Poetry at Beinecke Library

Poetry collections, events, and news.
  • Emily Wilson Reading -- October 7, 2020

    September 28, 2020

  • Workshop inspired creative expression in cellblocks

    September 24, 2020

  • Pathways: Poetry and Objects

    September 16, 2020

  • Peter Cole: Creativity in Isolation

    July 8, 2020

    We asked poet and translator Peter Cole to reflect on creativity in 2020. He answered by speaking about about writing in times of extremity and art as response...
  • Susan Bee: Creativity in Isolation

    July 7, 2020

    We asked artist Susan Bee to reflect on creativity in 2020. She gave us a video tour of her Brooklyn studio, including views of a dynamic new body of work she...
  • Black Lives Matter

    June 10, 2020

    From University Librarian Susan Gibbons, June 9, 2020 From Beinecke Library Director Edwin C. Schroeder, June 10, 2020: Last week’s Beinecke Library e-...