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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Shane Seely
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \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 January 22\, 2025\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* poem to: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\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: January 22\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHANE SEELY directs the MFA program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. His poems have appeared in journals nationwide\, including The Southern Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Notre Dame Review\, and Antioch Review\, and have been featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. He is the author of three previous books of poetry\, The First Echo (LSU Press\, 2019)\, The Surface of the Lit World (Ohio University Press\, 2015 – Winner of the Hollis Summer Poetry Prize) and The Snowbound House (Anhinga Press\, 2008 – Winner of the Philip Levine Prize in Poetry). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-january-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Jennifer Whalen & Sebastián Páramo
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\nWe kick off 2025 with poets Jennifer Whalen & Sebastián Páramo! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Whalen (she/her) is a poet & educator from the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati\, Ohio area. She is the author of the poetry collection Eveningful\, which was selected by Rick Barot as the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize. Her poems can be found in Gulf Coast\, Denver Quarterly\, Fourteen Hills\, Sixth Finch\, Grist\, The Boiler\, & elsewhere. She previously served as writer-in-residence at Texas State University’s Clark House & currently teaches English at the University of Illinois Springfield. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSebastián Páramo is the author of Portrait of Us Burning (Curbstone Books\, 2023) and was named a finalist for the 2023 Best First Book of Poetry by the Texas Institute of Letters. His poems have recently appeared in AGNI\, Poetry Northwest\, Prairie Schooner\, New England Review\, and elsewhere. His work has received fellowships and support from the Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program at UT-Austin\, CantoMundo\, among others. He is the founding editor of The Boiler and is a Lecturer at Southern Methodist University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-january-2025/
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:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with our February Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Jacqui Germain and Alison C. Rollins for the February Sunday Workshop! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese two-hour workshops will run concurrently\, each led by one of the visiting poets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: these workshops are limited to 12 participants each. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due by Tuesday\, February 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* poem to: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.*Please indicate which workshop (Jacqui Germain or Alison C. Rollins) you would like to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJACQUI GERMAIN is a poet and journalist living and working in St. Louis\, Missouri. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Bittering the Wound\, was selected by Douglas Kearney for the 2021 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize and was awarded the 2024 Kate Tufts Discovery Award by Claremont Graduate University. She’s the recipient of a journalism fellowship from the Economic Security Project and Teen Vogue\, and has written for The Nation\, The New York Times\, Teen Vogue\, The Guardian\, In These Times Magazine\, and more. Germain is also the recipient of poetry fellowships from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission\, Jack Jones Literary Arts\, Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop\, and more. Her first poetry chapbook\, When the Ghosts Come Ashore\, was published by Button Poetry in 2016. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALISON C. ROLLINS was awarded a 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship and named a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. In 2021\, her essay “Dispatch from the Racial Mountain” was selected by contest judge Kiese Laymon as the winner of the Gulf Coast prize in nonfiction. Her work\, across genres\, has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Black Warrior Review\, Iowa Review\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. A Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow\, she was a 2016 recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. In 2018\, she was a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award and in 2020\, the winner of a Pushcart Prize. Rollins is the author of Black Bell (Copper Canyon Press\, 2024) and the debut poetry collection\, Library of Small Catastrophes (Copper Canyon Press\, 2019) which was a 2020 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award nominee. Rollins holds an MFA from Brown University and is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Jacqui Germain & Alison C. Rollins
DESCRIPTION:These workshops will be held in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with our February Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Jacqui Germain and Alison C. Rollins for the February Sunday Workshop! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese two-hour workshops will run concurrently\, each led by one of the visiting poets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: these workshops are limited to 12 participants each. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due February 11\, 2025\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 poem to*:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please indicate which workshop (Jacqui Germain or Alison C. Rollins) you would like to attend.*Please attach poem as a 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\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 11\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJACQUI GERMAIN is a poet and journalist living and working in St. Louis\, Missouri. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Bittering the Wound\, was selected by Douglas Kearney for the 2021 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize and was awarded the 2024 Kate Tufts Discovery Award by Claremont Graduate University. She’s the recipient of a journalism fellowship from the Economic Security Project and Teen Vogue\, and has written for The Nation\, The New York Times\, Teen Vogue\, The Guardian\, In These Times Magazine\, and more. Germain is also the recipient of poetry fellowships from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission\, Jack Jones Literary Arts\, Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop\, and more. Her first poetry chapbook\, When the Ghosts Come Ashore\, was published by Button Poetry in 2016. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALISON C. ROLLINS was awarded a 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship and named a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. In 2021\, her essay “Dispatch from the Racial Mountain” was selected by contest judge Kiese Laymon as the winner of the Gulf Coast prize in nonfiction. Her work\, across genres\, has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Black Warrior Review\, Iowa Review\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. A Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow\, she was a 2016 recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. In 2018\, she was a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award and in 2020\, the winner of a Pushcart Prize. Rollins is the author of Black Bell (Copper Canyon Press\, 2024) and the debut poetry collection\, Library of Small Catastrophes (Copper Canyon Press\, 2019) which was a 2020 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award nominee. Rollins holds an MFA from Brown University and is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-february-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Jacqui Germain & Alison C. Rollins
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, 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\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Jacqui Germain and Alison C. Rollins 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\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJACQUI GERMAIN is a poet and journalist living and working in St. Louis\, Missouri. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Bittering the Wound\, was selected by Douglas Kearney for the 2021 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize and was awarded the 2024 Kate Tufts Discovery Award by Claremont Graduate University. She’s the recipient of a journalism fellowship from the Economic Security Project and Teen Vogue\, and has written for The Nation\, The New York Times\, Teen Vogue\, The Guardian\, In These Times Magazine\, and more. Germain is also the recipient of poetry fellowships from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission\, Jack Jones Literary Arts\, Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop\, and more. Her first poetry chapbook\, When the Ghosts Come Ashore\, was published by Button Poetry in 2016. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALISON C. ROLLINS was awarded a 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship and named a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. In 2021\, her essay “Dispatch from the Racial Mountain” was selected by contest judge Kiese Laymon as the winner of the Gulf Coast prize in nonfiction. Her work\, across genres\, has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Black Warrior Review\, Iowa Review\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. A Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow\, she was a 2016 recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. In 2018\, she was a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award and in 2020\, the winner of a Pushcart Prize. Rollins is the author of Black Bell (Copper Canyon Press\, 2024) and the debut poetry collection\, Library of Small Catastrophes (Copper Canyon Press\, 2019) which was a 2020 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award nominee. Rollins holds an MFA from Brown University and is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \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-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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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:Sunday Workshop: Registration Due
DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Allison Funk for the March Sunday Workshop! This will be a generative workshop focused on Virginia Woolf’s idea of “moments of being.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMoments of Being \n\n\n\nVirginia Woolf writes in her autobiographical “Sketch of the Past” of moments of being—moments of acute awareness that stand out from what she calls the “cotton wool” of daily living. For Woolf\, such exceptional instances often involve an image that surfaces unexpectedly and with great force. In this generative poetry workshop\, participants will talk about Virginia Woolf’s idea before they identify a personal “moment of being” they will start to put into words. \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\nRegistration is due by Wednesday\, March 12\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 12\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON FUNK is the author of six books of poems and the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received further honors from the Poetry Society of America and the arts councils of Illinois and Delaware. Her most recent book of poems is The Visible Woman (Parlor Press\, 2021). Individual poems have appeared in Poetry\, Paris Review\, Copper Nickel\, Image\, Pleiades\, The Best American Poetry and elsewhere. She has been a resident fellow at the MacDowell Colony\, Yaddo\, Ragdale\, the Hawthornden Castle International Writers Retreat (Scotland)\, and the Dora Maar House (France). For nearly 30 years she taught Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-registration-due-march-2025/
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: Allison Funk
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Allison Funk for the March Sunday Workshop! This will be a generative workshop focused on Virginia Woolf’s idea of “moments of being.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMoments of Being \n\n\n\nVirginia Woolf writes in her autobiographical “Sketch of the Past” of moments of being—moments of acute awareness that stand out from what she calls the “cotton wool” of daily living. For Woolf\, such exceptional instances often involve an image that surfaces unexpectedly and with great force. In this generative poetry workshop\, participants will talk about Virginia Woolf’s idea before they identify a personal “moment of being” they will start to put into words. \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\nRegistration is due by Wednesday\, March 12\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 12\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON FUNK is the author of six books of poems and the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received further honors from the Poetry Society of America and the arts councils of Illinois and Delaware. Her most recent book of poems is The Visible Woman (Parlor Press\, 2021). Individual poems have appeared in Poetry\, Paris Review\, Copper Nickel\, Image\, Pleiades\, The Best American Poetry and elsewhere. She has been a resident fellow at the MacDowell Colony\, Yaddo\, Ragdale\, the Hawthornden Castle International Writers Retreat (Scotland)\, and the Dora Maar House (France). For nearly 30 years she taught Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-march-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Scott Berzon & Michael Pfeifer
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\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Berzon earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of the Frank Vincent Memorial Prize\, the Meader Family Award\, and the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship. Scott’s creative work has appeared in a variety of publications including Acorn\, Cream City Review\, Humana Obscura\, Poetry Midwest\, Quarter After Eight\, Southern Indiana Review\, and others. Scott lives with his family in St. Louis and works in Jewish communal settings. He serves as a poetry editor for december magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Pfeifer earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and returned to earn an M.A. in English\, studying poetry with Larry Levis. He earned an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop where he studied with Marvin Bell\, Henry Carlile\, Donald Justice and Sandra McPherson. He has published in numerous literary journals and received the 1980 St. Louis Poetry Center Chancellor’s Award\, judged by Howard Nemerov\, and the 1987 Poet Lore Ratner-Ferber Award. He stopped submitting poems for publication in 1998\, but continued writing. He has recently started to again submit work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-march-2025/
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:Robert Fitterman & Safa Khatib
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo inaugurate our National Poetry Month series of events\, join us for a reading with Robert Fitterman and Safa Khatib\, two poets with ties to Saint Louis whose work innovates across histories\, geographies\, and languages.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with Saint Louis University Department of English and Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCREVE COEUR \n\n\n\nRobert Fitterman’s sixteenth and most ambitious book transposes William Carlos Williams’s postwar long poem Paterson onto the segregated suburbs of late twentieth-century St. Louis to track the collapse of the American urban landscape. \n\n\n\nMirroring Paterson’s structure page-for-page\, Fitterman translates Williams’s patchwork of local news stories\, personal letters\, and found historical documents into the landscapes and mythologies of his hometown\, revisiting many of the horrific events of St. Louis and its environs on the way—the East St. Louis massacre\, the demolition of social housing projects\, military chemical testing in the inner city during the Cold War\, and more. Through a weave of verse\, archival documents\, and found language\, Creve Coeur entangles suburban sprawl with the racial violence at the root of American urbanization. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA DRESS OF LOCUSTS \n\n\n\nWoven from threads of Aramaic\, Spanish\, Ancient Greek\, Sumerian and Arabic\, A Dress of Locusts is an unforgettable song cycle in which the living and dead sing back and forth to one another. Here\, Safa Khatib journeys across the possibilities of language and self\, asking us to dwell in the thresholds between the ‘old’ and the ‘new’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROBERT FITTERMAN is the author of 16 books of poetry. His most recent book\, Creve Coeur\, is a long poem recently published with Winter Editions (2024). Other titles include: This Window Makes Me Feel (Ugly Duckling Presse)\, No\, Wait. Yep. Definitely Still Hate Myself. (Ugly Duckling Presse)\, Nevermind (Wonder Books) and Rob the Plagiarist (Roof Books). He has collaborated with several visual artists\, including Serkan Ozkaya\, Nayland Blake\, Sabine Herrmann\, Natalie Czech\, Tim Davis\, and Klaus Killisch. He is the founding member of the artists-poets collective Collective Task www.collectivetask.org. He lives in New York City and teaches writing at New York University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAFA KHATIB is a poet\, translator\, teacher and daughter of South Indian immigrants. She is the author of the forthcoming collection A Dress of Locusts (Bloomsbury 2025). Her current projects include a book of collages provisionally titled return service and “smoke\,” a text written in collaboration with choreographer Cecil Slaughter. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals\, including Words Without Borders\, Baffler\, Kenyon Review and White Review. She is the recipient of support from the US Fulbright Program and the Stadler Center for Poetry\, among other institutions. She is currently a PhD student in the Track for International Writers in the department of Comparative Literature at Washington University in St Louis\, Missouri. \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\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/robert-fitterman-safa-khatib/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with our April Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Rosalie Moffett for the April Sunday 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\, April 9\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 9\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROSALIE MOFFETT is the author of the poetry collections Making a Living (Milkweed Editions\, 2025)\, Nervous System (Ecco\, 2019)\, which was chosen by Monica Youn for the National Poetry Series Prize and listed by the New York Times as a New and Notable book\, and June in Eden (OSU Press\, 2017). She has been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, and her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, POETRY Magazine\, New England Review\, and Kenyon Review\, among others. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana\, and the senior poetry editor for the Southern Indiana Review. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-registration-due-april-2025/
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: Rosalie Moffett
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with our April Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Rosalie Moffett for the April Sunday 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\, April 9\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 9\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROSALIE MOFFETT is the author of the poetry collections Making a Living (Milkweed Editions\, 2025)\, Nervous System (Ecco\, 2019)\, which was chosen by Monica Youn for the National Poetry Series Prize and listed by the New York Times as a New and Notable book\, and June in Eden (OSU Press\, 2017). She has been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, and her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, POETRY Magazine\, New England Review\, and Kenyon Review\, among others. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana\, and the senior poetry editor for the Southern Indiana Review. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-april-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: erica lewis & Rosalie Moffett
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets erica lewis and Rosalie Moffett 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\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nerica lewis lives in San Francisco. Her books include the precipice of jupiter (2009\, with artist Mark Stephen Finein)\, camera obscura (2010\, with artist Mark Stephen Finein)\, murmur in the inventory (2013); and the box set trilogy: daryl hall is my boyfriend (2015)\, mary wants to be a superwoman (2017)\, mahogany (2023). She is currently writing a novel inspired by the murder of her maternal grandmother. She was born in Cincinnati\, Ohio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROSALIE MOFFETT is the author of the poetry collections Making a Living (Milkweed Editions\, 2025)\, Nervous System (Ecco\, 2019)\, which was chosen by Monica Youn for the National Poetry Series Prize and listed by the New York Times as a New and Notable book\, and June in Eden (OSU Press\, 2017). She has been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, and her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, POETRY Magazine\, New England Review\, and Kenyon Review\, among others. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana\, and the senior poetry editor for the Southern Indiana Review. \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-2025/
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: Andrea Scarpino & Eric Doise
DESCRIPTION:Reading from Chamber after Chamber in a celebration of Saara Myrene Raappana\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis 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\n\n\n\n\nSaara Myrene Raappana’s poetry is haunting\, beautiful\, and rich with Lake Superior landscapes. It bears witness to both the beauty and violence of rurality and the United States with linguistic whimsy and structural inventiveness. Her most recent book\, Chamber after Chamber\, won the 2023 Juniper Prize for Poetry and is a meditation on the word “heart” and its many meanings. Thoughtful and daring poetry\, Chamber after Chamber was published just days after Saara’s death at age 48. Tonight\, we gather to celebrate her poetry and her writing life in a reading and conversation with Saara’s husband Eric Doise and her friend Andrea Scarpino. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Scarpino has published the poetry collections Once Upon Wing Lake\, What the Willow Said as it Fell\, and Once\, Then\, and the co-edited anthology Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. She received a PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University\, and an MFA from The Ohio State University. She is also co-editor of Nine Mile Magazine and served as Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 2015-2017. She teaches at St Louis University High School. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Doise is an associate professor of English at Southwest Minnesota State University. He has published articles and chapters in several academic journals and anthologies\, including The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma. He earned his PhD from the University of Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-april-2025/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250508T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250508T200000
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SUMMARY:Outside LitMag Issue 9 Release
DESCRIPTION:The event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMade for and by Saint Louis Public School high school students\, Outside Literary Magazine is thrilled to release Issue 9. This special event will celebrate the talented young artists who have worked hard to make this magazine possible. Students will come together to share their work with the wider community. Many of the contributors will be performing their pieces for the first time! Copies of Issue 9 will be available for purchase at the event. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutside Literary Magazine would not be possible without the tireless efforts of the partnering schools and classroom teachers.  Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClub Sponsor:Margaret SchuhTeacher:Kelly Terry (Art)\n\n\n\n\n\nClub Sponsors:Chandra AlfordNicole HalamanTeacher:John Tevlin (Art)\n\n\n\n\n\nTeachers:Colette Morton (ELA)Logan Allgood (ELA)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPARTNERS\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUPPORTERS
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/outside-litmag-issue-9-release/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250516T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250516T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T225338
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SUMMARY:EVENT CANCELED - 2025 SLPC Contests Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:EVENT CANCELLATION NOTICE:\n\n\n\nDue to the severe weather and its impact on road conditions and safety\, this event has been canceled. Please watch for a reschedule date to be announced. Stay safe! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center celebrates the winners of the 2025 poetry contests\, including the Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students and the James H. Nash Poetry Contest. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hopkins Contest would not be possible without the efforts and support of volunteer contest coordinator and local poet Emily Koehn.  Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nash Contest would not be possible without the efforts and support of volunteer contest coordinator and local poet Ted Mathys.  Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd special thanks to our spring 2025 student intern Ezra Harris (Metro Academic and Classical High School) for supporting both contests! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 HOPKINS CONTEST WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTIONS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelected by 2025 contest judge Niki Herd \n\n\n\n\n\nFIRST PLACEScarlet Brothers\, Nerinx Hall High SchoolMeanwhile on Earth \n\n\n\nSECOND PLACEIsabelle Cox-Garleanu\, MICDSTo Believe \n\n\n\nTHIRD PLACELucy Divis\, Metro Academic & Classical High SchoolAlphabet Homily \n\n\n\n\n\nHONORABLE MENTIONSIsabelle Cox-Garleanu\, MICDSromanian rhapsody \n\n\n\nScarlet Brothers\, Nerinx Hall High SchoolImagine I Make it Out Alive \n\n\n\nBera Ozkaya\, Gateway Science AcademyFishermen at Sea \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 NASH CONTEST WINNER & FINALIST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelected by 2025 contest judge Daniel Borzutzky \n\n\n\n\n\nFIRST PLACEJill MceldowneyParadise Woods \n\n\n\n\n\nFINALISTOliverdesertification poemTime Magazine:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/2025-slpc-contests-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Award Ceremony,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Saint Louis Poet Laureate Coronation Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen and the Poet Laureate Task Force\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event will be held in-person at the City Hall Rotunda. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPacia Elaine Anderson was officially appointed and sworn in as the fourth Poet Laureate for the City of St.Louis. The Saint Louis Poet Laureate will promote the art of poetry and encourage literacy and learning throughout the St. Louis region. Pacia collaborates as a poet\, visual and teaching artist\, creative consultant\, arts administrator\, and community caregiver with numerous groups and individuals\, from large institutions to small organizations\, both locally and nationally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Being named the fourth Poet Laureate of the city of St. Louis is a tremendous honor\,” Anderson said. “I look forward to continuing the work of our poetic and cultural forbearers while amplifying new ideas and ways of engaging with the art form and using poetry as a method of gathering us together in the spirit of collectivism that provides the loving connection that moves humanity forward.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead the press release >>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrum call with NGOMA\n\n\n\nWords from Mrs. Adelia Parker-Castro\, Lyah LeFlore-Ituen\, Jane Ellen Ibur\, Dr. Eugene B. Redmond & MK Sadiq\n\n\n\nFood from Parker’s Table\n\n\n\nFree parking in the Clark-side lot\n\n\n\nAll ages\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPacia Elaine Anderson is a visual\, spoken\, and teaching word artist who currently serves as the Program Lead of the Regional Arts Commission’s Community Arts Training Institute\, Program Coordinator for Good Journey Development Foundation\, and as a teaching artist with a host of regional organizations. She is the Missouri-St. Louis City Regional Coordinator for Poetry Out Loud\, the NEA’s national recitation competition. The St. Louis Visionary Awards named Pacia the Community Impact Artist for 2020-2021. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor several years Pacia served as assistant to inaugural St. Louis Poet Laureate Dr. Michael Castro. She is an Urban Bush Women SLI and a New Leaders Council-St. Louis alumnus\, and a founding member of the youth-based art camp Cherokee Street Reach. She also served as the past Liaison for the Great Rivers Greenway Artists of Color Council. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPacia has served as a consulting artist and national workshop facilitator with Americans for the Arts’ Artists at the Community Development Table initiative and serves on the boards of Saint Louis Poetry Center\, Volunteer Lawyers and Accounts for the Arts\, and The St. Louis Art Place Initiative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poet-laureate-coronation-ceremony/
LOCATION:City of St. Louis – City Hall\, 1200 Market Street\, Saint Louis\, Missouri\, 63103-2826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Award Ceremony,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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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:Sunday Workshop: Registration Due
DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Eileen G’Sell for the August Sunday Workshop! This will be a generative workshop focused on the power of sensory description. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHot Words\, Live LINES: Tension and Surprise in Language \n\n\n\nBrain scans demonstrate that our neurons light up differently when we read concrete\, sensory language rather than abstractions. What does that mean for poets? In this generative workshop\, we will explore how poetry can embrace the power of sensory description. \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\nRegistration is due by Sunday\, August 17\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: August 17\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEILEEN G’SELL is a poet and critic with recent contributions to Poetry\, Oversound\, Hyperallergic\, The Baffler\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2023\, she received the Rabkin Prize for arts journalism. Her second volume of poetry\, Francofilaments\, was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2024; in 2026\, her first nonfiction book\, Lipstick\, will be published as part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-registration-due-august-2025/
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: Eileen G'Sell
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Eileen G’Sell for the August Sunday Workshop! This will be a generative workshop focused on the power of sensory description. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHot Words\, Live LINES: Tension and Surprise in Language \n\n\n\nBrain scans demonstrate that our neurons light up differently when we read concrete\, sensory language rather than abstractions. What does that mean for poets? In this generative workshop\, we will explore how poetry can embrace the power of sensory description. \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\nRegistration is due by Sunday\, August 17\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: August 17\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEILEEN G’SELL is a poet and critic with recent contributions to Poetry\, Oversound\, Hyperallergic\, The Baffler\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2023\, she received the Rabkin Prize for arts journalism. Her second volume of poetry\, Francofilaments\, was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2024; in 2026\, her first nonfiction book\, Lipstick\, will be published as part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-august-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250826T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Jet McDonald & Apollo Chastain
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 kicks off the 2025-2026 season with poets Jet McDonald and Apollo Chastain. \n\n\n\nThis special evening also marks the final time our friend and curator Kenneth Pruitt will host the series. After years of shaping Poetry at the Point with heart and creativity\, Kenneth will officially pass the torch to co-curators Macallan Lay and Andy Chen. Join us as we celebrate Kenneth’s remarkable contributions to the series and send him off with gratitude and joy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJet McDonald (they/he) is a writer\, dancer\, and aspiring mime. By day they work as a communications professional based here in St. Louis. Their work has appeared in places like the RFT and Typehouse Literary Magazine\, which nominated one of their poems for a Pushcart Prize. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) and served as UMSL’s sixth Poet Laureate. Lately Jet is most interested in cross-genre work. They are lucky to have a community of loved ones who embody how great the world could really be. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApollo Chastain (ze/hir\, he/him) is either crying in the club or crying in the archive. The recipient of an Academy of American Poets College Prize and nominee for a Pushcart Prize\, Apollo’s creative and academic work has been supported by Tin House and the Smithsonian Institution and appears or is forthcoming in journals including Poets.org\, Meridian\, The Michigan Quarterly Review\, Ninth Letter\, and RHINO\, among others. Ze is an MFA candidate in poetry at Washington University in St. Louis. Visit hir at apollopoet.wordpress.com\, or on Instagram @apollo.chastain. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-august-2025/
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: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/
LOCATION:MO
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Poetry in the Woods: Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Applications for the October 2025 Poetry in the Woods Workshop are open through September 14. Work on your poetry with award-winning faculty in inspiring outdoor locations around St. Louis! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry in the Woods takes place on October 4 & 5 at Washington University’s Tyson Research Center. 2025 faculty includes Traci Brimhall\, Eduardo Corral\, Jason Vasser-Elong\, Adam Vines\, Andrea Scarpino and Clayton Adam Clark. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPPLICATION INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApplication takes only a couple minutes and is free!Financial aid and scholarships available.Only 20 seats available. \n\n\n\nEarly submission is recommended. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis\, and seats are first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry in the Woods provides poetry workshops and author events to the St. Louis Region that bridge the space between wildness\, place\, and poetry. The 2025 workshop includes: \n\n\n\n\nA mix of new and returning faculty members\n\n\n\nFaculty-led poetry discussions\n\n\n\nInspiring nature hikes\n\n\n\nOpen air readings and participant poetry readings\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FACULTY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRACI BRIMHALL is a professor of creative writing at Kansas State University. She is the author of five collections of poetry\, including Love Prodigal (Copper Canyon\, 2024). Her poems have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker\, The Nation\, Orion\, The New Republic\, Poetry\, The New York Times Magazine\, and Best American Poetry. She’s received fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts\, the National Park Service\, the Academy of American Poets\, and Purdue Library’s Special Collections to study the lost poem drafts of Amelia Earhart. She’s the currently the poet-in-residence at the Guggenheim museum and poet laureate for the State of Kansas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEDUARDO C. CORRAL is the son of Mexican immigrants. Graywolf Press published his second book\, Guillotine\, in 2020. His first book\, Slow Lightning\, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. His poems have appeared in Ambit\, New England Review\, The New Republic\, Ploughshares\, and Poetry. He’s the recipient of residencies from the MacDowell Colony\, Yaddo and Civitella Ranieri. He’s also the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award\, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, the Hodder Fellowship and the National Holmes Poetry Prize\, both from Princeton University. He teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Washington University. He lives in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJASON VASSER-ELONG is the author of Shrimp (2Leaf Press\, 2018)\, a collection of poetry that examines identity in a post-colonial context. He newest collection Lavendar is forthcoming this year. He has been featured in documentaries\, “Poetry in Motion: St. Louis Poets Take the Mic” and “Never been a Time” performing poetry\, and was recently featured in “Verse and Voice: The Podcast.” In September\, Jason will participate in Poetry in Motion: St. Louis Poets Take the Mic… LIVE at the High Low Listening Room. He holds a degree in anthropology\, a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing with an emphasis in poetry and is a doctor of education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nADAM VINES has published poetry in The Southern Review\, Poetry\, Southwest Review\, The Kenyon Review\, Gulf Coast\, Barrow Street\, The Cincinnati Review\, 32 Poems\, The Literary Review\, Five Points\, Ecotone\, The Hopkins Review\, Verse Daily\, Poetry Daily\, and others. He is the author of three single authored books of poetry — Lures (LSU Press\, 2022)\, Out of Speech (LSU\, 2018)\, and The Coal Life (University of Arkansas Press\, 2012) — and two collaborative poetry collections written with Allen Jih\, Day Kink (Unicorn Press\, 2018) and According to Discretion (Unicorn Press\, 2015). Vines directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alabama Birmingham and he is editor of Birmingham Poetry Review. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANDREA SCARPINO has published the poetry collections Once Upon Wing Lake\, What the Willow Said as it Fell\, and Once\, Then\, and the co-edited anthology Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. She received a PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University\, and an MFA from Ohio State University. She is also co-editor of Nine Mile Magazine and served as Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 2015-2017. She teaches at St. Louis University High School.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLAYTON ADAM CLARK lives in Saint Louis\, his hometown\, where he works as a mental health counselor in private practice alongside his wife\, Tina\, and their therapy dog\, Tank. His latest poetry collection\, Auscultate\, was published by Galileo Press in 2025\, and his debut poetry collection\, A Finitude of Skin\, won the 2017 Moon City Poetry Award (Moon City Press\, 2018). His honors include an Artist Support Grant from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. He earned the MFA in creative writing at Ohio State University and both a master’s in communication and a master’s in clinical mental health counseling at University of Missouri-St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-in-the-woods-2025-application-deadline/
LOCATION:MO
CATEGORIES:Application Deadline,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Allison Cundiff for the September 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 Sunday\, September 14\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: September 14\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON CUNDIFF‘s publications include the novel Hey Pickpocket (2025\, JackLeg Press); two books of poetry: Otherings (2016\, Golden Antelope Press)\, and In Short\, A Memory of the Other on a Good Day\, co-authored with Steven Schreiner\, (2014\, Golden Antelope Press); and two chapbooks: Snapshot (2023\, Bottlecap Press)\, and Just to See How It Feels (2018\, Word Press). Her second novel\, The Mysterious Women of J Road is forthcoming in March of 2026 (April Gloaming). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-september-2025/
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: Allison Cundiff
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Allison Cundiff for the September 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 Sunday\, September 14\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: September 14\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON CUNDIFF‘s publications include the novel Hey Pickpocket (2025\, JackLeg Press); two books of poetry: Otherings (2016\, Golden Antelope Press)\, and In Short\, A Memory of the Other on a Good Day\, co-authored with Steven Schreiner\, (2014\, Golden Antelope Press); and two chapbooks: Snapshot (2023\, Bottlecap Press)\, and Just to See How It Feels (2018\, Word Press). Her second novel\, The Mysterious Women of J Road is forthcoming in March of 2026 (April Gloaming). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-september-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Mary Jo Bang & Eileen G'Sell
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, 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\n\n\n\n\nTo kick off the 2025-2026 season\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Mary Jo Bang and Eileen G’Sell 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\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\nEILEEN G’SELL is a poet and critic with recent contributions to Poetry\, Oversound\, Hyperallergic\, The Baffler\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2023\, she received the Rabkin Prize for arts journalism. Her second volume of poetry\, Francofilaments\, was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2024; in 2026\, her first nonfiction book\, Lipstick\, will be published as part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. \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-september-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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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:Sunday Workshop: Jason Vasser-Elong
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 Jason Vasser-Elong for the October Sunday Workshop! This workshop will be a generative workshop focused on revision. \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\nRegistration is due by Sunday\, October 19\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: October 19\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrawing Solutions: Creative Pathways Through Poetry \n\n\n\nThe writing process is as much about editing as it is the finished product\, and poetry is no different. Who says the editing process cannot include crayons\, colored pencils or paint markers? In this hands-on workshop\, participants are invited to bring in two poems in progress and explore revision through art making. We’ll experiment with bringing our words to life to reimagine language\, deepen feeling\, and invoke fresh approaches to the editing process. No art experience required\, just curiosity and a willingness to play. Materials will be provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJASON VASSER-ELONG\, the author of Shrimp (2Leaf Press\, 2018)\, a collection of poetry that examines identity in a post-colonial context. He newest collection Lavendar is forthcoming this year. He has been featured in documentaries\, “Poetry in Motion: St. Louis Poets Take the Mic” and “Never been a Time” performing poetry\, and was recently featured in “Verse and Voice: The Podcast.” In September\, Jason will participate in Poetry in Motion: St. Louis Poets Take the Mic… LIVE at the High Low Listening Room. He holds a degree in anthropology\, a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing with an emphasis in poetry and is a doctor of education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-october-2025/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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