Upcoming Readings & Workshops
Upcoming Events
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Book Launch: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, NEGATIVE MONEY w/ Kyle DarganWednesday, September 6, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Univ. of Maryland, Tawes Hall, 2115 (College Park, MD) Register here: Book Launch: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Negative Money | Department of English (umd.edu) Join Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram as they discuss their newest publication, Negative Money (Soft Skull Press, September 2023), with Professor Kyle Dargan of American University. |
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The Life of a Poet Featuring Distinguished Writer Elizabeth Alexander in Conversation with Poet Kyle DarganThursday, September 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
The Hill Center, Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) Register here: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-life-of-a-poet-featuring-distinguished-writer-elizabeth-alexander-in-conversation-with-poet-kyle-dargan/ Hill Center is thrilled to announce the return of one of its flagship programs, The Life of a Poet, a quarterly series originally launched in 2013 which offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Elizabeth Alexander inaugurated the series in April of 2013 in conversation with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles. We are honored that Dr. Alexander will return this fall to re-inaugurate our new series, and equally delighted that The Life of a Poet will now be curated and hosted by acclaimed poet and editor Kyle Dargan. |
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2023 Hurston-Wright Legacy AwardsThursday, October 26, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C. Tickets: www.hurstonwright.org/awards/legacy-awards/ The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards program honors Black writers in the United States and around the globe for literary achievement. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award is the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. The Legacy Award is awarded to published book authors in the categories of Fiction, Debut Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Historical Nonfiction, Memoir Nonfiction, and Poetry. |
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The Life of a Poet Featuring Celebrated Poet and Editor of Poetry Magazine, Adrian Matejka in Conversation with Kyle DarganThursday, December 7, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
The Hill Center, Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) Register here: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-life-of-a-poet-featuring-celebrated-poet-and-editor-of-poetry-magazine-adrian-matejka-in-conversation-with-kyle-dargan/ Established in 2013, The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of in-depth literary conversations. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Readings from that work are interspersed throughout the conversation. Originally moderated by Washington Post book critic Ron Charles, the series is now helmed by noted poet and editor Kyle Dargan. Over the years featured poets have included Terrance Hayes, Elizabeth Alexander, Ada Limon, Marilyn Chin and Carl Phillips among many others. |
Recent Past Events
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Shane McCrae (PULLING THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN: A Memoir of a Kidnapping) in conversation with Kyle DarganFriday, August 4, 2023 @ 7PM
Politics & Prose Bookstore, (Washington, D.C.) A revelatory account of a singularly American childhood that hauntingly echoes the larger story of race in our country, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun is written with the virtuosity and heart of one of the finest poets writing today. And it is also a powerful reflection on what is broken in America--but also what might heal and make it whole again. |
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Poetry Reading with Irène Mathieu & Kyle DarganSunday, July 30, 2023 @ 2PM
Bards Alley Bookstore, (Vienna, VA) Bards Alley is happy to welcome poet, author, and healer Irène Mathieu for the launch of her newest poetry collection, Milk Tongue. She will be in discussion with another local poet, Kyle Dargan, and one of the Bards Alley booksellers. We encourage you to order Milk Tongue ahead of time via our Square site here. |