SPRING 2021
APRIL
The New Social Environment #269
w/ Carrie Mae Weems & Paul D. Miller
Monday, April 5 @ 1:pm ET
Register Here
Little Grassy Lit Festival
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
World-building & Narrative Panel
Wednesday, April 7 @ 11am CST
Reading w/ John McCarthy
Thursday, April 8 @ 5pm CST
Publication Panel
Friday, April 9 @ 11am CST
Schedule & Register Links Here
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PAST READINGS
MARCH
(all events are virtual)
AWP 2021 (Kansas City)
AWP Award Series, Donald Hall Prize Reading
Wednesday, March 3 @ 7:30pm CST
with conference registration
Panel
F106. “City birthed from the refuse”:
Intersectional Rust Belt and Appalachian Poetry.
w/ Allison Pitinii Davis, Rochelle Hurt, Karen Schubert & Julio Valentin
Friday, March 5 @ 10 am CST
with conference registration
College of the Holy Cross
Working Writers Series
March 18 @ 7:30pm EST
RSVP Here
In Print: Ball State's Festival of First Books
Ball State University
Tuesday, March 23 @ 7pm EST
Wednesday, March 24 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
"Chaos and the Culture"
Dallas Literary Festival
w/ Tarfia Faizullah, francine j. harris, Vievee Francis & Mag Gabbert
Saturday, March 27 @ 11am CST
Free to Register Here
FEBRUARY
(all events are virtual)
Poetry Society of South Carolina
Reading: Friday, Feb. 12 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Workshop: Saturday, Feb. 13 @ 10am EST
"Writing Place: The Autobiographical Landscape"
Register Here
Poets in Print
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center
w/ Adam Clay
Saturday, Feb. 20 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Vermont Studio Center
Visiting Writer
Reading: Friday, Feb. 26 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Craft Talk: Saturday, Feb. 27 @ 10am EST
Register Here
JANUARY
(all events are virtual)
Being and Justice in Black Poetry: A BreakBeat Poetics
Denton Black Film Festival
w/ María Fernanda, Faylita Hicks, Amanda Johnston & Maya Marshall
Friday, Jan. 29 @ 2pm CST
Get Tickets Here
Bandwidth Reading Series
w/ Taneum Bambrick, K-Ming Chang, & Kimberly Garza
Friday, Jan. 29 @ 7pm CST
Register Here
DECEMBER
BLACK CENTER
Cal State-Fullerton
feat. Tommye Blount, Nandi Comer, T'ai Freedom Ford, Luther Hughes,
Nabila Lovelace, Joy Priest, Phillip B. Williams, and Keith S. Wilson
Tuesday, Dec. 3 @2:30pm CST
Location TBA
https://tinyurl.com/BLACKCENTER
Texas Tech University
LHUCA Reading Series
w/ Kit Aldridge & Emma Aylor
Friday, Dec. 4 @7:30pm CST
Zoom registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsf-qtqzotHtP4kitIoFeAhYbHWJYaENiQ
FB event: https://fb.me/e/7eppV2oZr
Nomadic Press Black Writers Fundraiser
Friday, Dec. 18, 6-8pm PST
TBD
NOVEMBER
(all readings will be what? VIRTUAL!)
University of Kentucky CWP
w/ Minda Honey & Kiese Laymon
Thursday, Nov. 5 @5:30pm EST
Register Here
Purdue University CWP
Virtual Reading & Sycamore Review Q&A
Tuesday, Nov. 10 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Correspondence, a literary & music salon
A celebration of The Louisville Anthology
w/ Emma Aprile, Asha French & Joy Priest
Wednesday, Nov. 11 @6pm EST
RSVP Here
Debut Revue
w/ Adam O. Davis, Alexandria Hall, Michael Torres & Joy Priest
Thursday, Nov. 19 @7pm EST
Location: TBA
Root Work Journal Reading
w/ Jari Bradley & Joy Priest
Friday, Nov. 20 @7pm CST
Register Here
Tree Reading Series
Tuesday, Nov. 24 @7pmEST
Location TBA
OCTOBER
(all readings will be what? VIRTUAL!)
Louisville's TAUNT Release Reading
Sarabande Writing Labs
Friday, Oct. 2 @ 7pm ET
Register in Advance Here
AWP Virtual Book Club
First Discussion
Friday, Oct. 9, 3-5pm ET
Join the FB Group to participate
White Whale Bookstore
w/ Eleanor Boudreau & Nancy Krygowski
Saturday, Oct. 10 @7pm ET
Free | Register Here
Kentucky State Poetry Society
Generative Workshop
Sunday, Oct. 11 @10am ET
Registrants to the conference are invited
$15 | Register Here
Charleston's Free Verse Poetry Festival
Tuesday, Oct. 13 @7pm ET
Location: Attend via FB LIVE
Twin Cities Book Festival
Poetry Showcase
w/ Sumita Chakraborty & Heid E. Erdrich
Thursday, Oct. 15 @2:30pm CT
FREE | Register Here
Writers & Books
w/ makalani bandele
Thursday, Oct. 15 @7:30pm ET
FREE | Get Tickets Here
Six Bridges Literary Festival
w/ Frederick McKindra & Toni Jensen
Friday, Oct. 16 @12pm CT
Click Here to Register
The Muse
Next: The Now Generation of Poets of Color
A Poetry Reading & Discussion
Friday, Oct. 16 @ 7pm ET
Location: Attend via FB LIVE
Mary Ellen and Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing
Western Kentucky University
Sunday, Oct. 25 @ 2pm CT
Attend Here
AWP BOOK CLUB
YouTube Premiere LIVE Event
Wednesday, Oct. 28 @ 6pm CT
Join the AWP Community of Writers FB Group to Attend!
SEPTEMBER
(all readings will be what? VIRTUAL!)
Riffraff Bookstore & Bar
w/ Sasha Banks
Wednesday, Sept. 9 @7pm EST
Join Us Here
Weber State University Visiting Writer Series
w/ Kristi Maxwell
Tuesday, Sept. 15 @7pm CST
Reserve Your Spot Here
Sept 22: Horsepower PUB DAY!!!
LOGOS Gatherings
w/ Esteban Rodriguez
Tuesday, Sept. 22 @7pm CST
Join Us Here
Brazos Bookstore ~ HORSEPOWER BOOK RELEASE!
w/ Sasha Banks & Nikki Wallschlaeger
Tuesday, Sept. 29 @7pm CST
Click Here to Register
APRIL
The New Social Environment #269
w/ Carrie Mae Weems & Paul D. Miller
Monday, April 5 @ 1:pm ET
Register Here
Little Grassy Lit Festival
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
World-building & Narrative Panel
Wednesday, April 7 @ 11am CST
Reading w/ John McCarthy
Thursday, April 8 @ 5pm CST
Publication Panel
Friday, April 9 @ 11am CST
Schedule & Register Links Here
-------------------------------------
PAST READINGS
MARCH
(all events are virtual)
AWP 2021 (Kansas City)
AWP Award Series, Donald Hall Prize Reading
Wednesday, March 3 @ 7:30pm CST
with conference registration
Panel
F106. “City birthed from the refuse”:
Intersectional Rust Belt and Appalachian Poetry.
w/ Allison Pitinii Davis, Rochelle Hurt, Karen Schubert & Julio Valentin
Friday, March 5 @ 10 am CST
with conference registration
College of the Holy Cross
Working Writers Series
March 18 @ 7:30pm EST
RSVP Here
In Print: Ball State's Festival of First Books
Ball State University
Tuesday, March 23 @ 7pm EST
Wednesday, March 24 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
"Chaos and the Culture"
Dallas Literary Festival
w/ Tarfia Faizullah, francine j. harris, Vievee Francis & Mag Gabbert
Saturday, March 27 @ 11am CST
Free to Register Here
FEBRUARY
(all events are virtual)
Poetry Society of South Carolina
Reading: Friday, Feb. 12 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Workshop: Saturday, Feb. 13 @ 10am EST
"Writing Place: The Autobiographical Landscape"
Register Here
Poets in Print
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center
w/ Adam Clay
Saturday, Feb. 20 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Vermont Studio Center
Visiting Writer
Reading: Friday, Feb. 26 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Craft Talk: Saturday, Feb. 27 @ 10am EST
Register Here
JANUARY
(all events are virtual)
Being and Justice in Black Poetry: A BreakBeat Poetics
Denton Black Film Festival
w/ María Fernanda, Faylita Hicks, Amanda Johnston & Maya Marshall
Friday, Jan. 29 @ 2pm CST
Get Tickets Here
Bandwidth Reading Series
w/ Taneum Bambrick, K-Ming Chang, & Kimberly Garza
Friday, Jan. 29 @ 7pm CST
Register Here
DECEMBER
BLACK CENTER
Cal State-Fullerton
feat. Tommye Blount, Nandi Comer, T'ai Freedom Ford, Luther Hughes,
Nabila Lovelace, Joy Priest, Phillip B. Williams, and Keith S. Wilson
Tuesday, Dec. 3 @2:30pm CST
Location TBA
https://tinyurl.com/BLACKCENTER
Texas Tech University
LHUCA Reading Series
w/ Kit Aldridge & Emma Aylor
Friday, Dec. 4 @7:30pm CST
Zoom registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsf-qtqzotHtP4kitIoFeAhYbHWJYaENiQ
FB event: https://fb.me/e/7eppV2oZr
Nomadic Press Black Writers Fundraiser
Friday, Dec. 18, 6-8pm PST
TBD
NOVEMBER
(all readings will be what? VIRTUAL!)
University of Kentucky CWP
w/ Minda Honey & Kiese Laymon
Thursday, Nov. 5 @5:30pm EST
Register Here
Purdue University CWP
Virtual Reading & Sycamore Review Q&A
Tuesday, Nov. 10 @ 7pm EST
Register Here
Correspondence, a literary & music salon
A celebration of The Louisville Anthology
w/ Emma Aprile, Asha French & Joy Priest
Wednesday, Nov. 11 @6pm EST
RSVP Here
Debut Revue
w/ Adam O. Davis, Alexandria Hall, Michael Torres & Joy Priest
Thursday, Nov. 19 @7pm EST
Location: TBA
Root Work Journal Reading
w/ Jari Bradley & Joy Priest
Friday, Nov. 20 @7pm CST
Register Here
Tree Reading Series
Tuesday, Nov. 24 @7pmEST
Location TBA
OCTOBER
(all readings will be what? VIRTUAL!)
Louisville's TAUNT Release Reading
Sarabande Writing Labs
Friday, Oct. 2 @ 7pm ET
Register in Advance Here
AWP Virtual Book Club
First Discussion
Friday, Oct. 9, 3-5pm ET
Join the FB Group to participate
White Whale Bookstore
w/ Eleanor Boudreau & Nancy Krygowski
Saturday, Oct. 10 @7pm ET
Free | Register Here
Kentucky State Poetry Society
Generative Workshop
Sunday, Oct. 11 @10am ET
Registrants to the conference are invited
$15 | Register Here
Charleston's Free Verse Poetry Festival
Tuesday, Oct. 13 @7pm ET
Location: Attend via FB LIVE
Twin Cities Book Festival
Poetry Showcase
w/ Sumita Chakraborty & Heid E. Erdrich
Thursday, Oct. 15 @2:30pm CT
FREE | Register Here
Writers & Books
w/ makalani bandele
Thursday, Oct. 15 @7:30pm ET
FREE | Get Tickets Here
Six Bridges Literary Festival
w/ Frederick McKindra & Toni Jensen
Friday, Oct. 16 @12pm CT
Click Here to Register
The Muse
Next: The Now Generation of Poets of Color
A Poetry Reading & Discussion
Friday, Oct. 16 @ 7pm ET
Location: Attend via FB LIVE
Mary Ellen and Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing
Western Kentucky University
Sunday, Oct. 25 @ 2pm CT
Attend Here
AWP BOOK CLUB
YouTube Premiere LIVE Event
Wednesday, Oct. 28 @ 6pm CT
Join the AWP Community of Writers FB Group to Attend!
SEPTEMBER
(all readings will be what? VIRTUAL!)
Riffraff Bookstore & Bar
w/ Sasha Banks
Wednesday, Sept. 9 @7pm EST
Join Us Here
Weber State University Visiting Writer Series
w/ Kristi Maxwell
Tuesday, Sept. 15 @7pm CST
Reserve Your Spot Here
Sept 22: Horsepower PUB DAY!!!
LOGOS Gatherings
w/ Esteban Rodriguez
Tuesday, Sept. 22 @7pm CST
Join Us Here
Brazos Bookstore ~ HORSEPOWER BOOK RELEASE!
w/ Sasha Banks & Nikki Wallschlaeger
Tuesday, Sept. 29 @7pm CST
Click Here to Register
