Adding to the New York Times Report on Online Poetry

Devi Lockwood reports for the New York Times on the poetry events moving online. "Now, in a moment of international uncertainty, when we can’t plan for the future, or even visualize exactly how the world might change in the aftermath of the pandemic, groups are gathering across the country and around the world to celebrate stanzas and all the things that poetry can do in a time of crisis," writes Lockwood. Some o' those celebrations:

Readings

Copper Canyon Press, a nonprofit, independent poetry publisher based in Port Townsend, Wash., is live-streaming book readings every week in April, including work by Leila Chatti, Philip Metres and Heather McHugh.

Bookshop Santa Cruz, an independent store, has morphed its Tuesday night readings to Zoom calls, which include Patrice Vecchione, the author of “My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry and Speaking Your Truth,” on April 7, and Ellen Bass, the author of “Indigo,” on April 21.

We'll add to that list: The Segue Readings Series continues online-apace with the help of Artists Space. 

The Segue Reading Series and Artists Space take an unprecedented step in a precarious time, as the two New York arts organizations collaborate to present the Segue Reading Series, live online, on Saturdays at 5pm beginning April 4th.

This Saturday, Tongo Eisen-Martin & Jennifer Soong will read virtually (and actually).

And The Poetry Project has a good thing going with House Party, "a new digital performance and publication series out of The Poetry Project with readings, songs, dances, writings and prompts from the past, present, and future. Within each issue, we'll also be sharing a living list of resources, emergency grants, and other recommendations."

Stay fulfilled out there! More at the NYT.