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The Academy of American Poets invites you to join us in New York City for a series of events exploring the ever-changing landscape of contemporary poetry in America. The Forum will feature in-depth discussions with an array of distinguished poets; readings; publication parties; and a new selection of literary walking tours, led by poets, throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
"The Poets Forum is a true assembly of minds, a marketplace of ideas. You'll find no posturing or pronouncements, no peacocks or princesses—just poetry poetry poetry. Autumn is in the air; let's go to the fair!" —Rita Dove
"Poetry is an ancient art that is ever new, which is proved each fall by the Poets Forum—a splendid gathering, a rambunctious and diverse chorus, a forum of spirited solitaries. As John Berryman put it, 'We are on each other's hands / who care.'"
—Edward Hirsch
"All year I look forward to our Harvest gathering, to the ongoing conversation between all the readers and writers who join forces to fill our communal spaces with the laughter and grief and anger and joy of poems."
—Sharon Olds
"The Poets Forum brings together writers and readers of poetry to foster the ongoing conversation that makes American literary culture so diverse, vibrant and compelling. It gives this most intimate of art forms a public context in which it can shine."
—Mark Wunderlich
Chancellors Reading
Thursday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for an unforgettable evening as some of the most acclaimed poets of our day come together on one stage to read from their latest work.
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
New York University
566 LaGuardia Place
Poetry Walking Tours
Friday, October 21, 10:30 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Take a trip down the same streets traversed by Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, E. E. Cummings, Langston Hughes and countless other poets. Walking tours will explore the literary history of Harlem, the Museum of Modern Art, the West Village, and SoHo. Past tour guides have included poets Kazim Ali, Anselm Berrigan, Jordan Davis, Bob Holman, Katy Lederer, Cate Marvin, Greg Pardlo, Tracy K. Smith, Tom Thompson, Mónica de la Torre, among others.
All-Events Passholders only Various meeting locations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
NEW: Make It New: Vision & Innovation in Contemporary Poetry
Friday, October 21, 12:00 p.m.
Cathy Park Hong, Ilya Kaminsky, and Evie Shockley discuss innovative and experimental uses of language in their own poems and the work of other poets who have influenced them.
All-Events Passholders only
Venue TBA
NEW: From City to Country: Regional Aesthetics and Sensibility in American Poems
Friday, October 21, 2:00 p.m.
Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Matthew Dickman, and Cate Marvin discuss how ideas of place and travel operate in their own poems and other American poems.
All-Events Passholders only
Venue TBA
Blaney Lecture
Friday, October 21, 3:30 p.m.
Winner of the 2011 Bollingen Prize in poetry, Susan Howe presents a lecture on poetry and telepathy.
All-Events Passholders only
Venue TBA
Annual lecture series in honor of Dorthy Gulbenkian Blaney
Poets Awards Ceremony
Friday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.
Celebrate contemporary poetry and recipients of the premier collection of awards for poetry in the United States; a reception will follow.
Tishman Auditorium
The New School
66 West 12th Street Co-sponsored by the New School Creative Writing Program
Poets Forum: Chancellors Discussions on Contemporary Poetry
Saturday, October 22, 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
6 sessions
Through a series of intimate talks, some of the most renowned poets of our time examine issues central to poetry today.
Getting Away With It: Risk In Poems
Marilyn Hacker, Yusef Komunyakaa & Gerald Stern
Humans & Others
Juan Felipe Herrera, Kay Ryan & Anne Waldman
Breaking the Line, Breaking the Narrative
Rita Dove, Ron Padgett & Sharon Olds
Suffering through Joy
Mark Doty, Edward Hirsch & Naomi Shihab Nye
Repetition & Refrain
Victor Hernandez Cruz, Lyn Hejinian, Carl Phillips & Marie Ponsot
Venue TBA Co-sponsored by the New York University Creative Writing Program
American Poet Launch Party
Saturday, October 22, 7:00 p.m.
Reading and reception for the new fall issue of American Poet, the journal of the Academy of American Poets. Carol Muske-Dukes, Matthew Rohrer, and Tracy K. Smith will read from their work.
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York University
58 West 10th Street Co-sponsored by the New York University Creative Writing Program
Events take place at venues throughout Manhattan; all times are subject to change.
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