Past Events

Join us for a live in-person reading with J K Chukwu, Momo-dono, GoldGrrrl, and Alia Shahzad.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “The Scientific Lens: An Exploration of Science-Inspired Poetry,” created and led by Bethanie Humphreys. No prior experience in science...

Join us as we illuminate Aimé Césaire’s poetry, plays, and impact through a robust discussion on Césaire’s play, The Tragedy of King Christophe, translated from the French by Paul Breslin...

Join us for a live performance of I Did, Did I? by Liza Sobel, libretto by Liza Sobel and Gina Elia, performed by The Zafa Collective.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we investigate repetition, the recurrence of the same, which Roethke named “the...

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In April, we will read and discuss Customs by Solmaz Sharif.  Registration is required for this event. To register,...

Join us for a reading and celebration of the diverse voices, rich experiences, and powerful words of poets from around the country, and the world. Poets working in the online...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we focus on poets experimenting within and through the sonnet form. The...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Poetic Erasure,” with Leigh Sugar.  In this session, we will explore poetic erasure as both form and process/noun and verb....

Join us for a live in-person reading with Madeleine LeCesne, Michell Nicole Miller, Nat Pyper, and Ang Zheng.

Join Alida Miranda-Wolff for the launch of her book on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, Cultures of Belonging: Building Inclusive Organizations That Last

Experience an evening of poetry from Oak Park and River Forest High School with the editors of Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School.

All are welcome to a discussion of the March issue of Poetry Magazine, featuring the porfolio “These Blazing Forms”: The Life and Work of Margaret Danner. Poetry Guest Editor Srikanth...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will investigate the role of memory in poetry. The group will...

Join us for a poetry reading and moderated discussion with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Indira Allegra, and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will read poems composed in a wide, vivid palette, and discuss...

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In March, we will read and discuss The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.  Registration is required for...

Join us for a reading and celebration of the diverse voices, rich experiences, and powerful words of poets from around the country, and the world. Poets working in the online...

Join us in Philadelphia ahead of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference 2022 for a friendly evening with food and drink provided.

Join us for a virtual reading with Viola Lee, Jen Steele, Helene Achanzar, and Hinisha Malone.