{"title": "Craft Talk: Let The Poets Govern With Camonghne Felix", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "price": "Suggested donation $10", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/politics"], "description": "An hour-long Craft Talk in which poet Camonghne Felix reflects on the poetic principles that shape radical political moments, departing from her book Let the Poets Govern. Felix, a National Book Award Finalist, poet, essayist and former political communications strategist, has spent the past decade at the center of American politics in strategy, communications and speechwriting. Her book argues that Black radical poetic traditions model an ethical code and overcome entrenched structures of patriarchy and paternalism. The talk takes place in Kray Hall and is also streamed on Zoom; a suggested donation of $10 benefits Poets House, with all welcome and no one turned away for lack of funds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/craft-talk-let-the-poets-govern-with-camonghne-felix-86666/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Black Feminist Study Group: Session IV", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T15:30:00-04:00", "place": "The New School", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://event.newschool.edu/vlcforum2026bfsg4", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/feminism"], "description": "The Black Feminist Study Group: Session IV is the final session of a four-part program of readings and group discussions shaped by the poetics and practice of Afro-Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino, recipient of the Vera List Center's 2025–2027 Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice. It is organized and presented within her prize exhibition ¿História Natural? and is anchored by texts on interconnected struggles for liberation and resistance throughout the African diaspora. Interdisciplinary artist OlaRonke Akinmowo, founder of The Free Black Women's Library, reads from Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, hosted by Re'al Christian, VLC Assistant Director of Editorial Initiatives. The session is part of the Vera List Center Forum 2026: Matter of Intelligence, presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, co-convened by Re'al Christian and curated by Carin Kuoni and Eriola Pira.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/black-feminist-study-group-session-iv-88265/", "official_url": "https://www.veralistcenter.org/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e3053649ed4fcc36d53bb3cdf23304db7500a9a001f3cae98f69cd94602e4e19-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Poetry Reading | Youmna Chlala, Megan Fernandes, and Christian Campbell | Organized by Omar Berrada", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW)", "address": "West 39th Street 323, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A poetry reading with three poets whose work draws on multiple poetic traditions and resonates with visual expression. Youmna Chlala, born in Beirut and based in New York, is the author of the poetry collection The Paper Camera and a recipient of an O. Henry Award. Christian Campbell is a Trinidadian Bahamian poet, essayist and cultural critic and the author of Running the Dusk. The reading is organized by Omar Berrada and takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Asilah Oui: Robert Blackburn in Morocco, honoring the Asilah Cultural Moussem, which since 1978 has advocated for art's role in civic life and awards two poetry prizes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/poetry-reading-youmna-chlala-megan-fernandes-and-christian-c-56867/", "official_url": "https://www.rbpmw-efanyc.org/events-1/2026/11/8/poetry-reading-youmna-chlala-and-megan-fernandes-organized-by-omar-berrada", "image": ""}, {"title": "Language City: Highlighting New York City s Mother Tongues", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/languages"], "description": "An afternoon at Poets House celebrating the many mother tongues spoken in New York City. Host Ross Perlin, author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York, brings together Sierra Leonian poet-historian Kewulay Kamara, Tibetan poet Tsering Gyaltso, and community scholar Nawang Gurung, along with Venezuelan llanera singers Luis \"El Cacique\" Garcia and Mafer Bandola with harp and maraca accompaniment. A discussion about minority languages in New York City follows. It is presented in partnership with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, the Endangered Language Alliance, and the People's Poetry Gathering partners, as part of the People's Poetry Gathering co-presented by City Lore, Bowery Poetry, and Poets House.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/language-city-highlighting-new-york-city-s-mother-tongues-86649/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Rally Reading Series: Kevin Nguyen, E.Y. Zhao, and Aurora Huiza", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Pete's Candy Store", "address": "709 Lorimer St", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading evening of the Rally Reading Series with writers Kevin Nguyen, E.Y. Zhao, and Aurora Huiza. The series is themed \"Overtly Political Literature\" and gives a platform to underrepresented voices. After live readings, writers talk with the audience, who can ask questions and share thoughts. Readers also collectively suggest an actionable call, such as an organization to donate to or ways to confront injustice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rally-reading-series-kevin-nguyen-ey-zhao-and-aurora-huiza-54772/", "official_url": "https://www.rallyreadingseries.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/226c8e2824c45fda2e26adf58d053203a092cd9561ebc4d5b7c9975d16da416a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Radical Permanence: Artists Cultural Producers and The Interconnection of Struggles", "start": "2026-11-13T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-13T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "P.I.T. Records and Books", "address": "South 5th Street 411, 11211 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/activism", "society/politics"], "description": "A talk with Marco Baravalle (Sale Docks, Venice), Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain (Decolonize This Place), and Kazembe Balagun (Maysles Documentary Center), with further guests to be announced. Baravalle presents his book 'The Battleground of Art: Radical Curating in the Crisis of Neoliberalism' and his concept of 'radical permanence', drawn from two decades of art activism with Sale Docks, an autonomous collective in Venice. It opposes the neoliberal regime of mobility of artists and art workers through self-management, social rootedness and resistance, linking struggles against artwashing, gentrification and labour precarisation. The speakers discuss activist practices in Venice, New York and Palestine and the role of artists and cultural producers in the global interconnection of struggles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/radical-permanence-artists-cultural-producers-and-the-interc-54885/", "official_url": "https://www.propertyistheft.org/events/kp5imszmm09yfp4g9umdbu6e9mb0gv", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92238af6021126d570becfa05f089e1935b51430b5eca1f9bcb4cc344c39bbd7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Triple Canopy Symposium 2026 (Day 1)", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Roulette", "address": "Atlantic Avenue 509, 11217", "price": "Free w/ RSVP", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/every-a-side-has-a-b-side", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/performance-art", "literature"], "description": "An evening of performances and readings titled Every A-Side Has a B-Side, opening the Triple Canopy Symposium 2026. The magazine Triple Canopy presents its annual symposium together with Roulette, in partnership with Critical Minded. Artists and writers including Sol Cabrini, Jonathan González, Nile Harris, Taja Cheek (L'Rain), T. Lax, and yuniya edi kwon draw on the book On Value, edited by Triple Canopy and Ralph Lemon, to consider the value of liveness and the ideology of ownership. Lemon will introduce the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/triple-canopy-symposium-2026-day-1-55465/", "official_url": "https://roulette.org/event/triple-canopy-symposium-2026-day-1/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Latine Queer Studies Reading", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "College of Staten Island", "address": "Victory Boulevard 2800, 10314 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/queer"], "description": "A public evening of queer Latine poetry, at which the Brooklyn-born poet Emanuel Xavier reads from his new book of poems, \"Still, We Are Sacred.\" It is a CC CLUE event hosted by the LGBTQ+ Resource Center and the English Department of the College of Staten Island, and refreshments will be served. Xavier's work bridges spoken word, literary poetry, and queer cultural history, and he has written several collections including Love(ly) Child, Pier Queen, Americano, If Jesus Were Gay, Nefarious, and Radiance. The reading takes place in the Green Dolphin Lounge in building 1C on the college's campus at 2800 Victory Boulevard, admission is free, and it is made possible by funding from the New York City Council to the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Institute with support from the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/latine-queer-studies-reading-52069/", "official_url": "https://www.csi.cuny.edu/latine-queer-studies-reading", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Radical Unpresent – event with Gregory Sholette at Printed Matter", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Printed Matter, Inc.", "address": "West 11th Street 231", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/activism"], "description": "This is the New York launch of the book The Radical Unpresent: Cultural Resistance in a Fractured World (MIT Press), taking the form of a conversation between its author, Gregory Sholette, and the artist and writer Naeem Mohaiemen. Sholette's book examines how artists navigate a collapse of historical time, tracing a rupture through Brexit, Trump, COVID, and the J6 Capitol attack, and arguing that MAGA acts as a \"retro-vanguard\" manufacturing its own imaginary past. Against this, he proposes the \"phantom archive,\" in which artists resist through repair and reenactment, from Belarus protest art to Michael Rakowitz's reconstruction of a destroyed Assyrian artifact. Mohaiemen, whose work on excavating institutional memory is featured in the book, joins for an evening on memory, resistance, and what remains unfinished.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-radical-unpresent-event-with-gregory-sholette-at-printed-55021/", "official_url": "http://www.printedmatter.org/programs/events/2291", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7a3977df7f7039555c697541f88f912ddf6e822803cc0839507acc201bfe0272-1200.webp"}]}