News and Events, Spring/Summer 2026
Friday, March 6, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., EDT
AWP BOOK SIGNING
J. C. Todd, signing Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War
Scarlet Tanager Books, Bookfair Booth 1049
Friday, March 6, 1:45 to 3:00 p.m., EDT
AWP BOOKFAIR READING
War and the Living World: The Intersection of History, Biology, and Poetry
Bookfair Stage, Hall A-D, Level 100
Baltimore Convention Center
Moderator: Lucille Lang Day
Poets reading: Sean Mclain Brown, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Denise Low, and J. C. Todd
Conference registration required for admission.
Saturday, March 7, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., EDT
AWP RECEPTION: Scarlet Tanager Books Celebrates the Living World
Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2026)
and Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity University Press, 2025)
Host: Lucille Lang Day
Special guests: Sean Mclain Brown, Denise Low, J. C. Todd, Anne Fisher-Wirth, Laura-Gray Street
Gibson Room, Sixth Floor, Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
FREE. Food and beverages will be served. Open to the public.
Tues, April 28, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., AK Time
HOMER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Alaska Launch for Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War
Coeditor Anne Coray with contributors Gretchen Diemer and Nancy Lord,
and other readers Michael LeMay, Samantha Cunningham, and Tom Kizzia
Homer Public Library
500 Hazel Avenue,
Homer, AK 99603
FREE. Host: Anne Coray
Sunday, May 3, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., PDT
POETRY FLASH SERIES
NorCal Launch for Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War
Lucille Lang Day, Sean Mclain Brown, Susan Kelly-DeWitt,
Claire Ortalda, Andrena Zawinski
Art House Gallery and Cultural Center
2905 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
Host: Joyce Jenkins
FREE. Refreshments will be served.
More information: Poetry Flash
Monday, May 4, 6:00-7:30 p.m., EDT
PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
East Coast Launch for Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War
Coeditor J. C. Todd. More readers TBA
Sands Building
65 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
Host: Clifford Robinson
FREE. In person and online.
More information: Princeton Public Library
Wednesday, May 13, 7:00-8:30 p.m., EDT
MOONSTONE ARTS CENTER
Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War
Coeditor J. C. Todd with W.D. Ehrhart, Vernita Hall,
Rick Kearns, MaryAnn L. Miller, Michelle Servellon
Fergie’s Pub
1214 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Host: Larry Robin, Aaren Perry
FREE. More information: Moonstone Arts Center
Friday, May 22, 7:30 p.m., PDT
BEYOND BAROQUE LITERARY/ARTS CENTER
SoCal Launch for Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War
Coeditor Teresa Mei Chuc with Sean Mclain Brown, Hazel Clayton,
Lisbeth Coiman, Lucille Lang Day, Alicia Viguer-Espert, and Shahé Mankerian.
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
Host: Teresa Mei Chuc
FREE. Refreshments will be served.
More information: Beyond Baroque