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The Critic's Voice: A Tribute to Parnassus - Dec 10





Children's Reading Series: A Wrinkle in Time at 45 - Dec 15





Afternoon Night Table: Garry Trudeau - Dec 5




Master Classes with Franz Wright and Alice McDermott - Submit Work by Dec 19 



At New School University: A Tribute to Grace Paley - Dec 12





The Psalms - Dec 16 & 17 











Upcoming Events

TONIGHT! December 3
The Poets' Theatre I: William Blake at 250


December 5
Afternoon Night Table: Garry Trudeau 
December 6
Marie Howe & Adam Zagajewski

December 10
The Critic's Voice: A Tribute to Parnassus

December 15
Children's Reading Series: A Wrinkle in Time at 45

December 16
Critics & Brunch: Robert Alter on Translating the Bible

December 17
The Psalms: A Reading and Conversation

Young Literary Salon
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The Critic's Voice: A Tribute to Parnassus - Dec 10








 




For over thirty years, the journal Parnassus: Poetry in Review has provided a prominent forum for the probing, stimulating and insightful discussion of poetry. It has featured innovative writings by such notables as Amy Clampitt, Robert Creeley, Seamus Heaney, Hugh Kenner, Phillip Lopate, Adrienne Rich, Christopher Ricks and many others. Helen Vendler has declared of Parnassus that, "like the mountain whose name it bears, it rises up unchallenged." 

On December 10, the Poetry Center will celebrate Parnassus with a special evening of readings and reminiscences featuring editor Herbert Leibowitz and distinguished colleagues and contributors including David Barber, Marilyn Chin, Ben Downing, Albert Goldbarth, Colette Inez, Karl Kirchwey, Wayne Koestenbaum, Joy Ladin, William Logan, Danielle Ofri, Eric Ormsby, Willard Spiegelman, Brenda Wineapple and David Yezzi.

For a chance to win a pair of free passes to an upcoming Poetry Center event, send us your answer to the following question:

In the first issue of Parnassus (Fall/Winter 1972), Helen Vendler contributed an essay about which New York poet?

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Children's Reading Series: A Wrinkle in Time at 45 - Dec 15








 




Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel for young readers will be brought to life by the author’s granddaughters as the Poetry Center’s new Children's Reading Series gets underway on December 15. The supernatural story of Meg Murray, a troubled teenage girl who travels through time and space with her five-year-old brother and a classmate, A Wrinkle in Time was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1963 and has been a favorite with generations of young readers since. 

For a chance to win a pair of free passes to an upcoming Poetry Center event, send us your answer to the following question:

Who is Mrs Whatsit?

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Afternoon Night Table: Garry Trudeau - Dec 5








 




Garry Trudeau, creator of the popular and often controversial comic strip Doonesbury, will join series host Roger Rosenblatt for a spirited discussion on December 5 as the Poetry Center’s Afternoon Night Table series continues. In 1975, Trudeau became the first comic-strip artist to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His comic-strip collections have cumulatively sold over 7 million copies, and his NBC television special was nominated for an Academy Award and received the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Come join us for an afternoon of wit, politics and art!

Wed, Dec 5, 1pm
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Master Classes with Franz Wright and Alice McDermott - Submit Work by Dec 19 







 




In January, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright and National Book Award-winning novelist and short-story writer Alice McDermott will lead master classes. For your chance to benefit from their expert advice and insight, follow our application guidelines and submit now: the December 19 submission deadline is rapidly approaching. Also keep in mind that Franz Wright will read from his poetry at the 92nd Street Y on January 28, and Alice McDermott will join Roger Rosenblatt on the Kaufmann Concert Hall stage as part of the Afternoon Night Table series on January 30.

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At New School University: A Tribute to Grace Paley - Dec 12









 




On Wednesday, December 12 at 7pm, Poets House will present, at New School University, a tribute to the remarkable life and work of poet and writer Grace Paley, with Allan Gurganus, Amy Hempel, A.M. Homes, Galway Kinnell, Naomi Replansky, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Gerald Stern & Jean Valentine. Grace Paley (1922-2007), after studying with W.H. Auden at The New School in the 1940s, went on to become a writer renowned for her articulation of the New York experience and a beloved friend and mentor to generations of writers. 

This event is co-sponsored by the New School Writing Program and The Unterberg Poetry Center. Admission is free.

Wed, Dec 12, 7pm
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The Psalms - Dec 16 & 17 







 




Celebrated biblical translator Robert Alter will read from and discuss his beautiful new English versions of The Psalms during two special events in December. On December 16, Alter will lead a Critics & Brunch discussion on Translating the Bible. On December 17, Alter will be joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson for The Psalms: A Reading and Conversation, an evening that will also feature performances of selected Psalms.
Two events:
Sun, Dec 16, 11am & Mon, Dec 17, 8pm 
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