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Poets House: a place for poetry—library; literary center, locus of poetic inspiration. Staffer Carlin M. Wragg posts poetic fragments & things-to-know.
 
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Poets House Open today, Friday 11am - 7pm and tomorrow, Saturday, 11am - 6pm. Come by!

Fri at 10:18am via Selective Twitter Status
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Poets House Did you miss "500 Years of Latin American Poetry"? That's OK -- You're right there w/ Dale Eisinger's video clips: http://bit.ly/7dkx3R

Fri at 9:08am via Selective Twitter Status
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Marie-Elizabeth: Glad to!
Fri at 10:40am
Michael James Redmond
Michael James Redmond
No, I missed only 200 years of it ...
Sat at 11:03am
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Poets House Last program of the fall season tonight : 500 Years of Latin American Poetry ~ 7pm @ Ten River Terrace ~ $10 / $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members. Join us for the poetry and stay to fete the end of this first season in our new home!

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Poets House 7:00pm on 11/17 @ Poets House

PASSWORDS: Kit Robinson on "Time is/Was: Writing Memory in the Discontinuous Present" at 7:00pm on 11/17. See you there! http://bit.ly/3PU38V
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Poets House 11:00am on 9/29 @ Poets House

The Poets House Reading Room and Reed Foundation Library at 11:00am on 9/29. See you there! http://bit.ly/4me7op
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Poets House Join us for a memorable event this afternoon ~ "Transfer: A Seminar with Naomi Shihab Nye" at 3pm ~ A round-table session for adults that explores how poetry can help us navigate the different phases of our lives. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, no advance registration required. http://bit.ly/134sdb

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Poet Naomi Shihab Nye, the author and editor of over 20 volumes, leads a round- table session for adults that explores how poetry can help us navigate the different phases of our lives—from youth to old age—while examining such issues as absence and presence, loss and discovery. ...
Haydn Reiss
Haydn Reiss
Naomi is in new poetry doc, Every War Has Two Losers, along with W.S. Merwin, Robert Bly, Coleman Barks and others. www.everywar.com
November 14 at 9:22am
Shevi
Shevi
Had a great time at the event!
November 18 at 8:46am
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Poets House Bill Moyers Journal airs a special segment on Poets House ~ With images of our Grand Opening festivities! http://bit.ly/4o3tA8

November 14 at 8:24am via Selective Twitter Status
Donna LaVoy
November 14 at 12:31pm
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Poets House Great read afternoon read: The Words Without Borders' blog post about last week's "Polish Poetry Now" series. http://ow.ly/160sZU

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Last week, the Polish Cultural Institute presented a two-part symposium at Poets House that sought to address questions on the nature and identity of Polish poets working today. The program began Tuesday ...
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Poets House Come by the house tonight for a memorable evening of readings and conversation with Patricia Spears Jones and Angela Jackson. See you there!

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Chicago writer Angela Jackson joins poet Patricia Spears Jones for a reading and conversation about their respective writings, including Jackson’s new novel Where I Must Go. Cosponsored by Cave Canem
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Poets House Mozart's Third Brain ~ Rika Lesser joins us tonight at 7pm to discuss the work of Swedish poet Goran Sonnevi.

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In celebration of his 70th birthday and the publication of his new book, Mozart’s Third Brain, the preeminent Swedish poet Göran Sonnevi's English-language translator, poet Rika Lesser, discusses his work.
Donna LaVoy
Donna LaVoy
Another Birthday!! Another Angel
November 5 at 3:33pm
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Poets House Fascinating panel discussion last night about contemporary Polish poetry. Come out tonight to hear the poets and their translators read their work. Hope to see you!

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A bilingual reading of contemporary Polish poetry with poets Tomasz Różycki, Bożena Keff, Tadeusz Dąbrowski and Marzanna Kielar, and translators Bill Johnston and Benjamin Paloff. Cosponsored by the Boston Review, the Poetry Society of America, the Polish Cultural Institute and Zephyr Press. ...
Donna LaVoy
Donna LaVoy
You should see the Polish Pottery!!! I had to do a dble take. Just saw a QVC ad , they have some Beautiful Polish Pottery! and you some beautiful Polish Poetry! TY lol
November 4 at 12:14pm
Donna LaVoy
Donna LaVoy
Hamtramck Michigan also! +++
November 4 at 12:15pm
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Poets House Halloween treats for kids @poetshouse ~ Come for the cookies, stay for the poems ~ Sat. 10/31, 11-3 http://bit.ly/2zfONt

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Donna LaVoy
Donna LaVoy
and I say a computer is having the entire continent in your face/head...a lifetime with that. Prayer ++ needed continously. gbyou. guidance xx
November 2 at 8:09am
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Poets House 90+ lit folks convene @poetshouse today to talk lit & tech. Follow along on the LitTap blog & join the conversation! http://bit.ly/LS4sV

October 30 at 7:45am via Selective Twitter Status
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Matilde: Sorry for the delay. The conference was a pre-registration thing organized by LitTap and hosted at Poets House from 9 - 5 yesterday. A LitTap representative was blogging throughout the day so the link above gives a good sense of the issues discussed and a way to continue the conversation.
October 31 at 9:10am
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Poets House The New Latino Poetry ~ Looking for a poetic way to spend your Thursday evening? It's beautiful down here on the Hudson -- why not join us for a fascinating panel and reading about contemporary Latino poetry? http://bit.ly/1gqV5N

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Francisco Aragón, poet and editor of The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry, hosts a reading of the leading Latino poets and a panel exploring multi- and interlingualism, the role of location and other topics. ...
Richie Narvaez
Richie Narvaez
Because no one asked me to be in the book!
October 29 at 9:56am
Donna LaVoy
Donna LaVoy
I see !!! ok x
October 30 at 10:12am
Donna LaVoy
Donna LaVoy
YOU WANNA BE IN THE NEXT BOOK?...
October 30 at 10:13am
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Poets House Love Thom Gunn? Brave the rain & spend the evening with us ~ 7pm, 10/27 ~ "Past The Barriers: The Poetry and Poetics of Thom Gunn" http://bit.ly/4sX2Ak

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A major force in contemporary poetry, the writing of Thom Gunn (1929-2004), a British poet who found his voice during the five decades he lived in the Bay Area, ascends formal verse structures, swirls ...