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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Keetje Kuipers
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with our February Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Keetje Kuipers for Sunday Workshop! This workshop will be a generative workshop focused on the poetics of humility. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 15 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by Friday\, February 13\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft & revise their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this special event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 13\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Poetics of Humility: Writing Worm-Level Poems \n\n\n\nWhat might it be like for our poems to get down in the dirt\, to put ourselves and our poems at worm level? In this class\, we will concentrate on writing towards the places in our poems where humility manifests itself as a clarity of vision of ourselves in relation to the world. We’ll accomplish this through reading and writing that asks each of us to create a poetics of humility that yields not a poem of regret but of wonder—at change\, at realization\, at the endless\, humble prospect of still-to-be-seen possibility. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKEETJE KUIPERS is the author of four books of poetry from BOA Editions\, and the Editor-in-Chief of Poetry Northwest. Her collection Lonely Women Make Good Lovers is the winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award\, and was called “elegant\, earthy\, [and] pertinent\,” by Marilyn Hacker. Her first book\, Beautiful in the Mouth\, won the A. Poulin\, Jr. Poetry Prize. Her subsequent books\, The Keys to the Jail and All Its Charms\, include poems honored with publication in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Keetje’s poetry and prose have appeared in The New York Times Magazine\, POETRY\, American Poetry Review\, and over a hundred other publications. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, a Bread Loaf Fellow\, the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident\, a former board member and Vice President of the National Book Critics Circle\, and is the recipient of a 2025 NEA fellowship. She lives in Montana with her wife and children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-kuipers-february-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Keetje Kuipers & Aaron Coleman
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nPHOTO CREDIT: Marcus Jackson (Coleman) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Keetje Kuipers and Aaron Coleman for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKEETJE KUIPERS is the author of four books of poetry from BOA Editions\, and the Editor-in-Chief of Poetry Northwest. Her collection Lonely Women Make Good Lovers is the winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award\, and was called “elegant\, earthy\, [and] pertinent\,” by Marilyn Hacker. Her first book\, Beautiful in the Mouth\, won the A. Poulin\, Jr. Poetry Prize. Her subsequent books\, The Keys to the Jail and All Its Charms\, include poems honored with publication in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Keetje’s poetry and prose have appeared in The New York Times Magazine\, POETRY\, American Poetry Review\, and over a hundred other publications. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, a Bread Loaf Fellow\, the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident\, a former board member and Vice President of the National Book Critics Circle\, and is the recipient of a 2025 NEA fellowship. She lives in Montana with her wife and children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAARON COLEMAN is a poet\, translator\, educator\, and scholar of the African Diaspora. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts\, Cave Canem\, the Fulbright Program\, and the American Literary Translators Association. His debut poetry collection\, Threat Come Close\, was the winner of the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award\, and his chapbook\, St. Trigger\, won the Button Poetry Prize. He is also the translator of Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén’s 1967 collection\, The Great Zoo\, selected for the Phoenix Poet Series by University of Chicago Press. His poems\, essays\, and translations have appeared in publications including The New York Times\, Boston Review\, Callaloo\, and Poetry Magazine. From Metro-Detroit\, Coleman has lived and worked with youth in locations including Spain\, South Africa\, Chicago\, St. Louis\, and Kalamazoo. He is an assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature in the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-february-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Mary Jo Bang for the March Sunday Workshop! This will be a traditional / revision workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 12 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due by Wednesday\, March 11\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 11\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARY JO BANG has published nine collections of poetry\, including Elegy\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and translations of Dante’s Inferno\, Purgatorio and Paradiso. She teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-march-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Mary Jo Bang
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Mary Jo Bang for the March Sunday Workshop! This will be a traditional / revision workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 12 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due by Wednesday\, March 11\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 11\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARY JO BANG has published nine collections of poetry\, including Elegy\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and translations of Dante’s Inferno\, Purgatorio and Paradiso. She teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-march-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP FULL - Sunday Workshop: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP REGISTRATION UPDATE:\n\n\n\nThis workshop is currently at capacity. If you would like to be added to our waitlist\, please email us: sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nPHOTO CREDIT: Alyssa LaFaro \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with our March Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi for a special additional March Sunday Workshop! This workshop will be a generative workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 25 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by Wednesday\, March 18\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft & revise their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 18\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop will be a generative workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart\, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize)\, and Rocket Fantastic\, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Calvocoressi is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Stegner Fellowship and Jones Lectureship from Stanford University; a Rona Jaffe Woman Writer’s Award; a Lannan Foundation residency in  Marfa\, TX; the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review; and a residency from the Civitella di Ranieri Foundation\, among others. Calvocoressi’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in numerous magazines and journals including The Baffler\, The New York Times\, POETRY\, Boston Review\, Kenyon Review\, Tin House\, and The New Yorker. Calvocoressi is an Editor at Large at Los Angeles Review of Books\, and Poetry Editor at Southern Cultures. Calvocoressi teaches at UNC Chapel Hill and lives in Old East Durham\, NC\, where joy\, compassion\, and social justice are at the center of their personal and poetic practice. Their new collection of poetry\, The New Economy\, is a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-calvocoressi-march-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Gabrielle Calvocoressi & Claude Canese Jarboe
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nPHOTO CREDIT: Alyssa LaFaro (Calvocoressi) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Claude Canese Jarboe for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart\, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize)\, and Rocket Fantastic\, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Calvocoressi is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Stegner Fellowship and Jones Lectureship from Stanford University; a Rona Jaffe Woman Writer’s Award; a Lannan Foundation residency in  Marfa\, TX; the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review; and a residency from the Civitella di Ranieri Foundation\, among others. Calvocoressi’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in numerous magazines and journals including The Baffler\, The New York Times\, POETRY\, Boston Review\, Kenyon Review\, Tin House\, and The New Yorker. Calvocoressi is an Editor at Large at Los Angeles Review of Books\, and Poetry Editor at Southern Cultures. Calvocoressi teaches at UNC Chapel Hill and lives in Old East Durham\, NC\, where joy\, compassion\, and social justice are at the center of their personal and poetic practice. Their new collection of poetry\, The New Economy\, is a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLAUDE CANESE JARBOE is the author of SISSY (Garden-Door Press\, 2024). Jarboe is the 2025-2026 Editorial Fellow and managing editor of Pleiades at University of Central Missouri\, and is a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, Tallgrass Artist Residency\, and Nō Studios. Their work has recently appeared in venues such as POETRY\, American Poetry Review\, and Traffic East\, to name a few. Born and raised on a farm in rural southeastern Kansas\, Jarboe currently resides near Kansas City with their fiancée\, Andi. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-march-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Angel C. Dye & Lindsay McHugh
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry at the Point welcomes poets Angel C. Dye and Lindsay McHugh. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANGEL C. DYE is a poet and professor of African American Literature with roots in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin and Dallas-Ft. Worth\, Texas. Dye received her B.A. in English from Howard University\, her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Kentucky\, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literatures from Rutgers. She is the author of two poetry collections entitled BREATHE (2021) and My Mouth a Constant Prayer (2023)\, and her work has appeared widely in journals and magazines. Dye teaches courses on Black women’s writing\, Harlem Renaissance Literature & Culture\, and more at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLINDSAY McHUGH is a poet and journalist based in St. Louis. Her debut chapbook\, un-memory\, was published by Bottlecap Press in 2025. She publishes journalism under the byline Lindsay Toler. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-march-2026/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents: Aiden Heung
DESCRIPTION:in conversation with poet Mary Jo Bang\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Poetry Month Celebration! We are thrilled to partner with Left Bank Books to welcome Aiden Heung and Mary Jo Bang for a night of poetry celebrating the new release of All There Is to Lose by Aiden Heung. Heung holds an MFA in creative writing from Washington University. He is the 2024 winner of the Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry and a finalist for the DISQUIET Prize\, a winner of the International Proverse Poetry Prize\, and the recipient of 2025 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize\, selected by Diane Seuss. Join us for a reading and book signing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“What I love most in this book is how the images and details carry emotion via perspective\, while lyrical in turn of phrase. Often understated\, pared down\, the poetry lives here in specifics that emote: A mother scrubs clean the headstone carvings\, a man remembers laughing after he watched his father enter the river twenty years ago\, travelers sleep with their heads on greasy bags. Each detail carries an undertow of emotion.” – Ilya Kaminsky\, Judge of the 2024 Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available from Left Bank Books\n\n\n\nCurbside pick-up\, in-store pick-up\, and shipping available\n\n\n\nRSVP is encouraged\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALL THERE IS TO LOSE \n\n\n\nMarking Aiden Heung’s debut collection\, All There Is to Lose is the 2024 winner of the Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry. The selecting judge\, National Book Award Finalist Ilya Kaminsky\, praises the resonant particularities and depth of feeling found in these poems\, which convert “elegy [into] its driving force.” Poet and Critic Felicity Plunkett observes\, “Dreams and memory move through these porous\, venturesome poems. The spectral jostles with the sensual to tell ‘a story in which I could be found.’ Achily tender\, they open to light\, love and the jab of a joke.” Poet David Tait notes\, “Unsettling and luminous\, the poems preserve the memory of Village 915: its volatile seasons and hard-worn inhabitants\, its headstones\, spirits\, and myriad forms of water. Here you’ll find not only poems of lyrical beauty\, but of grim exactness.” The result is a stunning achievement of a first book\, what Kaminsky identifies as an exemplar of “that ages-old mode of poetry wherein the poet uses language to break bread with the dead\, to bring them back to life\, if only for the moment\, for a portion of the moment\, an instant\, before the line breaks.” Channeling the poet as medium\, “I am the tension on the bow that draws the arrow\,” Heung writes in “Epilogue.” “To lose myself — that is my destiny.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAIDEN HEUNG (he/they) is a Chinese poet born in a Tibetan Autonomous town. After working as a traveling salesman for years\, he recently relocated to St. Louis\, USA. His poems have been published in Australian Poetry Journal\, Harvard Review\, The Kenyon Review\, The Yale Review\, 声韵诗刊 (Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine)\, and many other places. He is a finalist for the DISQUIET Prize\, a winner of the International Proverse Poetry Prize\, and the recipient of 2025 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize\, selected by Diane Seuss. He and his work have been generously supported by Varuna\, The National Writers’ House (Australia) and Swatch Art Peace Hotel residency (Switzerland/ Shanghai\, China). He holds an MFA in creative writing from Washington University. \n\n\n\nMARY JO BANG has published nine collections of poetry\, including Elegy\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and translations of Dante’s Inferno and Purgatorio. She teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/left-bank-books-presents-aiden-heung/
LOCATION:Left Bank Books\, 399 N Euclid Ave\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:HIGH NOON: The Lines That Brought Us Here
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 80 Years with Saint Louis Poetry Center\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn celebration of National Poetry Month\, Erin Quick\, Executive Director of Saint Louis Poetry Center\, presents a lunchtime talk marking the organization’s 80th anniversary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHigh Noon offers free cultural and artistic programming\, during your lunch hour! The High Noon series features St. Louis thought leaders from across the arts\, cultural\, and educational spectrum. Spend a lunch hour enjoying presentations and performances in a friendly\, relaxed atmosphere – take a break\, and feel free to bring your lunch! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/high-noon-april-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T235900
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T235900
DTSTAMP:20260416T183116
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UID:10000635-1776470340-1776470340@stlouispoetrycenter.org
SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis Poetry Center welcomes poet Teresa Dzieglewicz for the April Sunday Workshop! This will be a traditional / revision workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 15 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due by Friday\, April 17\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 17\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTERESA DZIEGLEWICZ is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha Mijares\, she organizes “Watershed: Ways of Seeing the Chicago River”. Her first book of poetry\, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her first children’s book\, Belonging\, co-written with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, Best New Poets\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Teresa lives with her family in Chicago\, on Potawatomi land.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-april-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260419T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260419T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183116
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Teresa Dzieglewicz
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center welcomes poet Teresa Dzieglewicz for the April Sunday Workshop! This will be a traditional / revision workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 15 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due by Friday\, April 17\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 17\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTERESA DZIEGLEWICZ is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha Mijares\, she organizes “Watershed: Ways of Seeing the Chicago River”. Her first book of poetry\, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her first children’s book\, Belonging\, co-written with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, Best New Poets\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Teresa lives with her family in Chicago\, on Potawatomi land.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-april-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260420T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183116
CREATED:20260331T162135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T163858Z
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Teresa Dzieglewicz & C. Russell Price
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center welcomes poets Teresa Dzieglewicz and C. Russell Price for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTERESA DZIEGLEWICZ is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha Mijares\, she organizes “Watershed: Ways of Seeing the Chicago River”. Her first book of poetry\, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her first children’s book\, Belonging\, co-written with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, Best New Poets\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Teresa lives with her family in Chicago\, on Potawatomi land.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC. RUSSELL PRICE is the author of oh\, you thought this was a date?!: Apocalypse Poems and Tonight\, We Fuck the Trailer Park Out of Each Other. Their newest collection Bisquick: An American Seance will be published in August 2026 by Northwestern University Press. They are a poet in residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, a Lambda Fellow\, a Ragdale Fellow\, Literary Death Match champion\, and two-time Lit 50 honoree. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-april-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260425T120000
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UID:10000639-1777118400-1777118400@stlouispoetrycenter.org
SUMMARY:SLICE & SLPC Present: Sip & Scribe
DESCRIPTION:Coffee and composition in community!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHang out\, write things\, share your work. Join SLICE and the Saint Louis Poetry Center for an afternoon of writing! \n\n\n\nDo you love SLICE and the idea of Drink & Draws\, but your preferred medium is typically textual? Well\, fret not\, as this year SLICE is proud to introduce Sip & Scribe\, in collaboration with the Saint Louis Poetry Center! Grab a cup of coffee at Blueprint before coming upstairs for semi-structured writing time and share your poems\, short stories\, novel excerpts\, and more. Come hang out and write things surrounded by SLICE friends. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sip-and-scribe-april-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260428T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260428T193000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183116
CREATED:20260331T170459Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Miguel Barretto-García & Nicole Brunette
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry at the Point welcomes poets Miguel Barretto-García & Nicole Brunette. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMIGUEL BARRETTO-GARCÍA is a spoken word performer and neuroscientist in St. Louis. Their poems have appeared or have been in accepted in The Iowa Review\, Poetry Northwest\, & Change\, Wildness\, Rhino Poetry\, and Rattle\, among others. They have previously performed in the spoken word and poetry slam circuits in Switzerland and the US\, notably at the Zurich Theatre Spectacle\, The Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival\, and Goodie House in St. Louis. They completed their PhD in Neuroecoconomics at the University of Zürich and they are currently a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNICOLE BRUNETTE is a St. Louis native with a lifelong fascination for the things that scare her most. When she isn’t researching unsettling topics or working as a bookseller\, she writes about the strange and beautiful world of bugs. Nicole recently completed her MFA\, finishing her poetry thesis Anamnesis\, a collection that blends her earlier work with original art and photography. Her writing has appeared in several online\, music-centered magazines. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Poetry at the Point series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-april-2026/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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