Poets House

Alice James Books Gensler Awards Reading & Book Launch

The 4th Annual Kinereth Gensler Awards Celebration Reading & Book Launch, featuring 2010 Winners
Monica A. Hand, Matthew Pennock and Stephen Motika

Wine and cheese reception & book signing to follow

This event is made possible through the Poets House Literary Partners Program

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Tiger Bark Press Benefit

Join us for a reading to benefit Tiger Bark Press, featuring poets

Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Steven Huff
Ann McGovern
Philip Memmer
Karen Swenson
Estha Weiner

and music by Elizabeth Coleman

Reception to follow

For more information, contact esthalynne@hotmail.com

Find out more about Poets House's Literary Partner Program here

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How can I get included in the collection?

Each title in our collection was donated by a publisher, poet, or poetry reader. If you’d like to donate a copy of your book, chapbook, or multimedia title, mail a copy to Poets House, Attn: Gina Scalise, 10 River Terrace, New York NY 10282.

If your title was published in the past year, please send one (1) copy so that we can include it in our Poets House Showcase.

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Bridgewalk 2010

Highlights of the 15th Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge, featuring actor Bill Murray, Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang, and poets Anne Carson, Galway Kinnell, and Thomas Lux, Monday, June 14, 2010.

Produced for Poets House by Limey Films, Inc.

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Gathering Paradise: Bill Murray Reads to Construction Workers at Poets House

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2009: Invocation of the Muse: Poets & Musicians Toast the New Poets House

Highlights from the celebration of the opening of the Poets House's new home in Battery Park City on our new "front lawn," Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. Readings, performances, and comments by Laurie Anderson, Natalie Merchant, Bill Murray, Kay Ryan and others.

Produced for Poets House by Limey Films, Inc.

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2010: W S Merwin at Poets House: On foxes

On October 21, 2010, the new U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the environment and the importance of introducing poetry to children, among other subjects.