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SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents: Ross Gay
DESCRIPTION:Reading from The Book of (More) Delights  and  Inciting Joy: Essays\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a celebration with award-winning and best-selling author Ross Gay for the paperback releases of The Book of (More) Delights and Inciting Joy.  We are delighted to welcome Ross Gay back to St. Louis for a discussion and book signing. \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 BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS \n\n\n\nIn this second intimate collection of short\, lyrical\, genre-defying essays\, again written daily over a year\, one of America’s most original and observant voices celebrates the ordinary\, helping us see our extraordinary world anew. Among Ross Gay’s funny\, poetic\, philosophical delights: bonding with a pipsqueak of a puppy\, observing how his mother bakes eighteen kinds of cookies before her grandchildren arrive\, noticing the tenderness he feels when he sees an adult wearing braces\, and the recognition that for him the preamble is often more delightful than the thing itself: “Putting on your socks and tying up your shoes\, and\, if you’re the type\, filling up your water bottle and doing some light stretching\, but skipping the walk entirely.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINCITING JOY \n\n\n\nIn these gorgeously written and timely pieces\, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet and bestselling author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other\, especially during life’s inevitable hardships. Throughout Inciting Joy\, he explores how we can practice recognizing that connection and expand it. In an era when divisive voices take up so much air space\, Inciting Joy offers a vital alternative: What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together\, to what we love? Full of energy\, curiosity\, and compassion\, Inciting Joy is essential reading from one of our most brilliant writers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROSS GAY is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding\, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude\, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry\, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy was released in 2022\, and his newest collection\, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023. \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/lbb-presents-ross-gay/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents: Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka
DESCRIPTION:Reading from A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at Left Bank Books\, and also streamed live to Left Bank Book’s YouTube page. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we welcome Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka\, translators for A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi. This is the first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in English. Join award winning poet\, translator\, and professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis Mary Jo Bang with professor and poet Yuki Tanaka for their collaborative translation. \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\nA KISS FOR THE ABSOLUTE: SELECTED POEMS OF SHUZO TAKIGUCHI \n\n\n\nThe first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in English \n\n\n\nIn 1923\, Shuzo Takiguchi’s first year at Tokyo’s Keio University was cut short by the Great Kanto Earthquake\, which nearly destroyed the Japanese capital. When he returned to school two years later\, he was hit by a second earthquake–French Surrealism. Takiguchi (1903-1979) began to write surrealist poems\, translate surrealist writers\, curate exhibitions of surrealist art\, write art criticism\, and\, later\, paint\, helping introduce Surrealism to Japan. He eventually became a major Japanese artistic and cultural figure whose collected works number fourteen volumes. In A Kiss for the Absolute\, Mary Jo Bang\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and her fellow poet and translator Yuki Tanaka present the first collection in English of Takiguchi’s ingenious\, playful\, and erotic poems\, complete with an introduction and the original Japanese texts on facing pages. Takiguchi’s obvious interest in style is perfectly wed to his daredevil rhetorical antics. His poems read as if they could have been written today\, yet they are so original that they couldn’t have been written by anyone else. Bang and Tanaka’s skillful\, colloquial translations offer English readers a long-overdue introduction to this important poet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS & TRANSLATORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARY JO BANG is the author of nine books of poems—including Elegy\, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her most recent book\, A Film in Which I Play Everyone (Graywolf Press 2023)\, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award\, a PEN Voelcker Award\, and the Heartland Booksellers Award. She’s published translations of Dante’s Inferno\, illustrated by Henrik Drescher\, and Purgatorio. Her translation of Paradiso is forthcoming in July 2025. She is also the translator of Colonies of Paradise: Poems by Matthias Göritz\, and co-translator\, with Yuki Tanaka\, of A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi—forthcoming from Princeton University Press in November 2024. She’s been the recipient of a Hodder Fellowship\, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship\, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin. She is a Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn and raised in Yamaguchi\, Japan\, YUKI TANAKA is the author of a debut poetry collection\, Chronicle of Drifting\, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in April 2025. His poems have appeared in The Nation\, The New Republic\, The Paris Review\, Poetry\, and elsewhere. He received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in English from Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in Tokyo and teaches at Hosei University. \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/lbb-presents-mary-jo-bang-yuki-tanaka/
LOCATION:Left Bank Books\, 399 N Euclid Ave\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents: Oksana Maksymchuk
DESCRIPTION:in conversation with Lauris Veips\, a poet and translator from Latvia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at Left Bank Books\, and also streamed live to Left Bank Book’s YouTube page. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a reading and conversation with Oksana Maksymchuk\, an award-winning bilingual Ukrainian American poet\, scholar\, and translator.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer debut English-language poetry collection Still City: Diary of an Invasion (Pittsburgh University Press/Carcanet) offers an immersive chronicle of war\, originating in the months leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaksymchuk will be in conversation with Lauris Veips\, a poet and translator from Latvia. \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\nSTILL CITY: DIARY OF AN INVASION \n\n\n\nNamed as One of Financial Times‘s Best Summer Poetry Books of 2024\, the poems in Oksana Maksymchuk’s debut English-language collection meditate on the changing sense of reality\, temporality\, mortality\, and intimacy in the face of a catastrophic event. While some of the poems were composed in the months preceding the full-scale invasion of the poet’s homeland\, others emerged in its wake. Navigating between a chronicle\, a chorus\, and a collage\, Still City reflects the lived experiences of liminality\, offering different perspectives on the war and its aftermath. The collection engages a wide range of sources\, including social media posts\, the news reports\, witness accounts\, recorded oral histories\, photographs\, drone video footage\, intercepted communication\, and official documents\, making sense of the transformations that war effects in individuals\, families\, and communities. Now ecstatic\, now cathartic\, these poems shine a light on survival\, mourning\, and hope through moments of terror and awe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOKSANA MAKSYMCHUK is a bilingual Ukrainian American poet\, scholar\, and translator. She is the author of poetry collections Xenia and Lovy in the Ukrainian. She coedited Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine\, an anthology of contemporary poetry\, and has published a few single-author volumes of translations. Born and raised in Lviv\, Ukraine\, she has also lived in Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Budapest\, Berlin\, Warsaw\, and Fayetteville\, Arkansas. She currently teaches at the University of Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLAURIS VEIPS is a poet and translator from Latvia. His debut poetry collection\, Interesting Days\, was nominated for the Annual Latvian Literature Award in 2021. His translations into Latvian include works by Archilochus\, Anne Carson\, John Donne\, and the evening’s guest Oksana Maksymchuk. Lauris is a 2nd-year PhD student in the Comparative Literature and Thought program at Washington University in St. 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-oksana-maksymchuk/
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:Poetry and Conflict: Pádraig Ó Tuama
DESCRIPTION:a public lecture presented by WashU & the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at Emerson Auditorium in Knight Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a public lecture with Pádraig Ó Tuama\, poet and theologian whose work centers around themes of language\, power\, conflict\, and religion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by WashU & the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics\n\n\n\nBooks available from Left Bank Books\n\n\n\nEmerson Auditorium offers open seating\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nReception with speaker immediately following his talk\n\n\n\nRSVP / reservation is encouraged\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP / RESERVATION INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are not required\n\n\n\nSeating will be “first come\, first served”\n\n\n\nRegistration does not guarantee a seat\n\n\n\nPlease register at rap@wustl.edu or 314-935-9345\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PUBLIC LECTURE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOETRY AND CONFLICT \n\n\n\nPoetry is an art that has always concerned itself with the questions of life: what’s growing\, what’s not\, what’s thriving\, what’s not\, what’s being stifled\, what’s being fed. The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics is delighted to host Pádraig Ó Tuama as he explores dynamics of conflict\, language\, rhyme\, description\, and resolution for this engaging evening at Washington University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA is a poet\, theologian\, conflict resolution mediator\, and the author of Poetry Unbound: 44 Poems On Being Together (2025)\, Kitchen Hymns (2025)\, Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity\, Justice\, and Love (2024)\, Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World (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 (2012)\, which was longlisted for the 2013 Polari First Book Prize. \n\n\n\nA freelance artist\, one of Ó Tuama’s projects is poet in residence with the Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Center at Columbia University. Pádraig Ó Tuama holds a BA Div validated by the Pontifical College of Maynooth\, an MTh from Queen’s University Belfast and recently received a PhD in Theology through Creative Practice at the University of Glasgow exploring poetry\, Irishness\, and religion. \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\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPARKING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisitor parking is available on the fourth level of Millbrook Garage or in the Danforth University Center (DUC) underground garage. Pull a ticket at the gate when you enter. Parking is free in yellow spaces (you will be ticketed if in a red space) weekdays between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. and on weekends. For more information on parking\, visit parking.wustl.edu/parking/visitor.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-and-conflict-padraig-o-tuama/
LOCATION:Emerson Auditorium\, Knight Hall – Washington University\, 1194 Throop Dr\, Saint Louis\, Missouri\, 63130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:SLCL Presents: Mary Jo Bang
DESCRIPTION:in conversation with poet Dana Levin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe St. Louis County Library Foundation\, the Favorite Author Series\, Left Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center present National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet\, Mary Jo Bang\, sharing Paradiso\, the conclusion of her celebrated translation of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranslating The Divine Comedy was an ambitious twenty-year undertaking for Bang. There have been very few translations of the entire work by women\, and no other translation has made the trilogy quite as readable and fun by bringing Dante into a twenty-first century vernacular while remaining faithful to the epic narrative of the trilogy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBang will be in conversation with poet Dana Levin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 6:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBooks available from Left Bank Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPARADISO \n\n\n\nMary Jo Bang’s translation of Paradiso completes her groundbreaking new version of Dante’s masterpiece\, begun with Inferno and continued with Purgatorio. In Paradiso\, Dante has been purified by his climb up the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory\, and now\, led by the luminous Beatrice\, he begins his ascent through the nine celestial spheres of heaven toward the Empyrean\, the mind of God. Along the way\, we meet the souls of the blessed—those at various proximities to God\, but all existing within the bliss of heaven’s perfect order. Philosophically rich\, spiritually resonant\, Paradiso is a reckoning with justice and morality from a time of ethical questioning and political division much like our own. \n\n\n\nBang’s translation is a revelation in its artistry\, readability\, and faithfulness to Dante’s ambition for an epic poem that dares to employ language and references recognizable to its readers. In her lyric style and her illuminating and generous notes\, Bang has made The Divine Comedy for the twenty-first century. \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 and Purgatorio. She teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/slcl-presents-mary-jo-bang/
LOCATION:St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch\, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.\, Saint Louis\, Missouri\, 63131-3598\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:MATI: Poetry in Motion - Write On
DESCRIPTION:Write On: The Power of the Pen Panel & Workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to be part of Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation’s Poetry in Motion panel and workshop for Music at the Intersection!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PANEL & WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite On: The Power of the Pen  \n\n\n\nAt this community panel and workshop\, come hear about getting your voice to the page\, tips on getting published and presenting your work to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured panelists: \n\n\n\n\nHope Price-Lindsay\n\n\n\nDr. Jason Vasser-Elong\n\n\n\nEileen G’Sell\n\n\n\nDr. Ben Looker\n\n\n\nErin Quick\n\n\n\nJulius B. Anthony\n\n\n\nGabrielle David\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMODERATED BY: Lyah B. LeFlore-Ituen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATI TICKET INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite On: The Power of the Pen is presented as part of the 2025 MATI Places lineup\, where attendees can experience the festive atmosphere\, support a favorite St. Louis-based artist or poet\, attend the conference\, or participate in a community workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA MATI Main Stage Pass or MATI Places Pass (Friday pass) is required to attend the workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATI – Learn More\n\n\n\n\n\nMATI – Buy Passes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZER
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/mati-poetry-in-motion-write-on/
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SUMMARY:Nature Speaks: Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry
DESCRIPTION:a collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden\, Nature Speaks presents Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry featuring a talk on reading and writing plant poetry by Kristin Emanuel\, followed by a generative poetry workshop throughout the Garden.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis experience takes place during Extended Evening Hours. All activities are included with Garden admission (free for Garden members).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaying Rooted with Plant Poetry  \n\n\n\nThis talk introduces a philosophy for reading and writing plant poetry that helps us stay rooted within the landscapes we inhabit\, in the present moment\, and in our relationships. Drawing inspiration from poets like Ada Limón\, Mary Oliver\, and Emily Dickinson\, we can use language to cultivate interconnectedness\, strengthening compassionate ties between our daily lives and the natural world. After the talk\, a generative writing workshop will take place throughout the garden. Attendees need not be experienced poets. They need only bring their creativity and curiosity! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP is encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:30–6:00 p.m. – Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry presentation with Kristin Emanuel in Farr Auditorium \n\n\n\n6:00–8:00 p.m. – Attendees will walk through the Garden for a generative workshop\, visiting the following: \n\n\n\n\nClimatron\n\n\n\nArid House\n\n\n\nLinnean House\n\n\n\nJapanese Garden\n\n\n\nEnglish Woodland Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKRISTIN EMANUEL holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied eco-fabulism and the comics poetry movement. Her latest poems\, comics\, and essays have appeared in The Rumpus\, Ecotone\, and Blackbird\, with new work forthcoming in Poetry Northwest and Sugar House Review. You can find a list of her selected publications at: https://kristinemanuel.com/. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissouri Botanical Garden’s Nature Speaks series is a commitment to connect the community to nature through experiences\, providing opportunities to engage with nature through the written word\, artistic creations\, music\, movement\, and discovery—all designed with a focus on each person’s connection with the natural world. \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\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZERS
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/nature-speaks-september-2025/
LOCATION:Missouri Botanical Garden\, 4344 Shaw Blvd\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Future is Female Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:A Night of Feminist Art & Action\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be held in-person at 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a night of art & action! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us at the 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis for an inspiring evening celebrating the exhibition The Future is Female\, featuring top feminist artists from around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain\, creator of Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring\, returns on October 8 for a special event including\, a welcome by 21c Museum Hotel’s Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites\, an artist talk and the premiere of Shlain’s film We Are Here\, a 7 minute film about the ideas and process behind Dendrofemonology\, and a panel discussion with local leaders advancing women’s rights along with a reading by Poet Laureate of St. Louis\, Pacia Elaine Anderson.  Learn more about the event and the panelists here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis and Women Connect4Good\, this promises to be a powerful night of art\, action\, and inspiration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReception & Light Bites: 5:00–6:00 pm\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Talk & Panel Discussion: 6:00–7:15 pm\n\n\n\n7 minute film premiere\n\n\n\nClosing reading by St. Louis Poet Laureate Pacia Anderson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE EXHIBITION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE FUTURE IS FEMALE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Future is Female” highlights the impact of the art of the Second Wave Women’s movement on today’s cultural landscape while examining contemporary definitions of female identity and experience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGleaming acrylic fingernails glued into patterned\, reptilian forms that emerge from the wall; female anatomy rendered in neon light and boxing gloves; haunting words about the present overlaid on imagery of the past: surface tension abounds in this exploration of contemporary feminist art. The broad range of media and subject matter presented reflects the ongoing influence of the art of the second-wave women’s liberation movement\, which engendered unprecedented cultural change\, shifting art-making out of the isolated studio and hallowed institutions into both more intimate domestic and broader public spheres. The ensuing transformation ushered in generations of artists addressing identity\, the body\, and the affirmation of personal experience. As critic Laura Cottingham writes\, “[contemporary] art engaged with sexuality\, conscious politics\, gender roles\,…first person video\, autobiography\, and performance is directly indebted to the space opened up for new media and new content by the feminist art movement in the seventies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTIFFANY SHLAIN Artist\, Emmy-nominated filmmaker\, & Webby Awards founder \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRITTANY HUGHES Community organizer for ACLU MO \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHILLARY ELFENBEIN John K. Wallace\, Jr. and Ellen A. Wallace Distinguished Professor & Professor of Organizational Behavior at WashU \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMIRANDA RECTENWALD Curator of Local History\, WashU \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPACIA ELAINE ANDERSON Poet Laureate of St. Louis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\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\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/the-future-is-female-exhibition/
LOCATION:21c Museum Hotel St. Louis\, 1528 Locust St\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents: Kieron Walquist
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Left Bank Books\, and also streamed live to Left Bank Book’s YouTube page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to help celebrate Kieron Walquist for the release of Our Hands Hold Violence: Poems\, a National Poetry Series winner selected and with a forward by Brenda Hillman. This collection of poems explores rural Missouri\, violence\, queer desire / intimacy\, addiction\, familial and wildlife relationships. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Kieron Walquist’s poems are thrilling. He yokes together violences and intimacies\, arranges language into dazzling and resonant patterns\, and breaks open memory to release music that’s torqued and incandescent. This music is queer\, rooted in Missouri\, and announces the arrival of a voice that sings to and against the place that birthed it.” – Eduardo C. Corral\, author of Guillotine \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\nOUR HANDS HOLD VIOLENCE: POEMS \n\n\n\nThrough encounters with the everyday beauty and brutality so much a part of rural and urban Missouri\, Our Hands Hold Violence explores what it means to experience and/or perpetuate small and significant acts of violence\, toward others and the self. \n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to hunt (be hunted)\, haunt (be haunted)\, and other (be othered)? Abiding by a chronological arc told in four movements ( HERE\, THERE\, TOGETHER\, ALONE)\, OHHV follows the speaker(s) as they come up in the Show Me State and come to terms with queerness\, mental disability\, addiction\, and loneliness in the largely Christian\, conservative\, and hyper-masculine landscape. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKIERON WALQUIST (he/they) is a queer neurospicy poet + visual artist from mid-Missouri. Their work appears in Best New Poets\, Gulf Coast\, IHLR\, The Missouri Review\, Pleiades\, Poet Lore\, Third Coast\, Waxwing\, + elsewhere. Their chapbook\, Love Locks\, was selected by Luther Hughes for the 2022 Quarterly West Chapbook Contest. He holds a BA from Lincoln University of Missouri\, an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis\, and has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center\, Monson Arts\, and Vermont Studio Center. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Utah and lives in Salt Lake City. \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-kieron-walquist/
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:SLCL Presents: Billy Collins
DESCRIPTION:in conversation with Erin Quick\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a ticketed event. The reading will be held in-person at St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe St. Louis County Library Foundation\, the Favorite Author Series\, Left Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center present former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins\, author of Dog Show: Poems. In conversation with Erin Quick\, executive director of Saint Louis Poetry Center. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of dogs in this special collection of poems inspired by our beloved companions\, with striking watercolor canine portraits by Pamela Sztybel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKET INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets can be purchased through Eventbrite. Seating will be offered on a first-come\, first-served basis.  A book signing line will follow the presentation. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nINDIVIDUAL TICKET – $28Admits ONE and includes one copy of “Dog Show” \n\n\n\nOR \n\n\n\nPACKAGE TICKET – $35Admits TWO and includes one copy of “Dog Show” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 6:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBooks available from Left Bank Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDOG SHOW: POEMS \n\n\n\nBilly Collins’s Dog Show celebrates the joy of our canine best friends\, honoring the love we feel for the animals who play such vital roles in our lives. In twenty-five poems\, Collins distills the many ways dogs warm our hearts\, from the happiness we experience as we watch a dog run unencumbered by our burdens\, to the silliness of cradling a dog in our arms as we step on the scale together. Turning his inimitable eye and ear to the complexities of dog behavior\, Collins ponders all that these winning creatures give us and what we learn from them about ourselves. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more than four decades Collins has delighted readers with his insight\, wit\, and clear poetic voice. In Dog Show\, “America’s favorite poet” ( The Wall Street Journal) illuminates America’s favorite pet (sorry\, cat lovers). Accompanied by Pamela Sztybel’s watercolors\, which effortlessly depict a dog’s humble grace\, Dog Show reveals the profound role these majestic animals play in our lives and the meaning they give us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBILLY COLLINS is the author of fifteen collections of poetry\, including Sailing Alone Around the Room\, Aimless Love and\, most recently\, Water\, Water. He served two terms as United State Poet Laureate and is a former Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College and New York State Poet. He is a New York Public Library Literary Lion and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is currently “between dogs\,” his most recent an Australian Shepherd mix named Jeannine. He lives in Winter Park\, Florida\, with his wife Suzannah. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/slcl-presents-billy-collins-2025/
LOCATION:St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch\, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.\, Saint Louis\, Missouri\, 63131-3598\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Emily Dickinson
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the Birthday and Poetry of Emily Dickinsona collaboration with Babler Poetry Society\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Emily Dickinson’s birthday\, the Babler Poetry Society\, in collaboration with Saint Louis Poetry Center\, is delighted to present An Evening of Emily Dickinson. Known for her originality and sly wit\, Dickinson shaped American poetry with her short\, sharp lines and gift for image-making. Her poems\, by turns playful and mysterious\, continue to surprise and inspire readers around the world. Join us as we honor one of literature’s most brilliant and unconventional voices. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors Open & Light Bites: 6:30–7:00 pm\n\n\n\nReading & Discussion: 7:00–8:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP is encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE READERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDANA LEVIN is the author of five books poetry. Her latest is Now Do You Know Where You Are (Copper Canyon)\, a 2022 New York Times Notable Book and NPR “Book We Love.” She is a grateful recipient of honors from the National Endowment for the Arts\, PEN\, and the Library of Congress\, as well as from the Whiting and Guggenheim Foundations. Levin teaches for the Bennington Writing Seminars\, the MFA program at Bennington College\, and serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in St. Louis. Her first book of prose\, House of Feels\, comes out from Graywolf Press in 2027. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMELISSA QUALLS has taught literature\, composition\, and creative writing in the English department at Lindenwood University since 2002. She earned her MFA from Lindenwood University in 2018 and is an active member of Saint Louis Poetry Center\, Babler Poetry Society\, and Poetry in the Woods (2023\, 2024\, & 2025). Most recently\, her poem “They look so small\, lying there” won Honorable Mention in the 2024 Wednesday Club Original Poetry competition\, she has published two poems “For Nora” and “Wednesday Afternoon\, April 4th” in Nine Mile Literary Magazine (Fall 2024)\, and her poem “Wabi Sabi” won first place in Saturday Writers “Anything Goes” Contest (March 2025). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTEDDY NORRIS is a retired professor of English who taught composition\, poetry\, and creative writing for two decades and edited a community college literary journal for five years. Her work has appeared in various journals\, including Adanna\, Broad River Review\, Cable Street\, Flying South\, Kakalak\, Little Patuxent Review\, and The Switchgrass Review. She is the author of two chapbooks\, Pillars of Salt and In Transit\, published by Finishing Line Press and The Poetry Box\, respectively. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKRISTIN EMANUEL is a PhD candidate researching poetry and poetics at Washington University in St. Louis. Her debut poetry collection\, Birdwatching in the 4th Dimension\, was recently selected by Shann Ray as the winner of the 2025 Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize\, and it will be published by Willow Springs Books in early 2026. Poems from this collection have appeared or are forthcoming in Ecotone\, Boston Review\, and Poetry Northwest. \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\nBabler Poetry Society\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZERS
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/an-evening-of-emily-dickinson/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Reading
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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:Glendal Wallace: The Words We Wear
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at the St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch for an evening of inspiration with local author and poet Glendal Wallace\, for the launch of her book The Words We Wear. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefreshments provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORDS WE WEAR \n\n\n\nWallace hits all the high notes well and avoids the dangers\, and that is high praise. “Words Take Their Own Journey” gives a clear vision of how the musicality and drive of oral tradition can land\, delicately and with gentle authority. The poem speaks out to a wide audience but feels personal. “Weep America II” is such a fine poem\, exploring in one compressed space the pain\, self-deceit\, ignorance that we all suffer from being “stuck” where we are now. It’s the poem all of us need desperately\, right now. \n\n\n\n– Rebecca Ellis\, Distinguished Poet and Master Naturalist\, University of Illinois \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGLENDAL WALLACE is the author of three poetry collections\, Jewels of Fillmore\, Unconnected Thoughts\, and  The Words We Wear. An educator for over thirty years\, she has published essays\, short stories and in anthologies that inspire\, encourage and educate writers at all levels. She lives with her family in St. Louis where she continues to nurture her creative spirit from enjoying blissful walks and scenic cruise vacations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriends of Glendal Wallace
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/slcl-glendal-wallace-june-2026/
LOCATION:St. Louis County Library – Clark Family Branch\, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.\, Saint Louis\, Missouri\, 63131-3598\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:MATI Conference: Write On - Poetry at the Confluence
DESCRIPTION:How St. Louis and East St. Louis Changed American Arts and Culture Through Poetry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be held in-person at High Low.  RSVP required. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to co-present Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation’s Poetry in Motion panel for Music at the Intersection! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PANEL & SPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite On: Poetry at the ConfluenceHow St. Louis and East St. Louis Changed American Arts and Culture Through Poetry \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne River. Two Cities. Infinite Voices. \n\n\n\nPresented during Music at the Intersection (MATI) weekend\, this gathering brings together literary giants and cultural visionaries to explore how poetry has shaped the artistic\, cultural\, and social fabric of our bi-state region. \n\n\n\nThe conversation will trace the enduring connections between St. Louis and East St. Louis—from the legacy of the 1917 East St. Louis Race Massacre and the Civil Rights Movement\, to the transformative influence of Katherine Dunham\, the iconic Black Artists Group (BAG)\, and the artists carrying that legacy forward today. \n\n\n\nUsing the Mississippi River as both metaphor and meeting place\, this unforgettable conversation celebrates poetry as a force for truth-telling\, cultural memory\, artistic innovation\, and social change while honoring the enduring creative bond between our two cities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured panelists: \n\n\n\n\nDr. Eugene B. Redmond\n\n\n\nTerry “Kujaliwa” Kennedy\n\n\n\nPacia Elaine Anderson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMODERATED BY: Dr. Jason Vasser-Elong\n\n\n\nHOSTED BY: Lyah B. LeFlore-Ituen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite On: Poetry at the Confluence is presented as part of the 2026 MATI Conference. MATI’s annual thought leadership conference provides free panels\, keynote discussions and networking opportunities targeted at artists\, creatives and entrepreneurs. Attending the Conference is free but requires an RSVP. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA MATI Conference RSVP is required to attend this panel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATI – Learn More\n\n\n\n\n\nMATI – RSVP for Write On\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZER
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/mati-write-on-poetry-at-the-confluence/
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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SUMMARY:MATI Block Party: Poetry in Motion
DESCRIPTION:St. Louis Poets Take the Mic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to co-present Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation’s Poetry in Motion reading for Music at the Intersection! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrum Voices Take The Mic5:00–6:30 PM \n\n\n\n\nEileen G’Sell\n\n\n\nJacqui Germain\n\n\n\nTravis Massotti\n\n\n\nDavid A.N. Jackson\n\n\n\nCheryl DS Walker and Kamau OS Walker \n\n\n\nSpecial Tribute: Lyah Beth LeFlore-Ituen leads a collective tribute honoring beloved St. Louis poets\, artists\, musicians\, and cultural leaders\, including Ruth Garnett\, Ira Jones\, and Darrell Mixon\, whose work continues to inspire our creative community.\n\n\n\nGuest Musician Stanley Coleman\n\n\n\n\nUnapologetic Voices Of The D9 & HBCU’s Take The Mic6:45–8:00 PM \n\n\n\n\nMari Carter\n\n\n\nLouis Conphliction\n\n\n\nAja La’Starr\n\n\n\nMaurice Minor\n\n\n\nMiss Interpretation\n\n\n\nSteph’on Rigginx \n\n\n\nDr. Jason Vasser-Elong\n\n\n\nJaye Willis\n\n\n\n\nWord Warriors Take The Mic Featuring The Ish Ensemble8:15–9:30 PM \n\n\n\n\nKMoney The Poet\n\n\n\nBrooking Caldwell\, featuring Karin Bliznik on trumpet\n\n\n\nPoet Lightening\n\n\n\nAaron (Al) Smith\n\n\n\nCheeraz Gormon\n\n\n\n\nA Celebration of 80 Years of WordsPresented by Saint Louis Poetry Center9:45–10:45 PM \n\n\n\nJoin poets\, writers\, artists\, and supporters from across the region as we celebrate Saint Louis Poetry Center’s 80th Anniversary and close out an incredible day of poetry\, conversation\, and community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BLOCK PARTY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry in Motion: St. Louis Poets Take the Mic is presented as part of the 2026 MATI Block Party. This event is free and open to the public. From 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday\, July 17 and 18\, MATI is activating Grand Center Arts District with live music\, a performance art stage\, a roller skating rink\, pop-up fashion shows\, mural and art exhibits\, poetry\, local vendors\, and tastes of St. Louis’ favorite culinary dishes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATI Block Party – Learn More\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZER
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/mati-poetry-in-motion-2026/
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Reading
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