Celebrating the Life and Work of Ed Ochester

Name: Celebrating the Life and Work of Ed Ochester
Start: 2025-09-12T19:30:00-04:00
Location: University of Pittsburgh

Schedule

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA

A celebration of the life and work of Ed Ochester will take place on September 12, 2025 at 7:30pm in the Connelly Ballroom, located in Alumni Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The event will be emceed by former Pitt Poetry Series co-editor Terrance Hayes and will feature readings, remembrances, and a discussion with some of luminaries of American poetry and the Pitt Poetry Series under Ochester’s editorship: Quan Barry, Jan Beatty, Billy Collins, Denise Duhamel, Lynn Emanuel, Ross Gay, Paisley Rekdal, and Aaron Smith.
The celebration is being hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Press, the Pitt Poetry Series, and the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English, the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP), and the Writing Program and the International Poetry Forum.
On Saturday, September 13, 2025, there will also be a series of events on Pitt campus that feature discussions and panels involving the same group of poets. These events will be geared toward writers, students, and anyone interested in learning more about first books, the editorship of Ed Ochester, and an event hosted by CAAPP.
The events are free and open to the public.