NYC Poetry Calendar

Upcoming Poetry Events in NYC

Discover poetry events happening in NYC

Thursday, July 16, 2026

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Larry Fagin's Smash the State & Have a Nice Day with Richard Hell

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Friday, July 17, 2026

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

David Mandl for ELEVATED LANDSCAPES

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Summer Nights: Yaissa Jiménez, Eileen Myles, and Samantha Crain

Poets House

Wagner ParkNew York, NY
Suggested Contribution - $10

Saturday, July 18, 2026

5:00 PM

Poetry Hell: Chase Berggrun, Sandra Doller, Aiden Heung, Chanice Hughes-Greenberg, and Brenda Iijima

Segue Reading Series

Artists SpaceNew York, NY
Free
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Stella Corso, Emily Toder, LA Warman, Elijah Jackson, Timmy Straw

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Madeline Weisbeck

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

7:00 PM

Brenda Shaughnessy: Sensorium Ex Book Launch & Album Release

McNally Jackson SeaportNew York, NY
Free
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Les Blues reading series: Jessie Kindig and Paige McGreevey

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Thursday, July 23, 2026

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

David Outevsky

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Friday, July 24, 2026

6:30 PM

Offal Literary Salon: Joseph Earl Thomas, Meredith Graves, J.M. Hamadi, Tia Partsch, and Sam Farhi

Poetry Calendar

192 BooksNew York, NY
Free
7:00 PM

Farnoosh Fathi, Thom Eichelberger-Young, and Jesse Seldess

Poetry Calendar

Sunview AcropolisBrooklyn, NY
Free

Saturday, July 25, 2026

5:00 PM

Poetry Hell: Emily Bark Brown, Cassandra Gilig, Mark He, Emmett Lewis, and Mahid Rose

Segue Reading Series

Home Sweet HomeNew York, NY
Free
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reid Kurkerewicz

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Sunday, July 26, 2026

1:30 PM

Broadstone Books: S.H. Case, Myra Malkin, Vera Salter, Stephanie Laterza, David Mills, Lucia Cherclu

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Hannah Aizenman, S. Whitney Holmes, Jon Lemay, and Kristen Steenbeeke

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Thursday, July 30, 2026

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Tunnel — William Gass celebration

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Friday, July 31, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Analog Film NYC

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Saturday, August 1, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Sébastien Luc Butler

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Sunday, August 2, 2026

1:30 PM

Jiwon Choi, Amy Holman, Miranda Besson, Sarah Sarai

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Saturday, August 8, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Grace Gilbert

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Sunday, August 9, 2026

1:30 PM

Kimiko Hahn, Joanne Solfrian, Sam Cha, Mervyn Taylor

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Thursday, August 13, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

The Sphinx

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Sunday, August 16, 2026

1:30 PM

KGB: John Deming, Selena Spier, Tyler Allen Penny, Susan Lewis, Jada Gordon

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Ivy Raff

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free

Friday, August 21, 2026

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

River Readings Series

Unnameable BooksBrooklyn, NY
Free
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Summer Nights: Safia Elhillo, Jenny Xie, and Nadine El Roubi

Poets House

Wagner ParkNew York, NY
Suggested Contribution - $10

Sunday, August 23, 2026

1:30 PM

Karen Neuberg, Scott Hightower, Indran Amirthanayagam, Neil Shepard

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Sunday, August 30, 2026

1:30 PM

Titanic

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Sunday, September 13, 2026

1:30 PM

Hilary Sideris, Tom Sleigh, Austin Alexis, Kristina Esserslentz

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Sunday, September 20, 2026

1:30 PM

Joanne McFarland, Ruth Danon, Brad Vogel, David Formanek

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Sunday, September 27, 2026

1:30 PM

Amy Lemmon, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, Richard Levine, Nicole Callihan

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Sunday, October 4, 2026

1:30 PM

Lisa Andrews, Lisa Badner, Arden Levine, Anthony Capo

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged

Sunday, October 11, 2026

1:30 PM

Broadstone Books: Amy Barone, Margo Taft Stever, Billy Cancel, Mary Moloney

A Persistence of Cormorants

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club BoathouseBrooklyn, NY
Free, Donations Encouraged