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P&W Live: Douglas Kearney in Conversation With Destiny O. Birdsong

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In this Poets & Writers Live event introduced by Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González, Douglas Kearney reads from his new poetry collection, I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always (Wave Books, 2025), and joins Poets & Writers Magazine contributing editor Destiny O. Birdsong for a conversation. A profile of Kearney by Birdsong appears in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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The Luminous Life: Debut Poets Virtual Reading

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Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González hosts this two-part event celebrating the ten debut poets featured in “The Luminous Life: Our Twentieth Annual Look at Debut Poets” from our January/February 2025 issue. The virtual event includes readings from the poets, as well as conversations about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.

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5 Over 50: 2024 Virtual Reading

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In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers features editor India Lena González introduces the 2024 cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors: Suzette Mullen, author of The Only Way Through Is Out (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024); Dorsía Smith Silva, author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry Press, 2024); Uchenna Awoke, author of The Liquid Eye of a Moon (Catapult, 2024); Parul Kapur, author of Inside the Mirror (University of Nebraska Press, 2024); and Deborah Jackson Taffa, author of Whiskey Tender (Harper, 2024).

The New Nonfiction 2024 Virtual Reading

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In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González introduces the five debut authors featured in “The New Nonfiction 2024” in the September/October issue: David Martinez, author of Bones Worth Breaking (MCD, 2024); Wei Tchou, author of Little Seed (A Strange Object, 2024); Zara Chowdhary, author of The Lucky Ones (Crown, 2024); Lydia Paar, author of The Exit Is the Entrance: Essays on Escape (University of Georgia Press, 2024); and Neesha Powell-Ingabire, author of Come by Here: A Memoir in Essays From Georgia’s Geechee Coast (Hub City Press, 2024).

First Fiction 2024 Virtual Reading

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In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González introduces the five debut authors featured in “First Fiction 2024”: ’Pemi Aguda, author of Ghostroots (Norton, 2024); Jiaming Tang, author of Cinema Love (Dutton, 2024); Michael Deagler, author of Early Sobrieties (Astra House, 2024); Yasmin Zaher, author of The Coin (Catapult, 2024); and Gina María Balibrera, author of The Volcano Lovers (Pantheon, 2024).

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Performing the Future: Debut Poets Virtual Reading

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Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González hosts this virtual event celebrating the ten debut poets featured in “Performing the Future: Our Nineteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets” from our January/February 2024 issue. The event includes readings by the poets as well as a conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.

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The Beauty of Being: Debut Poets Virtual Reading

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Poets & Writers Magazine associate editor India Lena González hosts this virtual reading celebrating the ten debut poets featured in “The Beauty of Being: Our Eighteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets” in the January/February issue. The two-part event includes readings from the poets and conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.

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