Find your muse and fire up those typewriters because April is National Poetry Month! Now is the time to relish in the mystifying gifts of language and verse, and to meet some of the poets whose work has captured our collective imaginations.

Books & Books is pleased to continue our partnerships with O, Miami and the Miami Poetry club as we leverage the written word to enrich our community. To this end, we will be inviting poets to our Gables Store to read their work, craft new verses, and even offer fifteen minute sessions of one-on-one guidance to members of the general public.  And for those poets – veteran and aspiring – who want their voices heard, join us for the Palms and Poetry open mic session!

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • An Evening With Michael Ondaatje and Mitchell Kaplan – Get tickets here!
  • Palms & Poetry Open Mic– RSVP here fore free!
  • Meet a Poet with O, Miami and Books & Books – Find out more here!

SUGGESTED READING

YOU ARE HERE edited by Ada Limon

A YEAR OF LAST THINGS by Michael Ondaatje

MODERN POETRY by Diane Seuss

RAISED BY WOLVES edited by Graywolf Press

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF SPIRITUAL VERSE edited by Kaveh Akbar

WRONG NORMA by Anne Carson

THE MOON THAT TURNS YOU BACK by Hala Alyan

ROOT FRACTURES by Diana Khoi Nguyen

THE ILIAD by Homer (Emily Wilson translation)

HOMELAND OF MY BODY by Richard Blanco

THIS IS THE HONEY by Kwame Alexander

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAVELING WEST by Joy Sullivan

WITH MY BACK TO THE WORLD by Victoria Chang

WOKE UP NO LIGHT by Leila Mottley

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN by Campbell McGrath