EVENTS
Reading with Ilya Kaminsky:
Thursday March 25th, 2021: 7pm
The Kenyon Review reading series continues on Thursday, March 25—with a joint reading by Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic and a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry, and Molly McCully Brown, KR Fellow, and the author most recently of the essay collection Places I’ve Taken my Body. In addition to reading, the writers will answer questions from the audience.
Theater of War’s Poetry for the Pandemic:
Thursday November 12th 2020: 7pm (virtual event)
Poetry for the Pandemic is an evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words. Actors Bill Murray and Tracie Thoms will appear alongside the current 2020 National Student Poets as well as alumni and other distinguished poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Joshua Bennett and will feature readings from Murray, Thoms, Herrera, Mahogany L. Browne, Molly McCully Brown, Patricia Smith, and the Class of 2020 National Student Poets. The readings will be followed by a discussion. Register here to receive access to the Zoom link
SELECTED PAST EVENTS:
St. Joseph’s University, Joseph William and Madeline Eberle Klein Lecture, virtual event: September 24th 2020
Montana Book Festival (with Susannah Nevison), virtual event: September 11th 2020
Places I’ve Taken My Body Book Launch, McNally Jackson Bookstore, virtual event: June 9th 2020
Bunker Lit Online Reading Series (with Susannah Nevison), virtual event: June 17th 2020
Poem In Your Pocket Reading (with Susannah Nevison), Kenyon College, virtual event: April 20th 2020
Ohio Wesleyan Visiting Writers Series, Delaware OH: February 5th 2020
Catholic Imagination Conference, Chicago IL: September 19th-21st 2019
Unamuno Reading Series, Madrid, Spain: January 25th 2019, with Kimberly Grey and Alexandra Teague
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Hillstead Museum, Farmington CT: June 21 2018
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Awards Reading, Lemuria Books, Jackson MS: June 2nd 2018
Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock AR: April 28th 2018
Thacker Mountain Radio, Oxford MS: March 29th 2018
University of North Dakota Writers Conference, Grand Forks ND: March 21st-23rd 2018
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA: March 15th 2018
Lynchburg College Writers Series, Lynchburg VA: March 14th 2018
AWP Conference 2018, Tampa FL: March 7-10 2018
Book Signing, AWP Bookfair: March 8th, 3:00 pm
“Poetry of Protest” AWP Panel: March 9th, 1:30 pm with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Mitchell LH Douglas, Randall Mann & Heather Derr Smith
Offsite Reading, Persea, Bull City, Four Way Books: March 9th, 8:00 pm
Argenta Reading Series, North Little Rock, AR: February 17th 2018
Gulf Coast Reading Series, Houston, TX: November 17th 2017 with Beth Ann Fennelly
Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series, Nashville, TN: November 14th 2017
Hofstra University, Long Island, NY: October 22nd 2017, with Paul Lombardo
Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA: October 11th 2017, with Kim Roberts
Randolph College Visiting Writers Series, Lynchburg, VA: October 10th 2017
Unbound Book Festival, Columbia, MO: April 21st-22nd 2017
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: March 28th 2017
Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA: March 27th 2017
Colgate University Writers Series, Hamilton, NY: March 22nd, 4:30 pm
Sweet Briar College Writers Series, Second Stage, Amherst, VA: March 14 2017
The Virginia State Colony Book Launch, Square Books, Oxford, MS: March 7th 2017
University of Pittsburgh, Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA: February 14th 2017