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Poetry Forum: Daniel Nester and the Incredible Sestina Anthology. February 4th, 66 W. 12th St., Rm. 510, 6:30 PM, FREE
Join Best American Poetry series editor David Lehman and poet and editor Dan Nester as they read and delve into the mysteries of the sestina, a 700 year old poetic form that continues to…
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When Jim Cummins gets invited to a sestina hoe-down and can’t show up, what does he do?
He sends his regrets in the form of a sestina. . . Silly Sestina for Dan and the Sestina Masters at Poets House "This Saturday we will have the launch readingfor The Incredible Sestina…
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A Hammer, A Bell, and A Song: Pete Seeger 1919-2014 (by Laura Orem)
For almost a century, Pete Seeger walked the walk and embraced the possible. He was a man who understood the power of art and the dignity and worth of each human being; who…
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Saturday, February 1: Raise the Roof, Pay the Rent at Cave Canem’s NYC Rent Party
Rent parties began in Harlem in the 1920s when cash-strapped Uptown residents devised creative ways to pay discriminatory rental rates on low salaries. Party hosts opened their homes, and in exchange for a small…
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Denise Duhamel, Maureen Seaton, & more: 2015 titles from Sibling Rivalry Press.
Coming Fall of 2015 from Sibling Rivalry Press — The Collected & New Collaborative Work of Denise Duhamel & Maureen Seaton. Excitement! And here are more 2015 titles from SRP, via cue cards…
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What Makes a Human Being Make a Poem? [by Joy Jacobson]
Strangers. You, strangers, reading my poems. The thought makes me a little lightheaded. I’ve grown accustomed to being the solitary artist at work with words, spinning out a poem in its own idiolect. But…
