Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival

Our annual poetry festival features three days of workshops, panels, craft talks, readings and more! In the mornings, we’ll explore the creative process and write new material in generative workshops. In the afternoons, we’ll listen to panels on a variety of topics and engage in craft talks with acclaimed poets. We’ll end the day with readings featuring that day’s teachers, panelists, and other poets in our community.

Featured poets include leena aboutaleb, Fatimah Asghar, Tina Chang, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Cornelius Eady, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Shira Erlichman, Vanessa Jimenez Gabb, Ahana Ganguly, Roberto Carlos Garcia, Joan Kwon Glass, Heather Gluck, K. Iver, Eugenia Leigh, Francisco Márquez, Hannah Matheson, Angel Nafis, Kwame Opoku-Duku, Megan Pinto, Carey Salerno, Jon Sands, Jayson Smith, and Mary Sutton.

Event Type
In person
Extra Notes
This event takes place from October 2–4. Daily lineups are below. Three-day and individual day passes are available, along with virtual options. Admission price listed is for an in-person day pass. Saturday, October 3, Workshop I: Demystifying the Contemporary Sonnet with Shira Erlichman; Workshop II: Making Panoramic and Empathetic Poems with Angel Nafis; Panel: “Behind the Scenes: Journals & Publishing,” ft. Rob Macaisa Colgate (Foglifter), Heather Gluck (Epiphany), Eugenia Leigh (Adroit Journal) & Mary Sutton (Academy of American Poets, prev. West Trade Review); Craft talk: Let Unity Do The Work with Tongo Eisen-Martin; Readings: Tongo Eisen-Martin, Shira Erlichman, Angel Nafis, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Heather Gluck, Eugenia Leigh, and Jayson P. Smith