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Are you looking for literary events like book readings, book signings, poetry readings? Then you came to the right place. Start using these unique New York City opportunities today!
Are you looking for literary events like book readings, book signings, poetry readings? Then you came to the right place. Start using these unique New York City opportunities today!
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
9 free poetry readings, book signings, author readings in New York City (NYC) Sat, 04/27/2024 - and on...
Not a day goes by in New York City (NYC) without a free poetry reading or a book signing or a book reading by a famous or not yet famous author. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Poetry Reading | 2 Poets Read Their Work
A special reading of poems by Cecilia Vicuña and Jena Osman, on the occasion of the NY Art Book Fair and the release of the new, expanded facsimile edition of Vicuña’s Saborami from Book Works. Vicuña created Saborami in the aftermath of the September 1973 military coup in Chile. Combining poetry, journal entries and documentation of artworks, the book was published in Devon, England in a limited edition of hand-made copies by the artist-led Beau Geste Press. Though the book is highly regarded, it has also been hard to access. This new and expanded facsimile edition restates ‘Saborami’ as a central example of artistic engagement in material and revolutionary resistance. Jena Osman's latest book is A Very Large Array: Selected Poems’ published by Adam Pendleton's DABA Books this past fall. She co-edited the journal ‘Chain’ for 12 years with Juliana Spahr, after which they edited ChainLinks Books. In 2011, ChainLinks published a reproduction of Cecilia Vicuna's ‘Saborami.’ Osman lives in Philadelphia where she teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Temple University.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | The God of Freedom: Ukrainian Poetry (in-person and online)
Yuliya Musakovska celebrates the upcoming release of her poetry collection in English translation from Arrowsmith Press. The event will feature a reading in both Ukrainian and English and a talk about the wartime reality of Ukraine under the Russian invasion and the role of cultural activism in the Ukrainian resistance. Yuliya and Olena will also speak about their translation process.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | An Evening of Poetry and Music
Barry Wallenstein, poet, is the author of eleven collections of poetry, the most recent being It’s About Time [New York Quarterly Books, 2022]. A special interest is his presentation of poetry readings in collaboration with jazz. He has made twelve recordings of his poetry with jazz, the most recent being Lisbon Sunset (2018) and Lisbon Sunrise (2022). He is Emeritus Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the City University of New York, an editor of the journal, American Book Review, and advisory editor of BigCityLit. Ken Filiano, bass, performs throughout the world, playing and recording with leading artists in jazz, spontaneous improvisation, classical, world/ethnic, and interdisciplinary performance, fusing the rich traditions of the double bass with his own inventiveness. Alicia Ostriker's most recent poetry collection is The Volcano Sequence and After: Selected and New Poems 2002-2019 (University of Pittsburgh Press). She was New York State Poet 2018-2021, and Joyce Carol Oates noted: “Alicia Ostriker has become one of those brilliantly provocative and imaginatively gifted contemporaries whose iconoclastic expression, whether in prose or poetry, is essential to our understanding of our American selves.” Ostriker’s books of criticism include For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book (2009), Dancing at the Devil’s Party: Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic (2000), and Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America (1983). Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a New Romantic poet, publisher, art and literary critic, eco-activist, impresario, filmmaker, and artist. He is author of 19 books of verse, including Blue Lyre and Party Everywhere. His latest work, a book of sonnets and artwork called Doppelgangster, Self Portraits in a Funhouse Mirror is from MadHat Press. Other work appears in the anthologies Best American Poetry; NYC Insiders; and Contemporary Surrealist and Magical Realist Poetry. He has received a James Tate Award and a Kathy Acker Award for publishing and writing. He is the publisher of Live Mag! and you can see his puppet shows on Youtube.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | 4 Poets Read Their Work (in-person and online)
With: Patrick McGraw, Jonah Freeman, David Rimanelli, and Hugh Malone.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Poetry Reading | Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space: Poems Read by Actress Dianne Wiest and Others
To celebrate the launch of her fourth collection of poems, Catherine Barnett has invited novelist Garth Greenwell and actor Dianne Wiest to share the texts that have kept them company in moments of loneliness, that essential human experience. Followed by conversation, inquiry, and conviviality. The loneliness that collects in mirrors and faces—at bedside vigils and in city streets—quickens Catherine Barnett’s metaphysical poems, which are like speculative prescriptions for this common human experience. Here loneliness is filled with belonging, which is in turn filled with loneliness, each state suffused and emptied by the other. Barnett’s fourth collection is part manifesto, part how-to manual, part apologia: a guide to the homeopathic dangers and healing powers of an emotion so charged with eros, humor, and elusive beauty it becomes a companion both desired and eschewed, necessary and illuminating.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Poetry Reading | Ukranian Poetry
At this event, award-winning poet and author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa Ilya Kaminsky will introduce New Yorkers to Ukrainian poetry. He will be joined by Yuliya Musakovska, a fellow award-winning Ukrainian poet, and Olena Jennings, a NY-based poet and translator. In addition to recently published translations of Yuliya's poems, Ilya and Olena will read translations from Ukrainian poets that are part of the collection In the Hour of War, co-edited by Ilya and published by Arrowsmith Press. Poets whose works will be featured include Ostap Slyvynsky, Lesyk Panasyuk, Iryna Shuvalova, Kateryna Kalytko, Dmytro Blyznyuk, and Anastasia Afanasieva.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 9
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Reading | Translation Slam
The Translation Slam puts different translations of the same text side by side and invites the translators, authors, and audience members to join in a lively critical debate of how each version meets its creative challenges. New texts, previously untranslated into English, will be provided by authors Jenny Erpenbeck and Tahir Hamut Igzil. Translating Erpenbeck’s work from German will be Geoffrey Howes and Ross Benjamin. Translating Igzil’s work from Uyghur will be Gulnigar Baham. Translations will vie for audience approval and the event will end with a brief Q&A.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | An Evening of Poetry, Performance, and Music
Austin Alexis is the author of the full-length poetry collection Privacy Issues, which received the 20th Annual Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. He is also the author of two chapbooks published by Poets Wear Prada. His work has appeared in Barrow Street, Hawaii Pacific Review, The Journal, The Pedestal Magazine, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Westchester Review, Paterson Literary Review and other journals and anthologies. Bakar Wilson has performed his work at the Bowery Poetry Club, Poetry Project, The Studio Museum of Harlem, The Asian-American Writer's Workshop, and the Langston Hughes House, among others. His poetry has appeared in The Vanderbilt Review, The Lumberyard Radio Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Flicker and Spark: A Contemporary Queer Anthology, and The Ostrich Review, among others. Danny Shot’s WORKS was published in 2018 by CavanKerry Press. His new collection The Jersey Slide is forthcoming from CavanKerry Press. Recent endeavors include being an Associate Editor of A Gathering of the Tribes online (2020-2023) and Poetry Editor of Red Fez (2018-2021). Eve Packer is a Bronx-born, poet/performer/actress. Packer has published four poetry books, skulls head samba, playland poems 1994-2004, new nails. (Fly By Night Press), and no mask no talk corona poems 2020-2021 from Autonomedia Press. Daniel Carter is a musician and writer. Since coming to New York City in 1970, he has sought out musicians and situations that encourage free expression. Some of his writing can be found in the following publications: The Tinker: Innovative Arts and Literature Magazine, 50 Miles of Elbow Room, Number One (2000), Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, Dyed-in-the-Wool (2000), Intervalsss: The Poems and Words of Musicians (2000), Sex Sells Magazine (1997), Wandering Archive One (1998). Jennifer Blowdryer is a singer and writer whose songs observe in a somewhat detached manner the underworld of punk rock and regular people. She started as front person for an SF Punk Band, the Blowdryers and later co-founded White Trash Debutantes. Throughout the decades and with no knowledge or desire to conform to social norms, she produced and MC’d a 5-year-long worldwide show called Smut Fest, which showcased sex workers' expression and drew on crowds otherwise not known to intermingle. Kim D. Brandon is a Poet/Artist/Activist/Storyteller. Her work has been included in stage performances, anthologies, and journals. She is a 2021 Brooklyn Poets’ Poet of the Week, and a VONA alum. She is the founder of Brooklyn Society Writers group and the host of writing workshops for people of color. This year her work centers on the revolutionary power of Black love. A Joe for Annie Mae, her upcoming novel, highlights the transformative power of love in the lives of those who seek it. Nancy Mercado is the recipient of the American Book Award for lifetime achievement. She has featured at: The Whitney Museum in New York City, the University of Nantes in France, and Casa de las Americas cultural institute in Havana, Cuba among others. Mercado has authored 2 books, 7 theatre plays, has edited 3 anthologies and several literary magazines. Sheila Maldonado is the author of the poetry collections that's what you get (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021) and one-bedroom solo (Fly by Night Press / A Gathering of the Tribes, 2011). Truffles is a cathartic turbid musical collective, with five or four members – perfect for dancing! Yuko Otomo is a visual artist and a bilingual writer of Japanese origin. She writes poetry, haiku, art criticism, travelogues and essays. Her most recent publications are Anonymous Landscape (Lithic Press), In Delacroix’s Garden: a collaborative book with Basil King (Spuyten Duyvil) and PINK (Lithic Press).
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Reading | Voices of a People's History: Heroic Voices
Voices of a People’s History continues a revitalization of the work of Brooklyn-born author and scholar Howard Zinn. This live event focuses on Zinn's timeless and insightful book, A People’s History of the United States, a document of the vital everyday epics of common men and women engaged in the life and death struggle for justice: abolitionists, activists, protesters, founders of the first American unions, suffragettes who advanced women's rights, and pioneers of gay liberation. All these heroic voices will be brought to life in performance by a chorus of young student activists who have been mentored by the center's creative staff to find personal meaning in these timeless texts.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 30
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
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