UPCOMING EVENTS
Srikanth Reddy
Srikanth Reddy, acclaimed poet, University of Chicago professor, and poetry editor for The Paris Review, will be visiting Pittsburgh to perform his work at the International Poetry Forum. Tickets are available here.
Judy Collins
The International Poetry Forum is honored to welcome back Grammy Award-winning folk legend Judy Collins to celebrate her new poetry collection, Sometimes It’s Heaven: Poems of Love, Loss, and Redemption, at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. Event time TBA. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to hear about tickets!
Kimiko Hahn on Matsuo Bashō
Kimiko Hahn, Ruth Lilly Prize-winner and Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets, will be visiting Pittsburgh to read and discuss the influence of haiku poet Matsuo Bashō on her work. This free event is co-hosted by Carlow University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program and Carlow University’s Madwomen in the Attic Writing Workshops. *Update: Sold Out!
Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson, celebrated translator of The Iliad (2023) and The Odyssey (2018), will be visiting Pittsburgh to recite a selection of her work at the International Poetry Forum.
Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes, National Book Award winner and International Poetry Forum alum, will be visiting Pittsburgh to offer the inaugural reading of the International Poetry Forum’s relaunch season. *Update: Sold Out!
Samuel Hazo with Robert Bernard Hass
Samuel Hazo, founder of the International Poetry Forum and inaugural State Poet of Pennsylvania, will be offering a free public reading alongside poet Robert Bernard Hass to celebrate the relaunch of the Forum. *Update: Sold Out!