Poems of Diasporic Joy
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPoets Arthur Kayzakian, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest, and Gaia Rajan reclaim diasporic poetry as a powerful conduit for joy and community.
International Poetry Forum Presents: Kimiko Hahn
City of Asylum welcomes Kimiko Hahn, winner of the 2023 Ruth Lilly Prize, for a reading and discussion of the influence haiku poet Matsuo Bashō has had on her work, particularly The Narrow Road to the Interior ...
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries & The RH Factor
Percussionist Roger Humphries and his band the RH Factor delight City of Asylum audiences in this January concert ...
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam!
Story Club Pittsburgh is back at City of Asylum for Story Slam, their monthly nonfiction storytelling series ...
PGHwrites: Youth Poet Laureate of Allegheny County
City of Asylum celebrates the 2025 cohort for the Youth Poet Laureate of Allegheny County ...
World Literature: Pico Iyer (England) Shares “Aflame: Learning from Silence”
Author Pico Iyer visits City of Asylum all the way from England to discuss his new book with Anderson Tepper ...
