Join us for a night of poetry at The Hound Books to celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Poetry Month.

Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in our lives.

On Thursday, April 30th at 6 pm, we'll hear from local poets Mermer Blakeslee, Hannah Buonaguro, Simon James Mathis and Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch. We'll also share our rare collection of poetry books by writers like Muriel Spark, Erica Jong, T.S. Eliot, Marge Piercy, Cavafy, Rumi and more.