Join us in celebrating the publication of the second anthology in the Essential Voices series!
“The exhilarative truth-telling and wit, the poems that walk the page with a humble gait, and those that ego-strut, the foundational
voices and the newly arrived, remind me of what poetry has been in similarly oppressive times, its capacity for liberative endurance.” —Diane Seuss
Virtual Readings:
January 23, 7:30 p.m. (Central): Derrick Austin, Robin Becker, Rachel Mennies, Ruben Quesada, Mark Wunderlich —register here—
January 25, 8:30 p.m. (Central): Richard Blanco, James Allen Hall, Jennifer Perrine, Catherine Pond, Magdalena Zurawski —register here—
February 20, 8:30 p.m. (Central): Brian Blanchfield, Dorothy Chan, Eduardo C. Corral, Randall Mann, Brian Teare —register here—
February 22, 7:30 p.m. (Central): Meg Day, Jan-Henry Gray, Richie Hofmann, Rebecca Seiferle, Shelley Wong —register here—
April 14, 3:00 p.m. (Central), with The Poets Corner: Rick Barot, Ellen Bass, Richard Blanco, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Charif Shanahan —forthcoming—
May 9, 6:30 p.m. (Central), with Meet Me There Reading Series: Samuel Ace, Christopher Nelson, and others —forthcoming—
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Kansas City Convention Center, Room 2503AB:
February 9, 1:45 p.m. (Central): Lisa Dordal, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Donika Kelly, Paul Tran
Green Linden Press, 2024
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100 Poets for the Present and Future.
The Essential Voices series intends to correct misrepresentation and misunderstanding in the broader culture. At its heart is the ancient idea that poetry can reveal our shared humanity. This anthology features 100 poets who illuminate the queer experience in the U.S., including Kaveh Akbar, Rick Barot, Frank Bidart, Richard Blanco, Jericho Brown, Franny Choi, CAConrad, Natalie Diaz, Mark Doty, Nikky Finney, Nikki Giovanni, Marilyn Hacker, Robin Coste Lewis, Timothy Liu, Eileen Myles, Carl Phillips, Justin Phillip Reed, Kay Ryan, Sam Sax, Richard Siken, Danez Smith, Ocean Vuong, and many others. Diverse in styles, subjects, and demographics, the book is a mirror to the lived experience of nearly one century of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender poets.