CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: with Tan Lin

This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features Tan Lin , one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of a section of Descent of Alette by Alice Notley. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this featured poem as a group.

Whether already well-versed in the “close reading” of poems or having never been quite sure you’ve been “getting it,” CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE provides a digital gathering for taking a refreshing deep dive into poetry.

Actively participate or simply listen and learn!

The event will last about an hour and conclude with a brief reading of poetry by our special guest poet.

Tan Lin is the author of over 13 books. He is the recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant for Poetry, a Getty Distinguished Scholar Grant and a Warhol Foundation/Creative Capital Arts Writing Grant. 7 Controlled Vocabularies received the Association for American Studies Award for Poetry/Literature. A novel, Our Feelings Were Made by Hand is forthcoming from Coffee House in 2025.