International Poetry Forum Presents Terrance Hayes

We are thrilled to welcome Terrance Hayes National Book Award winner and International Poetry Forum alum in his long awaited return to Pittsburgh. This event marks the relaunch of the International Poetry Forum a nonprofit organization that originally hosted over 800 poets actors and artists in Pittsburgh from 1966 to 2009. The 501(c)(3) was founded by and directed for 43 years by Samuel Hazo inaugural state poet of Pennsylvania. The reading will be followed by a book signing where attendees can bring their favorite of Terrance’s seven published poetry collections to get them signed.

Alumni of the International Poetry Forum represent more than 50 countries and include nine Nobel laureates 14 Academy Award recipients 28 U.S. Poets Laureate 39 National Book Award winners and 47 Pulitzer Prize winners—as well as a Princess a Queen and a Steelers Super Bowl MVP.

Past participants include figures such as Seamus Heaney Gwendolyn Brooks W.H. Auden Jorge Luis Borges Elizabeth Bishop Derek Walcott Tennessee Williams Kurt Vonnegut Chinua Achebe Mary Oliver Lucille Clifton Anthony Hopkins Danny Glover Grace Kelly James Earl Jones and Queen Noor of Jordan. Complete information on past performers and the organization’s history is available on the International Poetry Forum’s website and Instagram.

You can purchase your own copy of Terrance’s many works at City of Asylum Bookstore.

Host or Publisher City of Asylum Pittsburgh