[ Sunday, January 1, 2012; 3:00 pm; ] There are three things to consider when the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon sweeps you into its gracefully uncouth embrace — what it is, what it was, and who you will be when it’s over. An untamed gathering of the heart’s secret, wild nobility — over 140 poets together revealing not just that a better [...]
[ Wednesday, February 9, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Forty years ago, on February 10, 1971, Patti Smith made her Poetry Project debut accompanied by Lenny Kaye on guitar. On this ruby anniversary, Patti and Lenny celebrate four decades of “three chords merged with the power of the word” in a special commemorative concert of poetry and music to benefit The Poetry Project. Patti [...]
[ Wednesday, March 24, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Janet Hamill is the author of five books of poetry: Troublante (Oliphant Press), The Temple (Telephone Books), Nostalgia of the Infinite (Ocean View Books), Lost Ceilings (Telephone Books); and her most recent collection, Body of Water, published by Bowery Books, and nominated for the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Prize. She has released [...]
