Verses for Hope

Join Brain Pickings and the Academy of American Poets for a pop-up poetry reading before the Pride Parade in NYC this Sunday at the Washington Square Park fountain. A hope-giving response to the tragic events in Orlando, readers will include Maria Popova, Mohammed Fairouz, Mark Doty, David Thomas Martinez,Trace Peterson, Suzanne Gardinier, Jason Shneiderman, Kamilah Aisha Moon, J.P. Howard, Karen Weiser, Ricardo Maldonado, Joy Ladin, and more!

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