Poets & Writers Theater
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In this video, Diane Ackerman reads a selection of poems from the fiftieth-anniversary edition of her debut collection, The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral, published by Marginalian Editions, and discusses her lifelong obsession with poetics in a conversation with Maria Popova for this McNally Jackson Books event at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn.
Tags: Poetry | Diane Ackerman | The Planets | Marginalian Editions | Maria Popova | McNally Jackson Books | 2026
