our Spring 2016 Calendar

SPRING 2016 CALENDAR
POETSHOUSE.ORG
A NOTE FROM THE POETS HOUSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
METAMORPHOSIS: THE COLLABORATION OF POET
BARBARA GUEST & ARTIST FAY LANSNER
On View February 20-April 23
Free and Open to the Public 11am-7pm Tues-Fri;
11am-6pm Sat
Fay Lansner
Beginning in the 1960s
and continuing through
the 1990s, this exhibition charts the creative
collaboration and friendship between the New
York School Poet Barbara Guest (1920-2006)
and painter Fay Lansner
(1921-2010). Included in
the exhibit are drawings,
paintings, collages and
portraits of Guest that
depict the progressive
transformation of the
creative process. This is
the first time that these
works have been brought
together in an exhibition.
Recently, I witnessed a preacher (linebacker-tall!) storming up
and down a packed New York City subway car slapping his
Bible as he ululated in a remarkable baritone: “The Bible says
forna-cation is sin! And adult-ry is sin!” Over and over, pacing, declaiming, until, as if by grace, a musician with a steel
drum started to play in perfect syncopation: “These Are a
Few of My Favorite Things.”
Poetry is everywhere. In our sacred texts, in that preacher’s
oratory, and in the musical response! And, oh, yes, in poetry–
the sacred/secular art form we practice as readers and writers
to discover the messy mysteries of the world, and ourselves.
That boisterous subway scene caused me to think of my favorite things: Rome and New York (my cities), times when
strangers laugh in good humor together, Dickinson, Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail butterflies (raindrops on roses and whiskers
on kittens), etc.
We each have our personal lists…and so often Poets House
ranks high on poetry-lovers’ lists of favorite things—this place
honoring language and language’s power of connection, and
this library of 60,000 poetry books charged with beauty and
wisdom.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
3pm: Curator tour and conversation with Erica Lansner,
Gabrielle Lansner & Raphael Rubinstein
4-6pm: Opening Reception
When we ask visitors what their favorite things at Poets House
are, we hear: the light, the space, the books, the programs,
quiet Saturdays, bustling Saturdays, workshops, E.E. Cummings’s desk, the Children’s Room, the people.
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 3PM
READING & CONVERSATION WITH BERNADETTE
MAYER
This season, visit us to find your favorite things—visit our
space in Lower Manhattan or visit us online where great moments from great Poets House programs are ready for you
to enjoy. We invite you to find something that nurtures your
love of language…something that makes you laugh, think or
stomp.
—Lee Briccetti
Gather to celebrate the endless capacity and singular brilliance of Bernadette Mayer. She is the author of more than
twenty collections of poetry including Poetry State Forest
(2008) and Sonnets (1989), which
was recently reprinted to mark
its twenty-fifth anniversary. This
reading will feature special introductions by Michael Ruby and
Sam Truitt, co-editors of Eating
the Colors of a Lineup of Words:
The Collected Early Books of
Bernadette Mayer (2015). Follow
Mayer’s example and “turn formally to love to spend the day.”
POETS HOUSE LIBRARY HOURS:
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HOURS:
TUESDAY-FRIDAY:
11AM-7PM
TUESDAY-FRIDAY:
11AM-7PM
SATURDAY: 11AM-6PM
SATURDAY: 11AM-6PM
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MARCH / APRIL
POETS HOUSE AT AWP IN LOS ANGELES
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 7PM
ART & CRAFT WITH ROBIN COSTE LEWIS
Robin Coste Lewis takes us on the incredible journey behind Voyage of the Sable Venus, winner of the 2015 National Book Award Winner for Poetry. A triptych of poems,
Voyage of the Sable Venus
investigates historical portrayals of the black female
body along with lived experience and the lyric. Learn
firsthand what choices and
inspirations went into the
creation of this remarkable
debut.
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1:30-2:45PM
POETRY, POLITICS & PLACE WITH RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS, NAOMI SHIHAB NYE & LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ
Location: Petree Hall, Los Angeles Convention Center,
Exhibit Hall Level R204
Leading poets read their poems and discuss their poetry-activism in New York, San Antonia, Los Angeles
and around the country. Each engages poetic practice
and community building with projects that expand poetry’s place in our lives and cultures. The transformative power of poetry brings these three together to talk
about how we can make a better world.
MONDAY, MARCH 21, 7PM
GOLD MORNING, SWEET PRINCE: SHAKESPEARE AND
MODERN POETRY WITH ROBERT PINSKY
Location: Kaye Playhouse, 68th Street between Park and
Lexington
Call (212) 967-6802 for $15 Tickets. Discounted Tickets for
Poets House Members.
Former Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky
examines the influence of Shakespeare on important poets of the 20th and 21st centuries—from Yeats and Eliot
to Langston Hughes and Allen Ginsberg. With the aid
of Shakespearian actors, Robert Pinsky will also perform
newly-composed poetic collages that combine Shakespeare’s sonnets with modern poems.
Presented in Partnership with The Shakespeare Society
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 7PM
THIS GRUBBING ART: THE POETRY OF
HAYDEN CARRUTH WITH SHAUN GRIFFIN,
MARILYN HACKER, JOE-ANNE MCLAUGHLIN,
LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ & DOUGLAS UNGER
Hayden Carruth (1921-2008) was a critic, editor, essayist,
jazz poet and “a Yankee pragmatist,” as he referred to
himself. Please join us for this discussion of a poet whose
voice is authentic, humane and never afraid to buck the
status quo with Marilyn Hacker, Joe-Anne McLaughlin,
Lynne Sharon Schwartz and Douglas Unger. Moderated
by Shaun Griffin.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 7PM
A TRIBUTE TO JEAN
VALENTINE
Location: The New School
Auditorium, 66 W. 12th Street
The author of thirteen poetry
books, Jean Valentine continues to delight and surprise new
readers and adoring fans. As
Adrienne Rich proclaimed, Valentine’s “is a poetry of the
highest order, because it lets us into spaces and meanings we couldn’t approach in any other way.” Hear these
poems read by poets they continue to inspire, including
Michael Burkard, Mark Doty, Ross Gay, Aracelis Girmay,
Jody Gladding, David Hinton, Joan Larkin, Anne Marie
Macari, Jane Mead, Elizabeth Metzger, Dennis Nurkse,
Mary Ruefle, Patrick Rosal, Gerald Stern, Brian Teare and
Ocean Vuong.
Co-sponsored by The New School and Poetry Society of
America
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 7PM
THE FOREVER OPEN THEATER: A
READING WITH PATRIZIA CAVALLI
Philosopher Giorgio Agamben praised
Patrizia Cavalli’s writing as “the most
fluent, seamless, and colloquial language of twentieth-century Italian poetry.” In a rare opportunity, hear this
unmatched poet, described as one of
Italy’s national treasures, read poems recently selected and
translated for an edition spanning thirty-two years, My Poems Won’t Change the World: Selected Poems.
APRIL / MAY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 7PM
AN AMERICAN LYRIC WITH CLAUDIA RANKINE
In this craft talk, Claudia Rankine, discusses her use of images, poetry and
scholarship to create vital and impactful writing. Claudia Rankine’s most recent book, Citizen: An American Lyric,
quickly became a book of singular acclaim for its critical examination of the
relationships between race, art, media
and society.
Presented as part of the Emerging Poets Fellowship public
lecture series, with support from the Jerome Foundation.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 7PM
A POETRY READING AND CELEBRATION OF MELISSA
GREEN WITH J. MAE BARIZO, MELISSA GREEN &
MARIE HOWE
Distinguished poets gather to read poems in honor of
Melissa Green, who will close the evening by reading from
her new book, Magpiety: New & Selected Poems. Marie
Howe writes: “Melissa Green might well be a 21st century
version of Emily Dickinson, poet of ecstatic states and extremity. These are poems ‘scratched in blood,’ written by a
survivor, a poet, a woman pulled back to life.”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 7PM
(IN)VERSE: POETS TRANSLATE EACH OTHER
Free & Open to the Public
Hear from poets who translate each other’s work. Flávia Rocha and Idra Novey will read in Portuguese and English; and
Melcion Mateu and Rowan Ricardo Phillips will read in Catalan and English. Both pairs will discuss their creative process
and the responsibilities of collaboration and translation.
Presented in Partnership with Words without Borders
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 7PM
LEABHAR NA HATHGHABHÁLA/POEMS OF
REPOSSESSION: A READING OF MODERN IRISH POETRY
Join us for the launch of the first comprehensive critical anthology of modern poetry in Irish Gaelic with English translations. Leabhar na hAthghabhála/Poems of Repossession,
edited by Louis De Paor, consists of poems in the Irish language written since 1900 with translations by Valentine Iremonger, Michael Hartnett, Paul Muldoon, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Bernard O’Donoghue, Maurice Riordan, Peter Sirr,
David Wheatley and Mary O’Donoghue. Most of the poems
have not previously been available in English. Poems will be
read in Irish Gaelic and English.
IRISH POETRY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: AN EXHIBITION OF RARE BOOKS AND PAPERS FROM EMORY
UNIVERSITY.
On view at Poets House May 4-June 4
CELEBRATING JAYNE CORTEZ
Free & Open to the Public
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 7:30 PM
BEAUTIFUL SEA OF WAVES: FOR
JAYNE
Location: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, David Rubenstein Atrium
Poet LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and
composer Marc Cary pay homage to
the artistic legacy of poet Jayne Cortez (1934-2012). Drawing from multiple musical forms, minimalism and breath,
Diggs and Cary perform with members of Focus Trio;
Rashaan Carter on bass, Sameer Gupta on drums and tablas and surprise guests.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2PM
FIRESPITTER: A TRIBUTE TO JAYNE CORTEZ
Location: Poets House
This event honors the legacy of poet, performer and activist
Jayne Cortez. LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Marty Erlich, Magdalena Gomez, Robert Hershon, Erica Hunt, Rosamond S.
King, Paolo Javier, Evie Shockley, Bob Holman, Camonghne
Felix, and Karma Mayet Johnson, each reads a favorite poem
by Jayne Cortez and says a few words about her influence.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, TIME TBA
IF THE WOMAN IS A DRUM...
Location: The Highline Park
Jadele McPherson, T’ai Freedom Ford and electronic musician Val Jeanty read and perform original works as well as a
selection of poems by Cortez. Invoking surrealism, politics, the
spoken word, New York City and music, this event celebrates
Cortez’s influence on a younger generation of women artists.
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 7PM
HURT SO GOOD: BUILDING THE BODY OF THE BELOVED
& OTHER EMOTIONAL IMAGERIES WITH NATALIE DIAZ
Award-winning poet, author of the
collection When My Brother Was
an Aztec, and former professional
basketball player Natalie Diaz discusses the relationship between
breaking, creating and love in the
inspiration, construction and revision of poetry.
Presented as part of the Emerging
Poets Fellowship public lecture series, with support from the Jerome
Foundation.
MAY / JUNE / JULY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 7PM
BLOOD OF THE SUN: A BILINGUAL READING WITH
SALGADO MARANHÃO AND ALEXIS LEVITIN
Winner of the 2011 Brazilian Academy of
Letters Best Book of Poetry award, Salgado Maranhão reads with Alexis Levitin,
who translates Maranhão’s poems from
Portuguese into English. The two have
collaborated to produce two bilingual volumes: Blood of the Sun (2013) and Tiger
Fur (2015).
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 6-8PM
SPECIAL MEMBERS EVENT: TREASURES FROM THE
POETS HOUSE LIBRARY
A members-only ‘behind the scenes’ look at items from
the Poets House Library Special Collections and archives.
Featuring books and memorabilia from founders Elizabeth
Kray and Stanley Kunitz and rare titles by poets including
E.E. Cummings, Tracie Morris, Fred Moten and C.D. Wright
among others. Light refreshments will be served. Spots are
limited, please RSVP to Gina Scalise at gina@poetshouse.
org.
To become a member visit poetshouse.org/support or call
(212) 431-7920
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 7PM
POETS HOUSE EMERGING POETS FELLOWSHIP
READING
Free & Open to the Public
Ten poets from our Emerging Poets Fellowship read breathtaking new work that promises an exciting future for poetry.
The fellowship, now in its fifth year, assists poets by providing writing instruction, mentorship, and access to Poets
House’s world class poetry resources and programming.
Hosted by 2016 Emerging Poets Fellowship workshop leader Adam Fitzgerald.
Presented with support from the Jerome Foundation
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 7PM
THE 21ST ANNUAL POETRY WALK
ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Join us for an evening of readings by
poets and special guests, as we walk
over the East River by way of the historical Brooklyn Bridge.
With hundreds in attendance each year, this beloved New
York City tradition celebrates the literary landscape surrounding us all. A special dinner in DUMBO with more readings follows the walk. Proceeds help make possible the many events
and public programs Poets House presents each year.
Tickets begin at $250 general; $225 for Poets House members. Reservations are required.
For more information call Poets House at (212) 431-7920 or
visit poetshouse.org
POETIC VOICES OF THE MUSLIM
WORLD COMES TO NEWARK!
Poetic Voices of the Muslim World is
our national initiative that examines
the central role poetry plays in the lives
of Muslim men and women around
the world. This season, we bring two
exciting public events to The Newark
Museum to pair with their exhibition
Wondrous Worlds: Art and Islam through Time and Space,
on view from February 12 through May 15.
Location: The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
Sunday, February 14, 2016, 3:00pm
Islam and the Blues with Dr. Sylviane Diouf
Sunday, May 8, 2016, 3:00pm
Song of the Reed: Rumi with Dr. Jawid Mojaddedi and Amir
Vahab & his ensemble
For more information, visit the Poetic Voices of the Muslim
World website www.pvmw.org or email Director of Library
and Outreach Services, Reggie Harris, at [email protected].
Co-sponsored by City Lore. Funded by the Bridging Cultures
Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, with
additional support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
THURSDAY, JULY 14
THE 24TH ANNUAL POETS HOUSE SHOWCASE
OPENING RECEPTION & READING
Reception 6-7pm, Reading 7-8pm
Free & Open to the Public
Celebrate the opening of this year’s Poets House Showcase,
a free exhibit featuring new poetry books donated to Poets
House from over 700 commercial, university and independent presses and individuals. The Showcase is on view July
14-August 20 during regular Poets House hours.
The Showcase Reading series, featuring established and
emerging poets with books in the exhibition, will take place
at 7pm on Thursdays, July 14, 21, 28 and August 4, with a
special members reading on August 11.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
MASTER CLASSES
Master classes offer advanced writers an opportunity to work intensively with some of the most respected poets of our time.
Applications are required. Email [email protected] for more details. Fee: $390
MARILYN HACKER
ROWAN RICARDO PHILLIPS
ADA LIMÓN
Marilyn Hacker’s most recent collection is A Stranger’s Mirror: New and
Selected Poems 1994-2014 (2015).
She is the recipient of the National
Book Award, the Pen Award for Poetry
in Translation and a Lambda Literary
Award.
Rowan Ricardo Phillips is the author
of two books of poetry: Heaven (2015)
and The Ground (2012). He lives in New
York City and teaches at Stony Brook
University.
Ada Limón is the author of four books
of poetry, including Bright Dead Things,
which was named a finalist for the 2015
National Book Award in Poetry. She
serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte.
Friday-Saturday March 25 & 26
Friday 6pm-9pm Saturday Noon-5pm
Saturday-Sunday, April 16 & 17
Saturday 2pm-6pm Sunday Noon-4pm
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
Fee: $125. For more information and to register go
online to poetshouse.org or call (212) 431-7920.
Saturday, April 9, 2-6pm
As Leaves to a Tree: How to Let Poems Start Themselves
with Geoffrey Nutter
Saturday, May 21, 2-6pm
Re-visioning Home with Wendy S. Walters
Saturday-Sunday, May 28 & 29
Saturday 2pm-6pm Sunday Noon-4pm
SIX-WEEK OPEN-ENROLLMENT WORKSHOPS
Workshops are open to all levels. No application is needed, but
registration is required. To register, and for more information, visit the
classes page under “Programs & Events” on poetshouse.org or call
(212) 431-7920. Fee $325
Winter
Saturday, June 18, 2-6pm
Starting with Art with Joseph Stanton
Wednesdays, 6-8:30pm
February 17th – March 30th
(skipping 3/9)
The Art of Concealing and
Revealing
with Neil Shepard
WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP FOR TEENS
Summer Poetry Workshop for High School Students
with Dave Johnson. July 18 – July 22; 12pm to 4pm.
Thursdays, 6-8:30pm
February 18th – March 31st
(skipping March 24)
The Pleasures and Employment of Form
with Eléna Rivera
Saturday, June 11, 2-6pm
Weaving and Poetry with Jill Magi
Workshop participants will be selected by an independent judge through an application process. All interested high school students are encouraged to apply.
For more information visit poetshouse.org or contact
Suzanne Lunden at (212) 431-7920 or [email protected]. Fee: $495 (Full and partial scholarships are
available.)
Saturdays, 11:30am – 2pm
February 20th – March 26th
(Power) Ballads and Ceremonials:A Poetry and Pop
Workshop
with Rosebud Ben-Oni
Dave Johnson is a celebrated teacher and writer. He has
taught at Yale University, The New School and Cooper
union, as well as at public libraries and Poets House. He
is the author of the poetry book Movin’.
Spring
Funding provided by the Thompson Family Foundation
Wednesdays, 6-8:30pm
April 13th – May 18th
Is It or Is It Like?: A Poetics of
Comparison
with Wendy Xu
Thursdays, 6-8:30pm
April 7th – May 12th
Political Poetry
with Bhisham Bherwani
Saturdays, 11:30am-2pm
April 23rd – May 28th
Poetic Prose and the Prose
Poem
with Barbara Henning
Summer
Tuesdays, 6-8:30pm
June 28th – August 2nd
F*** ing Theory
with Sara Jane Stoner
Wednesday, 6-8:30pm June
8th – July 13th The Elegy:
Poetics of Protest and Collective Grief with Kamilah Aisha
Moon
Thursdays, 6-8:30pm
June 9th – July 14th
Queering Form
with Rickey Laurentiis
THE CONSTANCE LAIBE HAYS CHILDREN’S ROOM
AT POETS HOUSE
The Constance Laibe Hays Children’s Room is a creative space filled with the best of children’s poetry books, vintage
typewriters and a card catalog with inspiring poetic objects. A special thanks to Con Edison, Goldman Sachs, The
Thompson Family Foundation, and others for support of children’s programs at Poets House.
Children’s Room Hours:
Thursday-Saturday 11am-5pm
Children and their adults are invited to visit and explore.
Tiny Poets Time:
Thursdays at 10am
Free & Open to the Public
A weekly poetry reading for toddlers.
Free Class Trips:
Poets House is happy to assist
teachers in bringing poetry into
lesson plans. Pre-K through high
school classes can make an appointment to visit Poets House,
receiving a guided tour and access
to poems on any subject. Please
contact Suzanne Lunden at [email protected] to find out
more details or check availability.
CELEBRATE POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY
WITH A COMMUNITY READING AT POETS HOUSE
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 3-6PM FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Join young poets and other special guests for an afternoon of readings and fun! We invite you to bring a poem of
your choice to share, or to find one here at Poets House. This
community reading is a great way to tune your ears to new
poets and old friends.
Poem in Your Pocket Day is a program of the Office of the
Mayor in partnership with the New York City Departments of
Cultural Affairs and Education that is designed to showcase
the talented faculty and student poets in the K-12 system, as
well as to encourage New Yorkers to embrace literacy and poetry. Every year, Poets House partners with local schools to
enhance their curricula with interactive poetry workshops. The
resulting poems are collected in anthologies and presented
to each student on Poem in Your Pocket Day at Poets House.
HIGH SCHOOL POETRY
OPEN MIC
5PM, SATURDAY, MAY 14TH
Poet Dave Johnson hosts a poetry open mic for
high school students. Featuring Thompson workshop students and Poetry Out Loud finalists.
And Place was where the Presence was
Circumference between.
–Emily Dickinson
Thank you for helping to make this place for poetry possible.
We salute those individuals and foundations whose leadership donations have enabled the growth of Poets House:
Penny & John Barr • Thomas M. & Kate Cheney Chappell • Robert Kissane • The Estate of Deborah S. Pease • Myra &
Harold Shapiro • Margo & Anthony Viscusi • The J. M. Kaplan Fund • The Reed Foundation • The Tomorrow Foundation
Poets House programs and services are made possible, in part, with public funds from the Institute of Museum & Library
Services • Manhattan Borough President’s Office • National Endowment for the Arts • National Endowment for the
Humanities • National Science Foundation • New York City Council • New York City Department of Cultural Affairs •
New York State Council on the Arts • The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Additional support comes from the following donors: Foundations: Axe-Houghton Foundation • The Howard Bayne
Fund • Cornelia & Michael Bessie Foundation • Mary Duke Biddle Foundation • Bydale Foundation • The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation • Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art • Jerome Foundation • Leon Levy Foundation • LitTAP • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council • Joseph & Katherine Macari Foundation • Jim Neuberger & Helen Stambler
Neuberger Foundation • Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust • Pine Tree Foundation of New York • The Thompson Family
Foundation • Tides Foundation • The Walbridge Fund • Corporations: Alfred A. Knopf • American Express • Berkshire
Capital LLP • Con Edison • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP • Goldman Sachs • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP • Lutz
and Carr • Merck Partnership for Giving • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP • UBS Matching Gift Program Individuals: Roger
Alcaly & Helen Bodian • Arthur Yorke Allen & Mary Stewart Hammond • Page Ashley • Andrew Bab • Anne Newman
Bacal & Jules Bacal • Susan Baker & Michael Lynch • Ellen Ivey Bates • R. Dyke Benjamin • Jutta & Hans Bertram-Nothnagel • Michel & Marie-Eve Berty • Ernest & Rita Bogen • Michael Boyd • Louise Braverman & Steve Glickel • Vincent
Briccetti • Louisa & Jonathan Brill • Barbara K. Bristol • Karen Burkhardt • Marilyn Callander • Ivan Chermayeff • Jim
Chervenak • Peter Cole • Ginnie Cooper • Mary Sharp Cronson • Joan Davidson • Pierre & Ellen de Saint Phalle • Pierre
& Ellen de Vegh • Frederick Doner & Michele Oka • Linda Earle • Howard Edelstein • Priscilla Ellsworth • Cheri Fein •
David Ferry • Irvine & Elizabeth Flinn • Fredericka Foster & Bennett Shapiro • Sarah W. Fuller • Martha Gallo & Charles
Kerner • Kristin Gamber & Charlie Flood • Johanna & Leslie Garfield • Deborah Garrison • Marilyn Gelber • Prosser
Gifford •Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. • Alice Greenwald • Patricia Grodd and Michael Stone • David & Joan Grubin • Agnes
Gund • Jim Haba & Erica Barton Haba • Edward Hirsch • George Hirsch • Steven Holl • Rachael Horovitz • J. Chester
& Freda Johnson • Josephine Kals • Elizabeth Kandall • Meredith Kane • Harry Kendall • Wendy Keys • William and Eileen Kistler • Gretchen Kunitz • Wendy Larsen • Norbert Lempert • Ellen Levy • Richard Levy & Lorraine Gallard • Karen
Lorenzo • Owen Lewis • Susan Lorence • Anne Marie Macari • K. Ann McDonald • H. Bruce McEver • The Estate of Ann
McGovern • Rachel McPherson & Pat McMullan • Josephine A. Merck & James Stevenson • John Morning • Elizabeth
Motika • Margaret Murray • William James Murray • Eugene O’Brien • Susan Oliver • Thomas Palmer & Dominique
Alfandre Ellen Peckham • Antonio Pérez / Borough of Manhattan Community College • Lin Peyton & Morris Hancock
• Carole Pittelman • Audrey Platt • Frank Platt • Nicholas & Sheila Platt • Linda Nochlin Pommer• Renate Ponsold •
Nicholas F. Potter • Pat Price • Warrie Price • Anna Rabinowitz • Charles & Marcia Reiss • Frederic C. Rich • Christopher
& Rebecca Roberts • Lillie Robertson • Paul Romero • Stewart Rosenblum • Neal Rosenthal & Kerry Madigan • Ruth &
Alfred Rosenthal • Katharine Rudbeck • Margaret Ruley • Michael & Jane Schwab • Richard & Sheila Schwartz • Cynthia
Sears • Andrew Senchak •Sam & Karen Seymour • Ben & Fredericka Shapiro • Laura Baudo Sillerman & Robert F.X. Sillerman • Michael T. Sillerman • E. Ward & Carolyn Smith • André Spears & Anne Rosen • William Spears • Jamie Stern
• H. Peter Stern & Helen W. Drutt English • Mimi & Jim Stevens • Catharine Stimpson • Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum •
Jacqueline Terrassa • John & Eva Usdan • Michael Van Valkenburgh • Alicia Vargas • Alexander Villari • Enzo & Mayalen
Viscusi • Kim Wainwright • Eliot Weinberger • Jerrie Whitfield & Richard Motika • Anne Wright • Charles Wright • Kevin
Young • Anonymous (2). With thanks to those who have contributed to Poets House in memory of Victoria Pennoyer
and Roslyn Rabin. And special thanks to the Estate of Joseph A. Precker, Robert J. Wilk, and Paola Baccaglini.
Poets House depends on donations of all sizes. We also thank each of our members and all of those who have contributed to our support this year. If you aren’t a member, please consider becoming one. Members at all levels still receive
free admission to Poets House programs for a full year. Beginning in Fall 2016, a new benefits schedule will apply …so
don’t wait! You can still enjoy a full year of free admission by becoming a member now.
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SPRING 2016 HIGHLIGHTS
• Exhibition: Metamorphosis: The Collaboration of Poet Barbara Guest
& Artist Fay Lansner
• Tributes to Hayden Carruth & Jayne Cortez
• Celebrating Jean Valentine with Mark Doty, Ross Gay, Mary Ruefle & more
• Talks by Robin Coste Lewis & Claudia Rankine
• Workshops & classes for every level & schedule
Fay Lansner (top) 2015 Showcase (bottom)