Join lesbian icon Judy Grahn on Tuesday, May 25 @ 7pm EST for a *virtual* release of her new book Eruptions of Inanna. Through eight dramatic stories, the book explores the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna’s power and relevance for contemporary queer feminist audiences, reimagining central western myths and illuminating how revisiting origin stories is a vital […]
Join us on Thursday, May 27 @ 7pm EST! Books Are Magic is hosting a *virtual* reading in celebration of Muriel Leung's Imagine Us, The Swarm, featuring Aurora Masum-Javed, Kay Ulanday Barrett, Wo Chan & Swati Khurana! Through lyric essays, poems, snark, and memes, this series of performances will highlight a vibrant legacy of Asian […]
“Because…every time I walked out into the view, I, for a split second, participated in that endlessness…” Cole Swensen Art in Time Laura Mullen, Jennifer K. Dick and Eléna Rivera invite you to participate in a celebration of Cole Swensen’s new work Art in Time. Please join us at this June 5th book party, where various brief interventions […]
Join us on Monday, June 7 @ 8pm EST for a *virtual* reading with Rosie Stockton (author of Permanent Volta) and poet Jonah Mixon-Webster. RSVP here. Book: https://nightboat.org/book/permanent-volta/
Join Nightboat on June 14, 7PM EDT for a reading in celebration of our Spring 2021 poetry titles! Featuring readings from Rosamond S. King, Muriel Leung, Rosie Stockton, Cole Swensen, and Divya Victor. RSVP here.
Please join us on Tuesday, June 22, for @Salon's *virtual* Pride showcase and performance event celebrating the joy and power of contemporary innovative genderqueer writers and artists. The evening launches the call for Obsidian's genderqueer, genrequeer "Playground" issue curated by interdisciplinary artist and Nightboat author Ronaldo V. Wilson, and will feature an interactive poetry reading […]
Join us on Tuesday, June 29th at 6PM PT / 9PM ET for the launch of Honey Mine: Collected Stories by Camille Roy (edited by Lauren Levin and Eric Sneathen) who will be joined by Eileen Myles, hosted by City Lights! RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/camille-roy-in-conversation-with-eileen-myles-tickets-157753877093
We hope you will join us June 30th at 9pm EDT as Gillian Osborne and Jen Bervin discuss Green Green Green, a collection of hybrid essays that engage the intersection of habitats, horticulture, and histories both poetic and personal! Rsvp here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/greengreengreen/register
Please join us Sunday, July 18, at 4pm EST for a conversation with Lauren K. Alleyne, featuring Duriel E. Harris, Douglas Kearney, avery r. young, and Nightboat author Rosamond S. King. The first event of Obsidian's new series, O|Sessions, Black Listening will investigate the role of listening and improvisation in performance, centering Black creative expression and […]
Please join us on Thursday, August 12, for a *virtual* salon-style reading series featuring Ruben Quesada, George Abraham, Nathan Hoks, and Nightboat author Divya Victor. Poetry & Biscuit's pandemic series, curated by Carrie Olivia Adams and Fred Schmalz in partnership with Black Ocean, features poets in dialogue, not only sharing their work, but their questions, ideas, and […]
