Columbia Poetry Reading Series
Each year, the English Department hosts a Poetry Reading Series featuring renowned poets, both established and emerging, from around the country and world. All readings are free and open to the public.
For information on the current season visit our Events page.
For more information about the poets listed below, visit our events archive.
2011-2012
Lisa Fishman, David Trinidad, Elaine Equi, Jerome Sala,
George Kalamaras, CM Burroughs, Michael Robins, Bernadette Mayer, Rusty
Morrison, Aaron Kunin, and Stacey Waite.
2010-2011
Jaswinder Bolina, Becca Klaver,
Catherine Wagner, Lara Glenum, Suzanne Buffam, Amy Gerstler, John Beer, Julie
Carr, Edwin Torres, Tony Trigilio, Rachel Loden, Kiki Petrosino, Evan
Lavender-Smith, and D. A. Powell.
2009-2010
Don Share, Emily Warn, Catherine Bowman, Karen Kukil, Cecily Parks, Sandra Lim, Rae Armantrout, Janet Holmes, Jenny Mueller, Alan Michael Parker, Matthew Shindell, Ed Roberson, and Zachary Schomburg
2007-2008
Jeffery Conway, David Trinidad, Jo McDougall, Rick Hilles, Danielle Pafunda, Kate Greenstreet, Michael Robins, Rachel Zucker, and Alice Notley.
2006-2007
Patricia Spears Jones, Maggie Nelson, Martha Collins, A. Van Jordan, Dorianne Laux, Joan Larkin, Tony Trigilio, Richard Meier, Lisa Fishman, and Michael Palmer.
2005-2006
Rick Barot, Naomi Shihab Nye, Crystal Williams, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Susan Wheeler, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Susen James, G.E. Murray, Ed Roberson, Michael Robbins, Joan Larkin, Kurt Brown, Lara Glenum, Arielle Greenberg, Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney, Terrance Hayes, Tim Seibles, Harryette Mullen, and Jean Valentine.
2004-2005
G.S. Giscombe, Ed Roberson, Stephanie Strickland, Robin Becker, Kevin Stein, Elaine Equi, Mary Jo Bang, and Connie Deanovich. D.A. Powell, Amy Gerstler, Matthea Harvey, Srikanth Reddy, and John Repp.
2003-2004
Arielle Greenberg, Rachel Zucker, Allison Joseph, Aliki Barnstone, Karen Volkman, David Trinidad, Jeffery Conway, Anselm Berrigan, Karen Weiser, Clayton Eshleman, Nick Carbó, Denise Duhamel, and Maxine Kumin.
2002-2003
C.D. Wright, Forrest Gander, Fanny Howe, Wanda Coleman, John Koethe, Karen Volkman, Laura Mullen, Gwen Ebert, Maureen Owen, Hoang Hung, and Quincy Troupe.
Alan Michael Parker, Kimiko Hahn, and Marjorie Welish.
