Poets & Writers Theater

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Tommy Pico’s IRL

Tommy Pico, "[From] IRL"

Tommy Pico, "[From] IRL"

At the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series, Tommy Pico reads an excerpt from his debut poetry collection, IRL (Birds, LLC, 2016). Pico is featured in “Shadows of Words: Our Twelfth Annual Look at Debut Poets” in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Tags: Poetry | Brooklyn Poets | Brooklyn Poets Reading Series | 2016 | January/February 2017 | Tommy Pico | IRL | Birds, LLC | Debut Poets 2016
Matthea Harvey

Matthea Harvey, "The Homemade Mermaid"

Matthea Harvey, "The Homemade Mermaid"

"The shared memories sprang to both their faces." Matthea Harvey, author of If the Tabloids Are True What Are You? (Graywolf Press, 2014), reads "The Homemade Mermaid," from her collection of mermaid poems. Harvey is featured in "Mermaids and Matryoshkas" by Sandra Beasley in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Tags: 2014 | reading | November/December 2015 | Graywolf Press | Sandra Beasley | Brooklyn Poets | Matthea Harvey | Poetry
Jennifer L. Knox

Jennifer L. Knox, "Speech to the Crowd at the Rodeo"

Jennifer L. Knox, "Speech to the Crowd at the Rodeo"

Jennifer L. Knox reads "Speech to the Crowd at the Rodeo" at the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series in 2012. Knox's poetry is included in Issue 11.1 of Burnside Review, which is featured in Literary MagNet in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Tags: 2015 | reading | Literary MagNet | November/December 2015 | 2012 | Brooklyn Poets | Burnside Review | Jennifer L. Knox | Poetry