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Poetry Near You
Are you looking to connect with poets or find opportunities to hear or study poetry? To find poetry events and resources near you, simply enter your zip code in the search field below.
| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Print is Dead: An AWP offsite Small Press Reading with Birdcoat Quarterly, Fine Print Press, and Ghost Peach Press | Baltimore, MD | |
| KGB Monday NIght Poetry Series presents: Kate Gaskin, Ricardo Maldonado, Jim Whiteside | New York, NY | |
| Poet’s Voice Evening with Pulitzer Prize Winner Marie Howe | Greenwich, CT | |
| Disturbing The Peace: An Open Mic & Reading to Demilitarize NYC | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Online launch: Daughter of Death by Roba Al-Sharif | ||
| Poets Meet-Up | Temecula, CA | |
| Crystal Wilkinson Reading – Richard H. Thornton Reading Series | Lynchburg, VA | |
| Generative Creative Writing Workshop | Fort Lauderdale, FL | |
| 59th Annual Wallace Stevens Poetry Program with Brenda Hillman | Storrs, CT | |
| Mayda del Valle and Mark Turcotte Reading | Chicago, IL |