Two Louisiana poets discuss the history, challenges and future of Louisianan poetry, examining the influence of culture and landscape as well as the work of Cajun and Creole poets.
Readings & Conversations Archive
March 11, 2010
March 16, 2010
Poet Rae Armantrout and Zen Buddhist priest and poet Norman Fischer investigate new and old concepts of the lyric, using their own poems as jumping-off points.
March 23, 2010
Poets Basil King and Thomas Meyer join scholars Carolyn Dinshaw and Michael Hrebeniak for a discussion of the Green Man—the mythi
April 03, 2010
Contributors to the landmark anthology Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry gather for conversation and readings.
Panel: 2:30pm
Reading: 4:00pm
April 10, 2010
Poets House @ the 2010 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Denver
April 13, 2010
Award-winning Spanish poet Jesús Aguado is joined by his English language translators for a bilingual reading and conversation about Iberian poetry, translation and Aguado’s work.
April 16, 2010
Essayist John D’Agata, cross-genre writer Thalia Field and experimental poet Jena Osman trace how research-based projects can evolve into book-len
April 21, 2010
Poet Afaa Michael Weaver and acclaimed musicians perform jazz pieces and recitals of Weaver’s poems, followed by conversation about music and verse.
April 22, 2010
On Earth Day, rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz examine how poetic and scientific understandings of nature might be combined to inspir
April 27, 2010
On the occasion of the publication of The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry, editor Mark Weiss, contributors and translators explore major trends in Cuban poetry,



