Poet and professor Michael Heller will lead this two-part field guide to modern poetics, designed to help a general audience navigate the poetic landscape of this century.

Part 1: A Primer of the Foundations of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Saturday, September 30
Part 2: No Ideas But In Things, Saturday, October 7

Poets Lorna Goodison, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Marlene Nourbese Philip will read from their work as part of a series celebrating the 40^th anniversary of the Research Institute for the Study of Man (Oct. 12-Nov. 3).

Join us for celebration, hors d'oeuvres, readings, and the first look at this year's poetry smorgasbord and the new edition of the Directory of American Poetry Books. A book party for the whole field!

Showcase On View October 28-December 2
An exhibit of 1,000 new poetry releases from across the nation and a festival of events celebrating the diversity of this year’s poetry. An opportunity to view the current state of the art: books from commercial, university and independent presses.

Our libraries give a mutual salute during this anniversary year: the New York Public Library's 100^th, and the 10^{th for Poets House. Curator Rodney Phillips will host a special tour of the new exhibit of manuscripts and typescripts by great poets in the English language: John Donne's “Collected Poems,” W.B. Yeats's “Wild Swans at Coole,” T. S. Eliot's “The Waste Land,” works by Auden, Bishop, and many others.}

A reception will follow at Poets House.

with Olivia Maciel, E. Ethelbert Miller and Gregory Orr

Co-founder of Poets House and Presidential Medal of Arts-winner Stanley Kunitz will celebrate his 90^th birthday by reading his poetry, including work from his new book, Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected (W.W. Norton).

As the insular world of poetry reviewing has closed even farther on itself, who can read between the lines? Rochelle Ratner of American Book Review, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly says writing poetry and reviewing it go hand-in-hand. Come widen your reach by writing and critiquing reviews in this two-part how-to seminar.

As the insular world of poetry reviewing has closed even farther on itself, who can read between the lines? Rochelle Ratner of American Book Review, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly says writing poetry and reviewing it go hand-in-hand. Come widen your reach by writing and critiquing reviews in this two-part how-to seminar.

Session 2: Poetry resources on the Web, as seen on Netscape Saturday, November 11, 1995
Session 3: Discussion of aesthetic issues raised by electronic text November 18, 1995

The poetry of the Western world is always in transition, and so The Muse Sisters wish to announce their relocation from Helicon to...silicon. Hands-on World Wide Web session at the Cyber Café is included, with a chance to browse a poetry manuscript created in hypertext.