# Stones in the Water

Stones in the Water at BAM Strong, Friday 30 October 2026.

- Price: from $28
- Venue: BAM Strong
- With: Sarah Kay, Anis Mojgani, Clint Smith, Hanif Abdurraqib
- Get tickets: https://commerce.bam.org/production/57930
- Go to page: https://www.bam.org/poetry/2026/stones-in-the-water

![Stones in the Water](https://noky.io/images/a5b734329a3fc67f419dd0d81a4e18fa6eec650abd250820b6133b3fd925a142-2000.webp)

Stones in the Water is a night of poetry with Sarah Kay, Anis Mojgani, Clint Smith, and Hanif Abdurraqib. Propelled by their deep and abiding friendship, the four have performed a reading together annually for the past nine years. After popular engagements during the last two seasons of I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long at BAM, this marks its tenth performance of inspiring poetic expression. Year after year, the profoundly intimate offering creates a space for artists and audiences to see how care, camaraderie, and mutual regard can fortify and amplify artistic practices.

## Dates

- Friday 30 October — BAM Strong

Written by a model, sources: [bam.org](https://www.bam.org/poetry/2026/stones-in-the-water)

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