Events & Readings
Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival: "A Language That Could Produce This"
Join poets Lara Atallah, DeeSoul Carson, Noah Arhm Choi, and Ricardo Alberto Maldonado at the Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival for a panel on the responsibilities of language production under empire.
Is language the box we find ourselves locked in or the key to its escape? What does it mean to write against oppression, against trauma, against empire, against our own histories—using the same language that created them? What tension do we hold when we write for our survival using the same words that form legislation that renders us at best unimportant, and at worst, nonexistent. In this panel, we’ll explore a question “What does it mean to be a poet working in a language, a medium, a nation, that can produce this?” raised by Kaveh Akbar with poets that poke and pry at the edge of language. We’ll learn from poets working in translation, found materials, multiple languages and more what it means to work in a language that could produce this and what opportunities and responsibilities we have in doing so.
LA & Bronx Fire Benefit Reading
Cindy Tran, Dante Clark, Robert Wood Lynn & DeeSoul Carson
Join us at 144 Montague or online via Zoom for a reading to support those displaced by wildfires in LA and the recent apartment fire in the Bronx.
Book Launch: Juliana Chang
Join Brooklyn Poets to celebrate the launch of Juliana Chang’s new book, So Long This Wound Stayed Open, featuring guest readings by DeeSoul Carson and Katie Mansfield
Book Launch: Victoria Mbabazi
Join Unnameable Books to celebrate the launch of Victoria Mbabazi’s poetry collection, The Siren in the Twelfth House, featuring readings and performances by special guests Majelia & Alberto, Tariq Thompson, DeeSoul Carson, Azia Armstead, and Yaz Lancaster.
Poetry for Gaza
Join poets Maya Salameh, DeeSoul Carson, Lara Atallah, and Ghinwa Jawhari for a night of poetry to fundraise for the Sameer Project, A donations based aid initiative, led by Palestinians in the diaspora, working to supply emergency shelter and aid to displaced families in Gaza.
Poets In Pajamas w/ Jim Whiteside & DeeSoul Carson
Poets in Pajamas is a free, online reading series run through Facebook Live that connects readers and writers across the world from the comfort of their own pajamas. The August 25th readers will be Jim Whiteside & DeeSoul Carson.
Embracing Every Hue Reading Series
Embracing Every Hue is a new reading series hosted by Darius Phelps at the historic KGB Bar. The July 22nd readers will be DeeSoul Carson, Grey Martin, & jason b. crawford.
The Completed Life Initiative Poetry Festival: “Something True Has Been Spoken”
Join CLI in New York City for their Inaugural CLI Poetry Festival on June 5-6 as they welcome award-winning poets and embrace how poetry can lead us to a place of recognition, as Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück once stated in her book about death, grief and loss, Winter Recipes from the Collective, “something true has been spoken.” June 6th will feature readings by Tariq Thompson, DeeSoul Carson, and Sumita Chakraborty.
MLK Spoken Word Contest
Join us for the MLK Spoken Word Contest (formerly, the MLK Oratorical Contest), an annual event at which NYU students honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., through oral performances.
Dean's Alumni Advisory Board member Michelle Van-Ess Grant (MA '03, Higher Education and Student Affairs), and former Dean of Students at Hofstra University will offer remarks. Poet DeeSoul Carson (NYU 's College & Career Lab) will share some of his timely compositions.
Sundress Reading Series w/ DeeSoul Carson & Aline Mello
Join poets DeeSoul Carson and Aline Mello for the Sundress Reading Series! This event is free, open to all ages, and held outdoors on the patio at the bar. The reading is followed by an open mic.
ITALIC 10th Year Anniversary Performance
Join ITALIC for its 10th-year anniversary show featuring comedian Vanessa Gonzalez, with openings from ITALIC alumni Tori Testa, Matias Benitez, Sylvia Gabriel, Nathan Large, and DeeSoul Carson.
DGN Reading Series
DGN Reading Series on October 9th, featuring Kirsten Shu-ying Chen, DeeSoul Carson, James Kelly Quigley, and Ryan Patrick Cook
Brooklyn Poets Staff Picks
Brooklyn Poets Staff Picks Reading DeeSoul Carson, Hera Naguib and Tariq Thompson & opening readers selected by the poets: Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani, Victoria Mbabazi and Ayesha Raees
From the Scraps: A Queer Night of Writing, Reading & Community
Join BK ROT for a night of community and poetry readings to raise funding for PRISM and LGBT+ youth in Florida impacted by anti-LGBT legislation.
"Black Sunshine" Poetry Night w/ AC X Be Reel
Black Sunshine is a fusion of poetry and music inspired by Theodore Witcher's 1997 cult classic, Love Jones. Following the viewing of the movie will be a reading featuring Tangela Mitchell, DeeSoul Carson, Ajay Ram, and vEnv.
No Tokens Issue 10 Launch Party
Featured readers: DeeSoul Carson, Jax Connelly, Adam Dalva, Gemma Kaneko, Katie Moulton, Caitlin Scarano, Tanisha Shende, Rachel Stempel, Mary Alice Stewart, Meredith Westgate
KGB Emerging Writers Reading Series: Morgan Parker
The Emerging Writers Reading Series features MFA students (the "emerging writers") from a mix of genres reading alongside a headlining author. Tonight will feature renowned poet and essayist Morgan Parker, and the talents of Jaz Sufi, Christian Bodney, Nikita Biswal, DeeSoul Carson, and Tariq Thompson.
Lactose Intolerant
Join us for the latest installment in the Lactose Intolerant Reading Series, presented by Ruth Minah Buchwald. Featuring readings by Chanice Hughes-Greenberg, Abigail Mengesha, Daniale Fertile, DeeSoul Carson, and Madison Dillard. $5 at the door.
WE KILLED THE MOON: A POETRY PODCAST EVENT
Join us for the launch of the latest podcast to spring out of NYU’s MFA Program, We Killed the Moon: A Poetry Podcast. In celebration of our launch, there will be a reading from a selection of our interviewees, an introduction to the podcast itself and a whole lot of poetic fun. Readers include Matthew Tuckner, DeeSoul Carson, Bernard Ferguson, Erin Perez, Tariq Thomspon, and Eileen Myles.
Hayden's Ferry Review Issue 71 Virtual Launch
Launch to Celebrate the Launch of Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 71, with readings from DeeSoul Carson, Alexa Luborsky, Emily Giangulio, Sara Elkamel, and Joan Kwon Glass.