Hecht Prize / Waywiser Press Poetry Reading

The Den at Poltics & Prose Book Store 5015 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, United States
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To end the 2017 AWP conference on a high, five former Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize winners will read in the first half of this event; then, after a short break, five other poets published by The Waywiser Press will also read. Do join us at DC's premier independent book store.

Austin Allen (Hecht Prize winner)
Geoffrey Brock (Hecht Prize winner)
Morri Creech (Hecht Prize winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist)
Joseph Harrison (Guggenheim fellow)
Jaimee Hills (Hecht Prize winner)
Dora Malech (Clampitt fellow)
Eric McHenry (Kate Tufts Discovery Award winner)
Penelope Pelizzon (Norma Farber First Book Award winner)
Shelley Puhak (Hecht Prize winner)
Cody Walker (Clampitt fellow)

Free

Publication: The Trumpiad – Cody Walker

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The new U.S. president doesn’t read books, but for everyone else, there’s Cody Walker’s The Trumpiad, a blistering and hilarious take on America’s political collapse. Key Difference: I wouldn’t lump / Trump / in with Hitler and Mussolini. / Trump’s hands are littler. (They’re teeny.) The Trumpiad will be published on April 29th 2017, which will mark Trump's 100th day in office.

 

All proceeds will be donated to the ACLU.

£5.00

Joseph Harrison will read at the FlowerMart Festival, Baltimore

The Peabody Institute 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Joseph Harrison, author of Someone Else's Name, Identity Theft, and Shakespeare's Horse, will read from his work. Reading with him will be former Poet Laureate of the UK, Andrew Motion, […]

Free

US launch of Mike White’s Addendum to a Miracle at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.

Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, United States
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Winner of the 12th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Mike White, will be introduced by the judge who awarded the prize, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, and the two poets will take it in turns to read from their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The event will be introduced by Waywiser's Senior American Editor, Joseph Harrison.

$15

Mike White will read from Addendum to a Miracle

The Printed Garden 9445 S Union Sq, Ste A,, Sandy, UT, United States
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Mike White will read from Addendum to a Miracle, which won the twelfth Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, and was a runner-up for the 15 Bytes Book Award for Poetry.

US launch of Christopher Cessac’s The Youngest Ocean at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.

Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, United States
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Winner of the 13th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Christopher Cessac, will be introduced by the judge who awarded the prize, Sir Andrew Motion, and the two poets will take it in turns to read from their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The event will be introduced by Waywiser's Editor in Chief, Philip Hoy.

$15