Poems & Pints 2008–2009
Readings with premier poets at the historic Fraunces Tavern
Katy Lederer reading at Poems & Pints in March, 2009
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Poetry Society of America present Poems & Pints, six evenings with premier American poets at the historic Fraunces Tavern in downtown New York City. Each evening, two poets read their own work and favorite poems by others.
In the 2008–2009 series, the selection of highly distinguished participating poets included current and past U. S. Poet Laureates as well as winners of the Pulitzer, Bollingen, and T. S. Eliot Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, and recipients of Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, and MacArthur “genius” grants. The poetry readings took place in the venerable surroundings of the Nichols Room at Fraunces Tavern, a well-known meeting place since 1762 as well as the site of Washington’s farewell address and the first State and War Departments.
Admission to all readings was free.
