Programs

Join us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the International Poetry Forum, a local, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to spoken poetry and poetry education. Founded by Dr. Samuel Hazo in 1966, the International Poetry Forum has hosted hundreds of the world's most celebrated poets and performers in its reading series and educational outreach programs, including legends like Seamus Heaney, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Oliver, James Earl Jones, Grace Kelly, and many more.

Prolific author and essayist Jamaica Kincaid shares new PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay–winning collection in conversation with Anderson Tepper.