"I like to think of moving through the sentence (as writer or reader) as moving through a kind of terrain. The sentence is at once a map of where we have gone and where we wish to go.”
–Renee Gladman
 

Between July 4 and July 8 (Skipping July 7), poet/scholar/book artist MC Hyland will be performing a new work, A Walking Poets’ Library, in Poets House’s Prismatic Park structure. An expansion of an ongoing poetry project, A Walking Poets’ Library is a resource to promote walking, conversation, publication, and exchange.

Ich bin du, wenn ich ich bin— I am I when You are You. How is Celan’s statement an encouragement to do the simultaneous work of poetry and prayer? When are you most you in your process, in your life? What kinds of attention support, or obstruct you? What does the language of your highest attention look like? How do you write the poem that is most yours?

Spend a summer evening visiting 15 excitingly diverse museums and historic sites in Lower Manhattan — all for free. Learn about New York City's history, discover new heritages, and enjoy discounts at local restaurants.
Poets House is pleased to be part of Night at the Museums:

Readings by Aziza Barnes (i be, but i ain't, YesYes Books); Ching-In Chen (recombinant, Kelsey Street Press); Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib (The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Button Poetry); DéLana R. A. Dameron (Weary Kingdom, Palmetto Poetry Series)

Readings by Alex Dimitrov (Together and by Ourselves, Copper Canyon Press), t'ai freedom ford (how to get over, Red Hen Press), Lauren Hunter (Human Achievements, Birds, LLC), and Debora Kuan (Lunch Portraits, Brooklyn Arts Press)

Readings by Cynthia Manick (Blue Hallelujahs, Black Lawrence Press); Jen Hyde (Hua Shi Hua: Drawings and Poems from China, Ahsahta); Tommy Pico (IRL, Birds, LLC); and Martha Rhodes (The Thin Wall, University of Pittsburgh Press).