April at Poets House

Friday, April 16, 7:00pm

Texts to Argue Through: 
A Conversation with John D'Agata, 
Thalia Field & Jena Osman
Essayist John D'Agata, cross-genre writer Thalia Field and experimental poet Jena Osman trace how research-based projects can evolve into book-length lyric essays and serial poems.
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

Poetry for Children
Saturday, April 17, 11:00am–3:00pm

Grand Opening of the Constance Laibe Hays Children's Room at Poets House
(Part of Ecopoetic Futures, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment)
Join us for a celebration of our new children's room! Festivities begin at 11:00am with U.S. Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman and teacher Linda Winston sharing poems from their anthology, The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination. The revelry continues with giveaways, creative writing exercises and other surprises.
Admission free

Also in April
Wednesday, April 21, 12:30pm

Nordic Voices: A Reading & Conversation 
with Jörgen Gassilewski, Anna Hallberg 
& Jonas J. Magnusson
Young Swedish poets Jörgen Gassilewski and Anna Hallberg read their work and talk with conceptual artist and translator Jonas J. Magnusson.
Admission free

Wednesday, April 21, 7:00pm

A Civil Feast of Jazz & Poetry 
with Poet Afaa Michael Weaver & Jazz Musicians Harold Anderson, Bill Lowe & Stan Strickland
Poet Afaa Michael Weaver and acclaimed musicians perform jazz pieces and recitals of Weaver's poems, followed by conversation about music and verse.
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

Thursday, April 22, 7:00pm

The Opening of the Field: A Conversation 
with Nalini Nadkarni & Leonard Schwartz
(Part of Ecopoetic Futures, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment)
Rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz examine how poetic and scientific understandings of nature might be combined to inspire ecological stewardship.
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Tuesday, April 27, 7:00pm
The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry 
with Maria Isabel Alfonso, Lourdes Gil, 
James Irby, Mark Weiss & Christopher Winks
On the occasion of the publication of The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry, editor Mark Weiss, contributors and translators explore major trends in Cuban poetry, both on and off the island.
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

Thursday, April 29, 7:00pm

Nox: From Box to Book with Anne Carson & Currie
With artistic collaborator Currie, poet Anne Carson discusses and reads from Nox, her illustrated "book in a box" that elegizes the loss of her brother with photos, collages, sketches and poetry written through the lens of her translation of Catullus.
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

All programs take place at Poets House, 10 River Terrace (at Murray St) in Lower Manhattan, unless otherwise noted. For more information, call (212) 431-7920 or visit www.poetshouse.org.
Poets House Hours
Poets House Reading Room 
& The Reed Foundation Library
Tuesday–Friday, 11:00am–7:00pm
Saturday, 11:00am–6:00pm
The Constance Laibe Hays 
Children's Room at Poets House
Through Saturday, April 17: 
Saturday, 11:00am–5:00pm
Starting Thursday, April 22: 
Tiny Poets Time (for Toddlers): Thursday, 10:00am
Open hours: Thursday & Friday, 12:00–5:00pm, Saturday, 11:00am–5:00pm

All correspondence should be addressed to:
Poets House
10 River Terrace
New York, NY 10282
For more information, 
call (212) 431-7920.
Spring 2010 Classes 
at Poets House
Please visit our website for details on these classes and for other upcoming spring programs.
• Master Classes
• Marie Howe – May 22–23
• Robert Hass – May 30
• Quincy Troupe – June 5–6
• Ecopoetic Futures: Open-Enrollment Seminars & Workshops on Poetry & the Environment
• The Opening of the Field with Leonard Schwartz & Nalini Nadkarni – April 23–24
• Ecopoetics After Copenhagen with Jonathan Skinner – May 12, 14, 15
• An Ethics Occurs at the Edge of What We Know with Brenda Hillman – May 2

Directions
The new Poets House is located at
10 River Terrace at the corner of Murray Street in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park City.
Take the 1, 2, 3, A or C subway to Chambers Street. Walk west on Chambers Street (past West Street) all the way to River Terrace. Turn left and walk two blocks south to 10 River Terrace at Murray Street. The M22 bus runs along Chambers between North End Ave and the Lower East Side. The M20 bus travels from the Upper West Side and the southern tip of Battery Park City to North End Ave. The Downtown Connection, a free Lower Manhattan shuttle bus, travels to North End Ave from South Street Seaport and from Broadway along Murray Street; for more information, visit: www.downtownny.com
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