poetry reading

noun

: an event in which people read poems that they have written aloud for a group

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Naomi Shihab Nye: A Literary Life in Letters: The Writing of Ann Alejandro (1 p.m., Nov. 17, Poetry Tent); poetry reading and discussion (3:15 p.m., Nov. 16, Poetry Tent); 2024 Texas Writer Award Presentation (11 a.m. Nov. 16, Capitol Auditorium). Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024 While at the center, see what is on the day's agenda: There might be a concert, poetry reading, art exhibition or movie playing in the cinema. Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024 The Palestinian poet, who was visiting Ann Arbor for a poetry reading, did not speak aloud for weeks, only communicating through handwritten notes. Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2024 There will be talks on creating comic books, mysteries, fantasies and thrillers along with a poetry reading and open mic. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024 One night, a friend, Livnat Kutz, organized a poetry reading. Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023 Stop by to catch a new exhibit or a poetry reading, or come back for happy hour when the space converts into a rum and cocktail bar. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023 On a Saturday morning two days after the Death Cafe, witch screening and poetry reading, a small group introduced themselves around a heavy wooden table in the library before a workshop on initiating a plant spirit oracle deck with the artist and healer Star Feliz. Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023 There, Cervenka, a poet, met a young musician who called himself John Doe after her words wowed him at a Venice Beach poetry reading. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2023

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