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  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Process - AT CAPACITY

    Tuesday, April 25th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, April 26th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, April 26th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this special process session, we will explore the role of questions and questioning in...

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  • Readings & Lectures

    Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online)

    Saturday, April 22nd, 3:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT

    Join us for a virtual reading celebrating the Forms & Features poets.

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  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Poetry off the Shelf: Renee Gladman, Eileen Myles & Simone White

    Thursday, April 20th, 7:00 PM CST–8:30 PM CST

    Join us for a reading and conversation with Renee Gladman, Eileen Myles, and Simone White, celebrating their new book releases.

    Renee Gladman, an African-American woman with dark hair gathered in bun at the top of her head, is captured while talking. Eileen Myles wears sunglasses and a blazer. Simone White, a black woman with silver hair in a bun, sits on a window ledge, looking i
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Pantoum – AT CAPACITY

    Tuesday, April 18th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, April 19th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT
    Thursday, April 20th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the pantoum, a form born of Malaysian oral poetry that...

    An abstract illustration featuring 11 characters, all wearing muted-color clothing. They are positioned on or around large books that have red, pink, and orange tones. One is using a pencil the size of her body to draw a scribble and another is walking th
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Poetics in Practice: Art Writers Panel

    Saturday, April 15th, 2:00 PM CST–3:00 CST

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation during EXPO for a panel on art writing.

    Camille Bacon, Black femme with a long bubble pony tail, she is wearing a black collared shirt and pants. Amarie Cemone Gipson, a Black woman, in the thinker pose outside in a beige dress with colorful geometric patterns. Daria Simone Harper, a Black woma
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Library Book Club Online: Tishani Doshi – AT CAPACITY

    Friday, March 31st, 12:00 PM CDT–1:30 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In March, we will read and discuss A God at the Door by Tishani Doshi.  Registration is required for...
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Poetry & Grief: Raquel Salas Rivera & Angel Dominguez

    Thursday, March 30th, 7PM CST–8PM CST

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation for a reading on Poetry & Grief with Raquel Salas Rivera and Angel Dominguez.

    Raquel Salas Rivera, a trans person looks directly at the camera over his shoulder. Angel Dominguez, a Latinx person with long black hair wearing lavender framed glasses holding galaxy petunias with a giant sequoia behind them.
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features with grace (ge) gilbert – AT CAPACITY

    Thursday, March 30th, 6:00 PM CST–8:00 PM CST

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Critique & Nostalgia: Digital Explorations of Visual Poetics and Collage,” created and led by grace (ge) gilbert. In this session,...
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Assonance – AT CAPACITY

    Monday, March 27th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT
    Tuesday, March 28th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, March 29th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore assonance, the audible repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words....
  • Celebrations

    A House Called Tomorrow: Copper Canyon at 50

    Saturday, March 25th, 2:00 PM–3:00 PM

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation for a celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th anniversary.

    Clockwise from top left: Chris Abani, a Black man with glasses wearing a lilac polo shirt. Tishani Doshi, a Welsh-Indian woman sits on a beach with her mischievous dog Buggy Alison C. Rollins, a Black woman with curly black hair gathered into a bun wear
  • Readings & Lectures

    Copper Canyon 50th Anniversary Reading: Chris Abani, Tishani Doshi, Alison C. Rollins, Arthur Sze & Javier Zamora

    Thursday, March 23rd, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM

    Join us at the Poetry Foundation for a celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th anniversary.

    Clockwise from top left: Chris Abani, a Black man with glasses wearing a lilac polo shirt. Tishani Doshi, a Welsh-Indian woman sits on a beach with her mischievous dog Buggy Alison C. Rollins, a Black woman with curly black hair gathered into a bun wear
  • Readings & Lectures

    Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online)

    Thursday, March 16th, 7:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT

    Join us for a virtual reading celebrating the Forms & Features poets.

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  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Sestina – AT CAPACITY

    Monday, March 13th, 6:00 PM CDT–8:00 PM CDT
    Tuesday, March 14th, 2:00 PM CDT–4:00 PM CDT
    Wednesday, March 15th, 10:00 AM CDT–12:00 PM CDT

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the sestina, a highly complex verse form created by French...
  • In-person reading with livestream (hybrid)

    Off the Chain: AWP Reception & Cave Canem Fellow Reading

    Wednesday, March 8th, 6:00 PM PST–9:00 PM PST

    Join us for an off-site AWP reception and reading with Cave Canem at Town Hall Seattle.

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  • Readings & Lectures

    Open Door: Ari Banias, Joss Barton, Alex Jane Cope, & KOKUMO

    Thursday, March 2nd, 7PM CST–8PM CST

    Join us for an Open Door event featuring Ari Banias, Joss Barton, Alex Jane Cope and KOKUMO.

    Ari Banias, a white trans person with short brown hair and black glasses, stands with the San Francisco Bay in the background. Joss Barton, a brown trans woman, holds her face as wind blows her black hair around her face against a red brick wall. She is w
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Library Book Club Online: Wanda Coleman – AT CAPACITY

    Friday, February 24th, 12:00 PM CST–1:30 PM CST

    All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In February, we will read and discuss Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman.  Registration is required for this event. To...
  • Readings & Lectures

    VS Live in Detroit! Season 6 Finale

    Thursday, February 23rd, 6:30PM EST–9:30PM EST

    Join us for an in-person celebration of Season 6 of VS with our first live episode recording since 2020! Featuring Aricka Foreman and Tommye Blount.

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  • Event

    Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets Exhibition Opening

    Saturday, February 18th, 2PM CST–3PM CST

    Join us for an intimate look at the painter Alex Katz’s extensive collaborations with poets, followed by a reading by Vincent Katz.

    Photo of Vincent and Alex Katz
  • Readings & Lectures

    Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features

    Thursday, February 16th, 7PM CST–8PM CST

    Join us for a virtual reading celebrating the 2022 Forms & Features Visiting Teaching Artists: Cecilia Caballero, Christiana Castillo, Antoinette Cooper, Sara Elkamel, Ernest Ògúnyẹmí, and Chessy Normile.

    Cecilia Caballero, a brown-skinned woman with wavy/curly black hair, smiles into the camera against a plain blue backdrop. Sara Elkamel, a woman with dark brown curly hair and brown eyes, standing on a balcony against blurred buildings in Cairo, Egypt.
  • Workshops & Discussions

    Forms & Features Online: Alliteration – AT CAPACITY

    Monday, February 13th, 6PM CST–8PM CST
    Tuesday, February 14th, 2PM CST–4PM CST
    Wednesday, February 15th, 10AM CST–12PM CST

    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we focus on alliteration, a repetition of initial consonant sounds. The group...
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