Join our good friends at Poets House for the debut of:

Branching Out NYC:three extraordinary talks by great poets
@ Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC
199 Chambers Street, New York CityTuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm
Martín Espada on Pablo NerudaTuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm
Edward Hirsch on Federico Garcia LorcaTuesday, December 12, 7:00 pm
Elizabeth Alexander on Gwendolyn Brooks

Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm
Martín Espada on Pablo NerudaPreeminent Latino poet and scholar Martín Espada will explore the political evolution of the beloved Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Espada will integrate inspiring recitations of Neruda's work into a remarkable narrative of Neruda's lifelong political struggle. Cosponsored by the Poetry Society of America and the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC.Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
$10/ Free to Poets House and PSA Members

Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm
Edward Hirsch on Federico Garcia LorcaEdward Hirsch (the author of such acclaimed books as Wild Gratitude and How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry) will offer a passionate reexamination of Federico Garcia Lorca's artistic sources, complex friendships, and emotional and intellectual crises. Cosponsored by the Poetry Society of America and the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC.Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
$10/ Free to Poets House and PSA Members

Tuesday, December 12, 7:00 pm
Elizabeth Alexander on Gwendolyn BrooksElizabeth Alexander (the distinguished author of The Venus Hottentot, American Sublime, and Black Interior) will celebrate Gwendolyn Brooks' career as a model of art evolving in response to dramatic historical, political, and aesthetic challenges. Cosponsored by the Poetry Society of America and the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC.Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
$10/ Free to Poets House and PSA Members

Poets House is a 45,000-volume poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. Poets House's ever-expanding archive of books, journals, chapbooks, audiotapes, videos and electronic media is one of the most comprehensive open-access collections of poetry in the United States. The Reading Room is free and open to the public.Poets House, 72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11:00 am-7:00 pm
& Saturday, 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
Children's Reading Room: Saturday, 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Phone: (212) 431-7920