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UPCOMING EVENTS
NYC:
Betsy Fagin and Daisy Atterbury
Poetry Project
March 26, 2025 — 8 pm
The Poetry Project, 131 E. 10th Street NYC
info/tickets
LOS ANGELES:
Emily Simon, James Loop, Tilghman Goldsborough, Jennifer Scapetone, and many others
March 28, 2025 — 9:30 pm
AWP Offsite Reading / A Wilder Place: many writers reading
Poetic Research Bureau, 2220 Arts, 2220 Beverly Blvd, LA
RSVP/info
GREAT BARRINGTON:
Robert Fitterman and K Prevallet
Other Words Reading Series
March 29, 2025 — 4 pm
Mason Library, 231 Main St., Great Barrington, MA
CHICAGO:
Leah Flax Barber with Riley Jones, Jamie Thomson, Lena Tsykynovska, and Scout Katherine Turkel
March 26 — 7 pm
Sleeping Village, 3734 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
ST LOUIS:
Robert Fitterman and Safa Khatib
April 2, 2025 — 7 pm
High Low, 3301 Washington Ave, St. Louis
more info
ST LOUIS:
Robert Fitterman and Lindsay Ellis
Broken Hearts: Creve Coeur & St. Louis / a reading and talk
@ High Noon
April 3, 2025 — 12 noon
High Low, 3301 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO
PHILADELPHIA:
Claire DeVoogd, Farid Matuk, Mirene Arsanios, Olga Mikolaivna
Overflowing Poetry
April 4, 2025 — 7 pm
Brickbat Books, 709 S 4th St, Philadelphia, PA
NYC:
Cristina Pérez Díaz and Farid Matuk
April 5, 2025 — 4 pm
CARA, 225 West 13th Street, NYC
RSVP / info
PROVIDENCE:
Karla Kelsey (with Donna Stonecipher and Kent Shaw)
April 5, 2025 — 5 pm
Riffraff Bookstore, 60 Valley St #107A, Providence, RI
more info
NYC:
Claire DeVoogd, Jennifer MacKenzie, Anjali Khosla, Mónica Gomery
April 5, 2025 — 7 pm
Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY
IOWA CITY:
Karla Kelsey (with Rebecca Lehmann)
Prairie Lights
April 23, 2025 — 7 pm
Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA
CHICAGO:
Karla Kelsey (with Matthew Goulish)
May 12, 2025 — 4 pm
The Seminary Co-op/57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St., Chicago
more info
CHICAGO:
Cristina Pérez Díaz & Leah Flax Barber
Book Launch at Pilsen Community Books
May 13, 2025
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th St., Chicago, IL
MILWAUKEE:
Cristina Pérez Díaz, Leah Flax Barber, Mónica de la Torre
May 14, 2025 — 7:30 pm
Space TBD
NYC:
Karla Kelsey (with Nazareth Hassan)
Segue Reading Series
May 17, 2025 — 5 pm
Artists Space, 11 Cortland Alley, NYC
NYC:
Cristina Pérez Díaz with Chloe Garcia Roberts
Launch event for From the Founding of the Country
May 17, 2025 — 7 pm
Woodbine, 585 Woodward Ave, Ridgewood, NY
NYC:
Sarah Riggs (with J. Mae Barizo and Ken Chen)
Launch event for Lines
May 21, 2025 — 6:30 pm
Bureau Gallery, 112 Duane St, NYC
NYC:
Leah Flax Barber (with Hannah Brooks-Motl, Peter Gizzi, Kai Ihns)
Launch event for The Mirror of Simple Souls
June 2, 2025 — 7 pm
Von Bar, 3 Bleecker St, NYC
PHILADELPHIA
Leah Flax Barber (with Kai Ihns, Bridget Talone, Lena Walker)
June 4, 2025
Vox Populi, 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
TURNER FALLS, MA:
Leah Flax Barber, Claire DeVoogd, Kai Ihns
June 7, 2025 — Time TBD
Unnameable Books, Turner Falls, MA
NYC:
Cristina Pérez Díaz and Isabel Sobral Campos
September 17, 2025 — Time TBD
CUNY Graduate Center
CAMBRIDGE, MA:
Cristina Pérez Díaz, Mónica de la Torre, Isabel Sobral Campos
September 18, 2025 — 7 pm
Grolier Poetry Bookshop, 6 Plympton St, Cambridge, MA
TURNER FALLS, MA:
Cristina Pérez Díaz with Mónica de la Torre, Isabel Sobral Campos, and Elizabeth Mikesch
September 20, 2025 — 7pm
Unnameable Books, Turner Falls, MA
CAMBRIDGE, MA:
Karla Kelsey and Sarah Riggs
October 30, 2025 — 7 pm
Grolier Poetry Bookshop, 6 Plympton St, Cambridge, MA
PAST EVENTS — 2025
NYC:
Monica McClure with Ghayath Almadhoun and Ariana Reines
March 6, 2025 — 7 pm (info)
Yu & Me Books
44 Mulberry St., NYC
BROOKLYN:
Ahmad Almallah and Ghayath Almadhoun
The Word Is Change
March 5, 2025 — 7 pm (info)
368 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY
ON THE RADIO:
Alan Gilbert
Poet Ray’d Yo, hosted by Chris Funkhouser
February 27, 2025 — 7 pm
WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears in NY’s Upper Hudson Valley
or listen online: wgxc.org/listen
TROY, NY:
Betsy Fagin at Salon Salvage
(with Miriam Atkin, Tyler Barton, Alex Chang)
February 22, 2025 — 7 pm
Upstairs Arts Collective, 403 Fulton Street, Troy, NY
AUSTIN, TX
Claire DeVoogd, Robert Fitterman, Monica McClure (info)
February 21, 2025 — 7 pm
Alienated Majesty Books, 613 W 29th St., Austin, TX
BROOKLYN, NY:
Betsy Fagin, Robert Fitterman, Alan Gilbert, Matvei Yankelevich
“Living Independent Poetry: Readings & Conversation”
February 13, 2025 — 7 pm
Bard NYC, 288 N. 8th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
SAN FRANCISCO:
Rebecca Kosick: Book Talk on Hélio Oiticica: Secret Poetics (info)
February 7, 2025 — 7 pm (doors at 6)
Et al., 2831a Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
NYC:
Alan Gilbert & Farnoosh Fathi
Columbia Faculty Reading Series
February 5, 2025 — 7:30 pm
Columbia University, 2960 Broadway, New York NY
Columbia ID may be required for entry on campus; write to jm4073@columbia.edu for info.
TROY, NY:
Robert Fitterman, Alan Gilbert, Karla Kelsey, Monica McClure
Salon Salvage
January 25, 2025 — 7 pm
Upstairs Arts Collective, 403 Fulton Street in Troy, NY
ON THE RADIO:
Richard Hell interviewed by Leah Hennessey
Jan 24, 2025 — 1:30 pm
on Montez Press Radio (info, listen)
Alan Gilbert (with CAConrad, Eduardo Martínez-Leyva, Precious Okoyomon, and Zoe Brezsny)
Brave Unbodied Scheme
January 17, 2025 — 7 pm
McNally Jackson Books Seaport, 4 Fulton St, New York, NY
Robert Fitterman (with Steven Zultanski)
January 10, 2025 — 6 pm
After 8 Books Bookstore and Publisher
7 Rue Jarry, 75010 Paris
Ahmad Almallah (info)
January 9, 2025 — 7 pm
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Gallery
310 W Master St, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Fitterman (with Shane Anderson)
January 5, 2025 — 6 pm
Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68, 10997 Berlin, Germany
PAST EVENTS — 2024
Karla Kelsey (with Jason Schneiderman & Marianne Chan)
KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry Series
December 16, 2024 — 7 pm
KGB Bar, 85 E 4th St, NYC
Betsy Fagin
Imaginary Elegies
December 13, 2024 — 7 pm
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street Brooklyn, NY
Claire DeVoogd (with Anna Moschovakis and Stacy Skolnik) (info)
December 13, 2024 — 7 pm
The Word Is Change, 368 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY
“Children of the War” by Marina Tëmkina and Michel Gérard (info)
An exhibition of texts and artworks from Boys Fight.
Through December 12, 2024
Harriman Institute Atrium, 420 W 118th St, 12th Floor, Columbia University, NYC
Alan Gilbert (with Malachi Black & Kay Cosgrove)
KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry Series
December 9, 2024 — 7 pm
KGB Bar, 85 E 4th St, NYC
Karla Kelsey and Merve Emre (info)
December 3, 2024 — 7 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Ave, New York, NY
Emily Simon (with Jamie Hood, Rachel Oyster Kim, and Heather Glynis)
Club Wonder, hosted by Annie Lou Martin
November 24, 2024 — 7 pm
Mood Ring, 1260 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Karla Kelsey at Susquehanna University (info)
Seavey Writers Series
November 19, 2024 — 7 pm
Isaacs Auditorium, 514 University Ave, Selinsgrove, PA
Robert Fitterman and John Keene (info)
Colloquium for Unpopular Culture
November 14, 2024 — 6:15 pm
NYU, Immersion room, Bobst Library, 7th Floor, 70 Washington Sq. South, NYC
Non-NYU guests must RSVP by email to ss162 [at] nyu.edu
Winter Editions Book Party
with Betsy Fagin, Robert Fitterman, Alan Gilbert, Karla Kelsey
November 10, 2024 — 6 pm
The Sunview Luncheonette, 221 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Richard Hell and Janaka Stucky (info)
Book launch for The Naomi Poems by Bill Knott
November 7, 2024 — 7 pm
Poet’s House, 10 River Terrace, NYC
Richard Hell and Janaka Stucky (info)
Book launch for The Naomi Poems by Bill Knott
November 6, 2024 — 7 pm
Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY
Documentary Poetics Night with Robert Fitterman, Patrick Greaney, and Mónica de la Torre (moderated by Ben Tripp)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 — 7 pm
Red Room Theater / KGB Bar, 85 E 4th St, NYC
Robert Fitterman (and TBA)
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Rhizome, 6950 Maple St NW, Washington DC
Ahmad Almallah (with Huda Fakhreddine)
Monday, September 16
Haverford College / HCAH, Haverford PA
Robert Fitterman (with Michael Gottlieb and Basil King)
Friday, September 13, 2024 — 7 pm
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY
Emily Simon and Rob Fitterman (with Josef Kaplan and Ben Gordon)
Thursday, September 5, 2024 — 7 pm
Hidden Place Reading Series, FS Upstairs Tavern, 3 W 23rd St., Baltimore, MD
(more info and trailer)
Emily Simon (with Garrett Phelps, James Loop, Aristilde Kirby, Cassie Vogel)
Thursday, August 29, 2024 — 7:30 pm
Topos Too, 5922 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, NY
Ahmad Almallah: Border Wisdom—A Busboys & Poets Book Event
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 — 6 pm
Brookland, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC
Monica McClure & Emily Simon
Reading followed by a conversation moderated by Annie Lou Martin
Saturday, May 18, 2024 — 7 pm
Topos Too, 5922 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, NY
Emily Simon (with Imani Elizabeth Jackson) at Segue Series
Saturday, April 20, 2024 — 5 pm
Artists Space, NYC
Ahmad Almallah at Kenyon College
Thursday, April 18, 2024 — 4:30 pm
Oden Hall Auditorium, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
UK Book launch for Hélio Oiticica: Secret Poetics
Thursday, April 18, 2024 — 6 pm
University of Bristol, Bristol, England
Ahmad Almallah at Brown Bookstore
Friday, April 12, 2024 — 4 pm
Brown Bookstore at Brown University, 244 Thayer St, Providence, RI
Marina Temkina at Yorkville Library
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 — 5 pm
Yorkville Library, Meeting Room (Downstairs), 222 E. 79th Street, NYC
Ahmad Almallah in Madrid: Reading & Q&A at Desperate Literature
Friday, March 29, 2024 — 8 pm
Desperate Literature, Calle Campomanes 13, Madrid, Spain
A conversation on Hélio Oiticica: Secret Poetics with Rebecca Kosick & Pedro Erber
Monday, March 18 — 4:45 pm
Romance Studies Lounge, Klarman 164
Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Rebecca Kosick at Transits in Poetry: International Reading of Poetry and Translation (with Sarah Dowling, Janet Hendrickson, Olivia Lott, Ariel Resnikoff, Christopher Spaide)
Saturday, March 16 — 4:30 pm
Darling Foundry, Montreal, Quebec
Conversation with Hélio Oiticica: Secret Poetics editor/translator Rebecca Kosick
This program will discuss the poetic nature of Oiticica’s writing practice as it transforms from his early practice through the 1970s. Moderated by Cosmic Shelter curator Daniela Mayer.
Saturday, March 2, 2024 — 12pm EST
Hunter College Art Galleries, NYC (online only)
Ahmad Almallah (with India Lina Gonzalez)
Friday, February 16 — 8pm
The Poetry Project, NYC
Ahmad Almallah
February 15 — 12:30pm
AIS Lounge, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Ahmad Almallah
February 12 — 4p
Stockton University, Galloway Township NJ
Ahmad Almallah Morning Reading
February 11 — 10am
Busboys & Poets, Washington DC
Ahmad Almallah (with Will Mountain Cox, Marian Crotty, Claire Donato)
February 7 — 7pm
Hidden Place at FS Upstairs Tavern, 3 W 23rd St, Baltimore MD
Rebecca Kosick: “The Secret Art of Poetry: Hélio Oiticica”
Presented by the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visuals Arts and Translation Studies at the University of Chicago
Monday, January 22 — 6PM
Logan Center for the Arts, Penthouse Room 901
UChicago, Chicago, IL
Hélio Oiticica: Secret Poetics Book Launch
Reading and Conversation with Rebecca Kosick and Irene V. Small
Saturday, January 20, 2024 — 3pm
ISLAA (Institute for Studies on Latin American Art), 142 Franklin Street, NYC
* audio archived at Montez Press Radio, or listen here
Emily Simon (with C. Francis Fisher, James Loop, Reid Kurkerewitz)
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 — 7pm
Sundown Bar, 68-38 Forest Ave, Queens NY
Winter Editions at n+1 Holiday Market / Book Fair
Saturday, December 16 — 12p to 5p
n+1, 37 Greenpoint Ave, #316, Brooklyn, NY
PAST EVENTS — 2023
Claire DeVoogd, Betsy Fagin, Rob Fitterman, Monica McClure
Friday, December 15, 2023 — 7pm
McNally Jackson (Seaport Location), NYC
Poetry for Palestine: Ahmad Almallah’s Border Wisdom & Bitter English
Saturday, December 9, 2023 — 5pm
Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center, 210 South 45th St, Philadelphia, PA
Emily Simon (with Adrian Shirk)
December 6, 2023 — 8pm
Book Club Bar, 197 East 3rd Street, NYC
Monica McClure (with Kim Rosenfield and Sophia Giovannitti)
November 18, 2023 — 7pm
Wendy’s Subway, 379 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Monica McClure, Garth Graeper, and Emily Simon
November 17, 2023 — 7pm
P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard St, NYC
Claire DeVoogd — Via Launch (with Morgan Vo, James Loop, Zoe Tuck)
November 15, 2023 — 7pm
Montez Press Radio, 46 Canal St, NYC + live broadcast
Monica McClure — The Gone Thing: reading and conversation with Blythe Roberson
November 10, 2023 — 7pm
Powerhouse @ the Archway, 28 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY
Fall Books Launch
Ahmad Almallah, Monica McClure, Claire DeVoogd
+ Hélio Oiticica (channeled by Maryam Monalisa Gharavi)
November 4, 2023 — 7pm
Emily Harvey Foundation, 537 Broadway, NYC
Richard Hell Book Talk
October 26, 2023 — 7pm
Powerhouse @ the Archway, 28 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY
Ahmad Almallah (with Evan Kennedy and Mike Lala) at GREETINGS
October 12, 2023 — 7pm
Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Editions Launch Party
September 30, 2023 — 7:30pm
n+1, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
Ahmad Almallah at Palestine Writes Festival
September 21, 2023 — 6pm
Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP here
Lewis Warsh Book Party: Single Occupancy & Night of Loveless Nights
Saturday, August 19, 2023 — 5pm
Familiar Trees, Great Barrington, MA
Emily Simon (with Paolo Javier, Andrea Abi-Karam, Megan Fernandes)
Friday, August 18, 2023
McNally Jackson, Seaport, NYC
Emily Simon on Montez Press Radio (with Matthew Dix)
July 26, 2023 — 1pm
Garth Graeper, Emily Simon
Saturday, July 15, 2023 — 6pm
at Fungus Books & Records, Pittsburgh, PA
Launch for Richard Hell’s What Just Happened (with Emily Simon)
Thursday, July 6, 2023 — 6:30pm
White Columns Gallery, New York City
Launch for Emily Simon’s In Many Ways
Friday, June 9, 2023 — 7pm
at Black Spring Books, Brooklyn, NY