.com This event is not open to the public. Julia Amante Fiction Reading Highland San J. Racadio Library Highland, CA Contact: Jessica Sutorus E-mail: jsutorus@lib.sbcounty.gov Marianne Boruch Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading University of Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland, Contact: M. Boruch E-mail: mboruch@purdue.edu Tony Puma Poetry Reading The Unitarian Hall Newton, NJ Contact: Jim Phone: 862-268-2954 |
Frank Gaspar Fiction Reading INTS 1128 Riverside, CA Contact: Benicia Jacob Phone: (951) 827-5424 Hannah R. Menkin Poetry Workshop Burbank Senior Artists Colony Burbank, CA Contact: Claudia Rankine Poetry Reading UCSD Visual Arts Facility: Performance Space La Jolla, CA Contact: Rachel Taylor E-mail: rlt001@ucsd.edu literature.ucsd.edu/news-info/events/new-writing-series/nws-winter2012.html Joanne Griffith Creative Nonfiction Reading Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco, CA Contact: Jolene Torr E-mail: jolene@citylights.com |
Christine Kitano Poetry Reading INTS 1128 Riverside, CA Contact: Benicia Jacob Phone: (951) 827-5424 Garrett Hongo Poetry Reading INTS 1128 Riverside, CA Contact: Benicia Jacob Phone: (951) 827-5424 Michael Kearns Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop Writers at Work Los Angeles, CA Contact: Terry Wolverton Phone: 323-661-5954 Li Miao Lovett Fiction Reading LTCC Aspen Room South Lake Tahoe, CA Contact: Suzanne Roberts E-mail: robertss@ltcc.edu Sarah Lindsay Poetry Reading The Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA Contact: Miriam Newcomer E-mail: mnewcomer@hammer.ucla.edu hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/1140 |
Gary Young Poetry Workshop INTS 1128 Riverside, CA Contact: Benicia Jacob Phone: (951) 827-5424 Laura Mullen Poetry Reading UA Poetry Center Tucson, AZ Contact: Laynie Browne E-mail: laynie.browne@gmail.com Bhanu Kapil Poetry/Fiction Reading UA Poetry Center Tucson, AZ Contact: Laynie Browne E-mail: laynie.browne@gmail.com Judith Goldman Poetry Reading UA Poetry Center Tucson, AZ Contact: Laynie Browne Phone: (520) 847-6745 Poetry on Stage | Dreamweaver: Langston Hughes Poetry Performance Poetry Foundation Chicago, IL Contact: Kristin Gecan E-mail: kesch@poetryfoundation.org www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/event/1007 |
Robert Michael Oliver Poetry Workshop CentroNia Washington, DC Contact: Elizabeth Bruce Phone: (202) 332-4200 Lois P. Jones Poetry Reading Karpeles Manuscript Museum Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Contact: Suzanne Frost Phone: 805-252-1655 www.rain.org/~karpeles/sb.html Molly Peacock on John Donne and George Herbert Poetry Reading Poets House New York, NY Contact: Poets House E-mail: info@poetshouse.org poetshouse.org Poetry on Stage | Dreamweaver: Langston Hughes Poetry Performance Poetry Foundation Chicago, IL Contact: Kristin Gecan E-mail: kesch@poetryfoundation.org www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/event/1007 POETS STACY GNALL AND ALISSA NUTTING Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org |
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Steven Allen Griffin Poetry Reading Cocoanut Grove Santa Cruz, CA Contact: Daniel Yaryan E-mail: dyaryan@gmail.com Ruth Weiss Poetry Reading/Workshop Cocoanut Grove Santa Cruz, CA Contact: Daniel Yaryan Phone: (831) 713-0437 Ellen Maybe Poetry Reading/Workshop Cocoanut Grove Santa Cruz, CA Contact: Daniel Yaryan Phone: (831) 713-0437 Barrow Street West Reading Series: Michael Broek, Mary Flanagan, Lauren Schmidt, and Sarah Wetzel Poetry Reading/Book signing Twin Light Taphouse Highlands, NJ Contact: Derek Pollard E-mail: dpollard35@gmail.com www.twinlighttaphouse.com Eloise Klein Healy, Jeannine Savard, & Cynthia Hogue Poetry Reading Ruskin Art Club Los Angeles, CA Contact: Red Hen Press E-mail: publicity@redhen.org redhen.org/events/rhp-at-the-ruskin-art-club/ |
Elizabeth Strout and Daniel Menaker Fiction Reading Stony Brook Manhattan New York, NY Contact: Magdalene Brandeis E-mail: sbmanhattanmfa@gmail.com www.stonybrook.edu/mfa |
Carol Graser Poetry Workshop Saratoga Springs Public Library Saratoga, NY Contact: Barbara Moore E-mail: bmoore40@juno.com This event is not open to the public. Austin Ratner, Stephen Stark & Amelia Kahaney Fiction Reading/Book signing Pen Parentis at the Gild Hall (a Thompson Hotel) New York, NY Contact: Milda De Voe E-mail: penparentis@gmail.com www.penparentis.org Sarah Bridgins Creative Nonfiction Reading Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY Contact: LPR E-mail: info@lprnyc.com www.lprnyc.com B.C. Edwards Creative Nonfiction Reading Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY Contact: LPR E-mail: info@lprnyc.com www.lprnyc.com Sasha Fletcher Creative Nonfiction Reading Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY Contact: LPR E-mail: info@lprnyc.com www.lprnyc.com |
Phyllis Stern Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Center for Radiation Therapy 1625 Poplar Street, Bronx Contact: Alyson Moadel, PhD E-mail: alyson.moadel@einstein.yu.edu This event is not open to the public. Karen Rippstein Poetry Workshop Greenburgh Public Library Elmsford, NY Contact: Sarah Bracey White Phone: (914)-682-1574 Rae Armantrout Poetry Reading SJSU 1 Washington Square, San Contact: Andrew Altshul E-mail: assistant@litart.org Hannah R. Menkin Poetry Workshop Burbank Senior Artists Colony Burbank, CA Contact: Odette Heideman Poetry Reading Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY Contact: Le Poisson Rouge E-mail: info@lprnyc.com www.lprnyc.com |
Robert Sward Poetry Reading Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission, San Contact: Rebecca Foust E-mail: events@marinpoetrycenter.org Rae Armantrout Poetry Reading SJSU 1 Washington Square, San Contact: Andrew Altshul E-mail: assistant@litart.org Joseph Stroud Poetry Reading Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission, San Contact: Rebecca Foust E-mail: events@marinpoetrycenter.org Michael Kearns Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop Writers at Work Los Angeles, CA Contact: Terry Wolverton Phone: 323-661-5954 Virgina Barrett Poetry Reading 215 Main Point Arena, CA Contact: Blake More E-mail: blake@snakelone.com |
CAROL V. DAVIS SOLO: BETWEEN STORMS Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org Alison Luterman Poetry Workshop Mary and Joseph Retreat Center Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Contact: Jan Scott Phone: 310 993 5574 www.alisonluterman.com CHARLOTTE INNES READING WITH LESLIE MONSOUR AND MEHNAZ TURNER Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org WYATT PENN KEUSCH MUSIC PERFORMANCE Poetry/Fiction Performance Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org Octavia McBride-Ahebee Poetry Reading Poetry Project- St. Mark's Church New York, NY Contact: Stephen Boyer E-mail: stephenjboyer@gmail.com info@poetryproject.org |
Polly Bee Poetry Reading Oxnard Carnegie Art Museum 424 S. Oxnard, CA Contact: Jackson Wheeler E-mail: tsalagee52@gmail.com Florence Weinberger Poetry Reading Oxnard Carnegie Art Museum 424 S. Oxnard, CA Contact: Jackson Wheeler E-mail: tsalagee52@gmail.com Myung Mi Kim Poetry Reading The Drawing Studio Tucson, AZ Contact: Cynthia Miller E-mail: pog@gopog.org Jamison Crabtree Poetry Reading The Drawing Studio Tucson, AZ Contact: Cynthia Miller E-mail: pog@gopog.org Linda Gregerson on Edmund Spenser and John Milton Poetry Reading Poets House New York, NY Contact: Poets House E-mail: info@poetshouse.org poetshouse.org |
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DEDICATION OF THE SCOTT WANNBERG BOOKSTORE AND POETRY LOUNGE Poetry Performance Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org Matt Ruff Fiction Reading/Book signing Eagle Harbor Books Bainbridge Island, WA Contact: Victoria E-mail: staff@eagleharborbooks.com www.eagleharborbooks.com/event/mirage-matt-ruff HITCHED: L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS OR ECHO PARK TO CITY TERRACE Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org SUNDAY NIGHTS IN FEBRUARY AT BEYOND BAROQUE: "Cracked Open - Let Go and Let Gook" In her one-person-show, SUZANNE WHANG reveals her truth about being an over-achieving Asian woman. Poetry/Fiction Performance Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org |
River Styx at Duff's presents Marc McKee and Alison Pelegrin Poetry/Fiction Reading Duff's Restaurant St. Louis, MO Contact: Richard Newman E-mail: BigRiver@riverstyx.org |
Carol Graser Poetry Workshop Saratoga Springs Public Library Saratoga, NY Contact: Barbara Moore E-mail: bmoore40@juno.com This event is not open to the public. Naomi Benaron Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Cosumnes River College Bookstore Sacramento, CA Contact: Heather Hutcheson E-mail: hutcheh@crc.losrios.edu Rachel Leibrock Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Cosumnes River College Bookstore Sacramento, CA Contact: Heather Hutcheson E-mail: hutcheh@crc.losrios.edu Kel Munger Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Cosumnes River College Bookstore Sacramento, CA Contact: Heather Hutcheson E-mail: hutecheh@crc.losrios.edu Kelli Stanley and Camille Minichino Fiction Workshop Petaluma Senior Center Petaluma, CA Contact: Redwood Writers Branch of the California Writers Club E-mail: ecalendar@redwoodwriters.org |
Karen Rippstein Poetry Workshop Greenburgh Public Library Elmsford, NY Contact: Sarah Bracey White Phone: (914)-682-1574 Hannah R. Menkin Poetry Workshop Burbank Senior Artists Colony Burbank, CA Contact: Shahrnush Parsipur Fiction Performance Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY Contact: Sampson Starkweather E-mail: sstarkweather@gc.cuny.edu centerforthehumanities.org/james-gallery/events/Artists-and-Writers-Series-Women-Without-Men Matthew Pearl Fiction Reading/Book signing Gibson's Bookstore Concord, NH Contact: Gibson's Bookstore Phone: 603-224-0562 www.gibsonsbookstore.com |
Michael Kearns Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop Writers at Work Los Angeles, CA Contact: Terry Wolverton Phone: 323-661-5954 Steve Edwards Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop CSU Chico Performing Arts Center, Room 135 Chico Contact: Rob Davidson Phone: (530) 898-6372 Poets & Writers Magazine Hosts Screening of The Shining Fiction Performance Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn, NY Contact: Auzelle Epeneter E-mail: aepeneter@pw.org galapagosartspace.com T. J. Jarrett Poetry Reading Front Porch Nashville, TN Contact: Joyce Sohl E-mail: jsohl@ScarrittBennett.org www.scarrittbennett.org/ Poetry on Stage: Fjords Poetry Performance Poetry Foundation Chicago, IL Contact: Kristin Gecan E-mail: kesch@poetryfoundation.org www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/event/1011 |
Karen An-Hwei Lee Poetry Reading University of Illinois, Chicago Chicago, IL Contact: Ms. Amy Liu, Assistant to the Head E-mail: suliu@uic.edu This event is not open to the public. Elizabeth Hand Creative Nonfiction Reading Atlantic Center for the Arts New Smyrna Beach, FL Contact: Jim Frost Phone: 386.427.6975 www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org Rosemerry Wahtola undefined Poetry Book signing Ziggies Denver, CO Contact: Markiah Friedman E-mail: editor@liquidlightpress.com www.ziggieslivemusic.com/fr_poetry.cfm Poetry on Stage: Fjords Poetry Performance Poetry Foundation Chicago, IL Contact: Kristin Gecan E-mail: kesch@poetryfoundation.org www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/event/1011 JACQUELINE BERGER AND ERIC GUDAS Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org |
Terry Moore Poetry Reading/Workshop Guild Theater 2828 Contact: Terry Moore Phone: (916) 208-7638 Steve Hamilton Fiction Workshop/Performance/Book signing Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA Contact: Katherine Schulz E-mail: ksschulz@cox.net Donna Andrews Fiction Performance/Book signing Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA Contact: Katherine Schulz E-mail: ksschulz@cox.net Brad Parks Fiction Performance/Book signing Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA Contact: Katherine Schulz E-mail: ksschulz@cox.net Andy Straka Fiction Performance/Book signing Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA Contact: Katherine Schulz E-mail: ksschulz@cox.net |
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A Florianthology: An Exhibition on the Art and Poetry of Douglas Florian Poetry Reading Poets House New York, NY Contact: Poets House E-mail: info@poetshouse.org poetshouse.org Ryan Boudinot Fiction Reading/Book signing Eagle Harbor Books Bainbridge Island, WA Contact: Victoria E-mail: staff@eagleharborbooks.com www.eagleharborbooks.com/event/blueprints-afterlife-ryan-boudinot POETRY READING: ELIZABETH ARNOLD AND SARAH MACLAY Poetry Reading Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center Venice, CA Contact: Beyond Baroque E-mail: info@beyondbaroque.org www.beyondbaroque.org Susan Howe Poetry Performance Bond Chapel, at The University of Chicago Chicago, IL Contact: Mia Ruyter E-mail: mruyter@uchicago.edu www.renaissancesociety.org/site/ |
David Rosenthal Poetry Workshop The Writing Salon Berkeley, CA 94702, CA Contact: Jane Underwood E-mail: jane@writingsalons.com www.writingsalons.com/class-descriptions/expanding-your-poets-tool-kit/ This event is not open to the public. Sam Lipsyte and Daniel Menaker Fiction Reading Stony Brook Manhattan New York, NY Contact: Magdalene Brandeis E-mail: sbmanhattanmfa@gmail.com www.stonybrook.edu/mfa |
Carol Graser Poetry Workshop Saratoga Springs Public Library Saratoga, NY Contact: Barbara Moore E-mail: bmoore40@juno.com This event is not open to the public. Annabelle Moseley Poetry Reading Hillwood Museum, CW Post Campus Brookville, NY Contact: Joan Digby Phone: (516) 299-2840 Keith O'Shaugnessey Poetry Reading/Workshop/Performance Hudson Park Library Greenwich Village, NY Contact: Dr. Swapan Basu E-mail: SBRhyme@gmail.com Nypl.org |
Alice McDermott Fiction Reading Hofstra University Hempstead, NY Contact: Hofstra University Phone: 516-463-5410 www.hofstra.edu/gwgr Paula Rodenas Poetry/Fiction Reading/Workshop Merrick Theater and Center for the Arts Muultiple Contact: Helen-Marie Keogh Phone: (516)-485-8100 ext 273 Tim W. Brown Poetry Workshop AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair - 2012 Chicago, IL Contact: Tim W. Brown E-mail: timw.brown@yahoo.com www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php This event is not open to the public. Hannah R. Menkin Poetry Workshop Burbank Senior Artists Colony Burbank, CA Contact: Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow Poetry Reading/Book signing AWP Conference and Bookfair -- Februrary 29 - March 3, 2012 Chicago, IL Contact: The Association of Writers & Writing Programs E-mail: conference@awpwriter.org www.awpwriter.org |
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