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SUMMARY:MoBot & SLPC Present: Kristin Emanuel & Amie Whittemore
DESCRIPTION:a collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Missouri Botanical Garden and Saint Louis Poetry Center in celebrating the launch of the debut poetry collection by Kristin Emanuel\, who will be reading with Amie Whittemore. Copies of Birdwatching in the 4th Dimension and Nest of Matches will be available for purchase from the poets. All proceeds from Kristin’s book sales will benefit STAR – St. Louis Avian Rescue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the poetry reading\, guests are invited to tour Missouri Botanical Garden’s Peter H. Raven Library & Archives at the Bayer Center research institute. \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 BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBirdwatching in the 4th Dimension  \n\n\n\nWith percussive alacrity Birdwatching in the 4th Dimension attunes us to the precarity and blinding wonder of life in ages past and present. Joy and mourning mingle in these startling poems\, mapped onto the fossil record and the humdrum calamities of the Anthropocene. In Emanuel’s poems\, the beat of a heard it enough to conjure crustaceans and crocuses\, megatheriea and mantises; it is enough to make them dance in the cosmic matrix of evolution\, death\, and rebirth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNest of Matches  \n\n\n\nNest of Matches is a lavish declaration of the beauty of the natural world\, queer identity\, and of the imagination set free. Whittemore’s third collection explores the complexities of love—romantic\, familial\, and love for place—and wonders at cycles of life\, finding that: “Every habit / even love—strangest / of them all—offers exhaustion / and renewal.” Moving seamlessly from meditations on the moon’s phases to explorations of dream spaces to searches for meaning through patterns of love and loss\, Whittemore’s work embodies the mysteries of dichotomies—grief and joy\, consciousness and unconsciousness\, habit and spontaneity—and how they coexist to create our identities. Throughout the collection\, Whittemore reveals how interior nature manifests into exterior habits and how physical landscapes shape the psyche. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT STAR-ST. LOUIS AVIAN RESCUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTAR’s mission is to improve and enrich the lives of parrots through rescue\, rehabilitative fostering\, adoption and education. STAR is a foster-based organization. Birds who enter their adoption program are placed in foster homes\, with the eventual goal of placement in forever homes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo learn more\, visit: https://staravian.org/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\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\nAMIE WHITTEMORE (she/her) is the author of four poetry collections\, most recently Nest of Matches (Autumn House Press). She was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro\, Tennessee\, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her poems have won multiple awards\, including a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize\, and her writing has appeared in Blackbird\, Colorado Review\, Terrain.org\, Pleiades\, and elsewhere.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PETER H. RAVEN LIBRARY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissouri Botanical Garden’s Peter H. Raven Library & Archives is globally recognized as one of the most comprehensive libraries of botanical literature in the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Library is vital to the Garden’s mission “to discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment\, in order to preserve and enrich life.” It serves as an invaluable and irreplaceable resource that supports the work of Garden scientists\, students\, and researchers from around the globe seeking to better understand\, identify\, classify\, and conserve plants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, visit the library’s website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZERS
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/mobot-presents-june-2026/
LOCATION:Missouri Botanical Garden – Bayer Center\, 4500 Shaw Blvd.\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:SLICE & SLPC Present: Sip & Scribe
DESCRIPTION:Coffee and composition in community!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHang out\, write things\, share your work. Join SLICE and the Saint Louis Poetry Center for an afternoon of writing! \n\n\n\nSLICE and the Saint Louis Poetry Center are happy to co-host monthly Sip & Scribes at the High Low on the last Saturday of the month\, 12-1:30 p.m.! Bring your laptop or your notebooks\, grab a cup of coffee at Blueprint\, and join your fellow poets\, authors\, and lyricists for semi-structured writing time and an opportunity to share your work with friends. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sip-and-scribe-june-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:MATI: 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:SLICE & SLPC Present: Sip & Scribe
DESCRIPTION:Coffee and composition in community!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHang out\, write things\, share your work. Join SLICE and the Saint Louis Poetry Center for an afternoon of writing! \n\n\n\nSLICE and the Saint Louis Poetry Center are happy to co-host monthly Sip & Scribes at the High Low on the last Saturday of the month\, 12-1:30 p.m.! Bring your laptop or your notebooks\, grab a cup of coffee at Blueprint\, and join your fellow poets\, authors\, and lyricists for semi-structured writing time and an opportunity to share your work with friends. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sip-and-scribe-july-2026/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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