Scholar and translator Sheldon Pollock offers an overview of Sanskrit poetry, with samples drawn from both religious and secular literature, including The Ramayana – India

East Asian Literature Scholar and translator Paula Varsano, discusses the different formal innovations and themes in Classical Chinese Poetry, with special discussion of the work o

We invite our Members to an unforgettable overnight experience of dreaming, reading and writing "poetry of the night." Join us after hours at Poets House for poetry, discussion, and sleeping among

The author of Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, Jane Hirshfield investigates poetic transitions - syllable by syllable, line by line, poem by poem - and the discove

A selection of rare manuscripts, letters, fragments and recipes by revered poet Emily Dickinson from the private collection of Donald and Patricia Oresman will be on view at Poets House from Octobe

Poet and essayist Rosanna Warren, whose books include The Art of Translation: Voices from the Field and Fables of the Self: Studies in Lyric Poetry, reads and discusses the great