Who Reads Poetry Book Party

Join us for the official Chicago release party for Poetry magazine's new prose anthology, Who Reads Poetry, published by the University of Chicago Press. Celebrate with the editors, contributors Omar Kholeif, Natalie Moore, Jia Tolentino, special guest gallerist John Corbett, who will DJ, and a toast to who reads poetry. Festivities include readings, music, and libations. Books available for purchase at a special rate.

Who reads poetry? We know that poets do, but what about the rest of us? When and why do we turn to verse? Seeking the answer, Poetry magazine since 2005 has published a column called “The View From Here,” which has invited readers “from outside the world of poetry” to describe what has drawn them to poetry. Over the years, the incredibly diverse set of contributors have included philosophers, journalists, musicians, and artists, as well as doctors and soldiers, an iron-worker, an anthropologist, and an economist. The collection Who Reads Poetry, edited by Don Share and Fred Sasaki, brings together fifty compelling pieces, which offer a truly unique and broad selection of perspectives and reflections, proving that poetry can be read by everyone.