WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets
What happens when writers dare to expose their family secrets through stories and memoir?
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What happens when writers dare to expose their family secrets through stories and memoir?
...read moreIn 1776 a 23-year-old woman named Jemima Wilkinson suffered a severe illness, declared her past self dead, and then rebranded as the Public Universal Friend, a genderless...
read moreJoin us for evening of poetry in celebration of Heidi Seaborn's collection tic tic tic, featuring readings of new and selected work by poets ...
read moreAward-winning poet Didi Jackson, a Poetry Society of America honoree, and acclaimed poet Major Jackson, recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a Whiting Writers’ Award, read from...
read moreImbolc is the traditional Celtic start of Spring. We will honor the new season with a free poetry open mic. Imbolc will be hosted by Poison Oak, the drag poet of NYC. Read a...
read moreJoin us for a celebration of the life and work of Michele Serros, a Gen X poet, performer, rock star role model, and dear friend. We celebrate her 60th...
read moreCatching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025. Join us for an afternoon in community, marked by...
read moreHighland Park Poetry welcomes selected poets reading from the anthology "The Songs of Summer: Poems About Baseball" edited by Tom Erickson & Ed Werstein (Water's Edge Press...
read moreHighland Park Poetry welcomes Melissa Huff and John S. O'Connor as our featured poets. Melissa Huff is the author of "To Speak to Each Day in its Own Language" (Kelsay Books,...
read moreOur popular Community Days are back! Join us on Saturday, January 24, for a day of writing and camaraderie—with an emphasis on writing. Get inspired by working in a packed room...
read moreWater to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (ONLINE)
Award-winning poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi visit...
read moreHighland Park Poetry welcomes Donna Vorreyer and Carol Sadtler as our featured readers. Donna Vorreyer is the author of four full-length poetry collections: Unrivered ( 2025),...
read moreMain Point Books welcomes poets Christian Bancroft & Christos Kalli in celebration of Christian's new book "A Ghost Has No Fantasies."
This event will be in our...
read moreWho’s up for Dante? Down with him into hell, singing? Cantos to find the good in everything? As Shakespeare says in As You Like It: sweet are the uses of adversity…where trees...
read moreHighland Park Poetry is pleased to welcome Carol Alfus and Terry Loncaric as our featured poets. Carol Alfus' debut collection, "I Would Swim in Such a Sky," is published by...
read moreThe Rally marches on as we continue our season with three literary luminaries. Eve J. Chung, DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG (Berkley); Soraya Palmer, THE HUMAN ORIGINS OF BEATRICE...
read moreHARLEM NOIR
Live staged reading of 3 original Harlem stories by James Gillard.
Accomplished playwright/filmmaker and author. These three pieces capture the...
read moreHighland Park Poetry, East on Central & the Illinois State Poetry Societry are pleased to welcome Mark Turcotte, the recently appointed 6th Illinois Poet Laureate....
read moreWriters' Room of Boston presents Writers' Room After Hours - everything you wanted to know about the writing life, but were afraid to ask. This month Amy Shea is interviewed by...
read morePlease join us for the second iteration of SUCH MAGIC, a unique poetic storytelling event set in a beautiful cozy tea house. This event offers a chance to go deeper with the...
read moreAward-winning poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi visit the American Writers Museum to read from their powerful new book ...
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Happy New Year! Time to manifest a fabulous 2026 for peace, love, happiness, and poetry!
Brownstone Poets on Zoom is back for another...
read moreA Farmcoast Winter Conversation and Reading Series is a four-part series of two-hour gatherings, each with its own mix of reading, conversation, and writing,...
read moreMain Point Books welcomes author and Oscar-nominated director John Sayles with his new novel "Crucible," a complex and sweeping historical novel about Henry Ford — the Elon...
read moreAnnie Bloom's Books welcomes Portland author Adam Strong for the launch of his debut novel, Bella Vista. Adam will be in...
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