From our friends at Visible Voice Books: Friday, May 10 @ 7:00 P.M. An evening of readings from five excellent poets, hosted by Virginia Konchan. Philip Metres has written twelve books, including Fugitive/Refuge (2024) and Shrapnel Maps (2020). Winner of three Arab American Book Awards, a Guggenheim, and two NEA fellowships, he is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. John James is the author of The Milk Hours (Milkweed, 2019), selected by Henri Cole for the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. His poems appear in Boston Review, Kenyo ..read more

I look forward to reading with Jeremy Jusek and Barbara Marie Minney on May 8th, 7 p.m. at Mac's Backs-Books On Coventry in Cleveland Heights.   ABOUT BARBARA MARIE MINNEY Barbara Marie Minney is a transgender woman, award winning poet, writer, speaker, teaching artist, and quiet activist. Her poetry and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Politico, The Buckeye Flame, The Gasconade Review, Gargoyle Magazine, The Pine Cone Review, Women Speak: Women of Appalachia Project, Woman Scream: The International Poetry Anthology of Female Voices, and I Thought I Heard A ..read more

From our friends at Fireside Book Shop: More info: https://www.firesidebookshop.com/events/2024/4/27/fireside-book-shop-poetry-festival. Fireside Book Shop 29 North Franklin Street Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022 ..read more

Reposted from our friend Philip Metres: NOT TO BE MISSED! On April 15th at 6pm, in JCU’s Donahue Auditorium (Dolan Science Center) at John Carroll University, join us for a talk and reading of poems by celebrated Irish poet, theologian, and podcaster Pádraig Ó Tuama. Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, conflict resolution mediator, and the author of Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love (2024), Poetry Unbound (2022), Feed the Beast (2022), Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community (2017), In the Shelter (2015), Sorry for Your Troubles (2013), and Readings from the Books of Exile ..read more

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond Thursday, April 18th at 7:00 p.m. Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman and guest poets Beks Freeman, Carrie George, and Philip Metres for a night of surrealism and the unconventional. For this Ekphrastacy, poets respond to the current exhibition on view in Heights Art's gallery, Irrational Objects: Backwards Into the Future. Their live poetry will undoubtedly respond to and interrogate surrealist themes of the unexpected and uncanny. Artists in the exhibition will also speak about their work. Reserve your spot today! Heights Arts 2175 Lee Roa ..read more

Join us at the annual Jawbone poetry festival in Kent! Contact RC Wilson at rcwilsonii@gmail.com for more information ..read more

Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Reading Featuring Cornelius Eady and Arlene Keizer When: Wednesday, April 10, 7:00 pm Where: African Community Theatre, Oscar Ritchie Hall (225 Terrace Drive), Kent, Ohio Cornelius Eady is the author of several books of poetry, including the critically acclaimed Hardheaded Weather, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, winner of the 1985 Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets, The Gathering of My Name, which was nominated for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, and his most recent collection The War Against the Obvious ..read more

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Available for your reading pleasure at Inkfish: https://inkfishmag.com/erasure-poetry/2024/03/1 ..read more

A Gathering of Laurels II Ohio Poets Laureate read from their work for National Poetry Month on Saturday, April 06, 2024 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Join us as Poets Laureate from around Ohio share their work. Doc Janning, the Inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of South Euclid, will emcee the event. Books will be available for sale and signing, and we'll celebrate with light refreshments. Featured poets: Honey Bell-Bey, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Cuyahoga County John Burroughs, Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus of Oh ..read more