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THE LEGENDS OF LITERATURE. AND THE NEW VOICES CHANGING IT.

There are literary readings, and then there’s the Poetry Center at 92NY. A platform that has hosted the greatest voices of the last hundred years — and continues to spotlight the ones changing how we read, write, and think. Come for the language. Stay for the company it keeps.

Paul Muldoon

MON, DEC 15, 2025

THE POWER OF THE SONNET

Billy Collins, Terrance Hayes, Shane McCrae, Paul Muldoon, and Patricia Smith gather for a reading from Muldoon’s new sonnet anthology, Scanty Plot of Ground.

This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin

TUE, JAN 13, 2026

Daniyal Mueenuddin

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee Daniyal Mueenuddin discusses his debut novel, This is Where the Serpent Lives.

The Rest of Our Lives book cover

THU, JAN 8, 2026

Ben Markovits with Gretchen Rubin

The Booker-shortlisted author discusses his new book, The Rest of our Lives, with Gretchen Rubin.

John Berryman Only Sing

THU, JAN 22, 2026

A celebration of the poems of John Berryman

Shane McCrae and others read from Only Sing, John Berryman’s Uncollected Dream Songs.

The Insider by Gerald Howard

TUE, DEC 9, 2025

Gerald Howard & Jay Parini

Two consummate insiders, Gerald Howard and Jay Parini, on Malcolm Cowley and the eternal hustle of literature.

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

WED, JAN 28, 2026

Rachel Eliza Griffiths: The Flower Bearers

with Nicholas Boggs

Acclaimed poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths discusses her new memoir, The Flower Bearers.

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