Poetry Reading: Elaine Equi and Vincent Katz

We are proud to present a poetry reading by Elaine Equi and Vincent Katz, in celebration of their latest publications.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Doors: 5:30 pm
Reading: 6:00 pm

Out of the Blank, Poems by Elaine Equi
Published February 11, 2025 by Coffee House Press
Equi’s subversive voice delicately refracts human experiences from the colors of weather to the strange ways we make sense of our bodies, from the emptiness of family homes to the flow of time itself.

“These endlessly quotable, epigrammatic poems articulate the human experience with the ethereality of a harp and the coy trill of a cymbal. Equi’s linguistic dexterity and innovation are nonpareil.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Nestled within the seductive mastery Equi displays, we find poems on time, taking stock, emotions, dreams, commonality. There are regrets conveyed with a sense of humor. There’s music, even Lorca’s guitar. The mood is almost unnoticeably quieter. “Sepia light/seeps / into everything.” Delight in this superb collection." —Vincent Katz

“I have always marveled at Elaine Equi’s poems. She does more with fewer words than any other poet I know. And yet, I would not call her a minimalist, but a maximalist, who writes with graceful humor and leads us gently into the dark and haunted places in our thinking.” —John Yau

Daffodil, Poems by Vincent Katz
Published March 4, 2025 by Penguin Random House
Stopping time on the page to discover the poetic moment where past and present are one, Vincent Katz (called a poet of “vibrant cinematic hunger” by Eileen Myles) opens himself to the fleeting beauty of both culture and nature in this stunning gathering of new work.

These poems evoke the exact scenes that command our daily thoughts, that usher in grace and beauty, with their quietly urgent moral qualities, which, Katz suggests, can shape our days if we allow them to.
Praise for Vincent Katz

“In the curious timelessness of time, this writing makes a golden space of thought and echo.” — Robert Creeley

“His vision is generous and panoramic . . . his style a combination of classical elegance and casual grace.” — Elaine Equi

“A tremendous amount of energy is required to embrace New York as ardently as these poems do.” — Susan Timmons, Poetry Project Newsletter

Host or Publisher Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation