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11:00 am EST
October 1, 2026

North Stage, Cadman Plaza East

Korean War Veterans Park Brooklyn NY 11201 United States

Poetry

New Works: A Poetry Reading

Poets Elisa M. Gonzalez (Grand Tour), Jen Levitt (So Long), and Airea D. Matthews (Bread and Circus) read from their new volumes of poetry. Introduced by Nikay Paredes, Academy of American Poets.

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Cultural and Programming Partners

Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Public Library
The Center for Black Literature at MEC
The Center for Fiction
MTA Arts & Design
National Book Foundation
The New York Review Of Books
NYU
Poetry Society Of America
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture