Poetry at Beinecke Library

Poetry collections, events, and news.

  • From the Archive: New Poems by George Oppen

    January 9, 2017

    New Poems by George Oppen David B. Hobbs, “A Brief Introduction to 21 Poems by George Oppen,” in Journal of Modern Literature, Volume 40, Number 1, Fall 2016,...

  • Poetry Since 1950

    November 11, 2016

    Resources for Professor Langdon Hammer’s Poetry Since 1950 Class, Fall 2016.

  • Fred Moten Poetry Reading 11-30

    November 11, 2016

    Fred Moten is author of In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition (University of Minnesota Press), Hughson’s Tavern (Leon Works), B. Jenkins (Duke University Press), The Feel Trio (Letter Machine Editions) and co-author, with Stefano Harney, of The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study (Minor Compositions/Autonomedia).

  • Exhibition Opening Celebration

    September 22, 2016

    Please join us to celebrate the opening of “Destined to Be Known: The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection at 75” on Thursday, September 29th at 4pm at the Beinecke Library.

  • Congratulations to Cave Canem

    September 20, 2016

    Beinecke Library congratulates Cave Canem, awarded the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for service to the American literary community.

  • A Tribute to C. D. Wright

    September 12, 2016

    The Poetry Society of America will host a tribute to poet C. D. Wright in NYC on Wednesday, October 19 at 7pm. The event will take place at the Proshansky...

  • New Scholarship: James Merrill: Life and Art

    April 6, 2015

    James Merrill: Life and Art by Langdon Hammer Available: April 14, 2015 Masters Tea with Langdon Hammer hosted by Penelope Laurans at Jonathan Edwards College...