2021-2023
Unsung
Masters
Reading
Series
Poets you don't know about
introduced by poets you love.
LINEUP
Contributors so far: Kazim Ali / Rae Armantrout / Sharon Bryan / Martha Collins / Graham Foust / Rigoberto Gonzalez / Kimiko Hahn / Charles Hartman / Paisley Rekdal / Crystal Williams / David Baker / Rick Barot / Traci Brimhall / Dana Levin / Adrian Matejka / Victoria Chang / D. A. Powell / francine j. harris / Erin Belieu / Ellen Bass / Tim Seibles / Naomi Shihab Nye / Eleanor Wilner / Matthew Zapruder / Vijay Seshadri / Tess Taylor / Roberto Tejada / Dean Rader / Ilya Kaminsky / Anna Journey / Jennifer L Knox / Martha Serpas / Hayan Charara / Paul Tran / Nick Flynn / Alicia Ostriker / Tsering Wangmo Dhompa / Jamaal May
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Curated by Kevin Prufer, Martin Rock, & Adrienne Perry
Unsung Master Reading Series
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Poets you don't know about yet introduced
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ABOUT
The Unsung Masters Reading Series is an extension of the Unsung Masters Book Series. It exists to bring unjustly neglected poets to new generations of readers through periodic, free, public readings of their work.
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Our Books
Our Location
Books in the Unsung Masters print series are distributed to subscribers of Gulf Coast, Pleiades, and other literary magazines or to the public through Small Press Distribution.
The Unsung Masters Reading Series is based at The University of Houston and Gulf Coast magazine.
Calendar
December 4, 2020. 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific.
Reading number 1:
Kazim Ali reading Shreela Ray
Sharon Bryan reading Gwen Head
Martha Collins reading Joseph DeRoche
Graham Foust reading Alvin Feinman
Rigoberto Gonzalez reading Angela de Hoyos
Charles Hartman reading Wendy Battin
Paisley Rekdal reading Jean Garrigue
Crystal Williams reading June Jordan
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Registration closed
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May 27,2021. 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific.
Reading number 2:
David Baker reading Mbembe Milton Smith
Rick Barot reading David Ignatow
Traci Brimhall reading Hilda Hilst
Dana Levin reading Bert Meyers
Adrian Matejka reading Stephen Jonas
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Registration closed
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October 4, 2021. 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific
Reading number 3:
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Ellen Bass reading Frank X. Gasper
Erin Belieu reading Art Homer
Victoria Chang reading Yone Noguchi
francine j Harris reading Margaret Dinner
D. A. Powell reading Frank S. Horne
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Registration closed
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May 17, 2022. 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific
Reading number 4:
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Vijay Seshadri reading Peter Everwine
Dean Rader reading Wendy Rose
Kimiko Hahn reading Richard Wright
Tess Taylor reading Anne Spencer
Roberto Tejada reading Ronnie Burk
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Registration Closed
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October 25, 2022. 8:30 pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific
Reading number 5:
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Hayan Charara reading D. H. Melhem
Anna Journey reading Beckian Fritz Goldberg
Ilya Kaminsky reading Rachida Madani
Jennifer L Knox reading Antonio Porta
Martha Serpas reading Laura Jensen
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Registration Closed
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September 4, 2023. 8pm Eastern/7pm Pacific
Reading number 6:
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Rae Armantrout reading Bob Perelman
Naomi Shihab Nye reading Rosemary Catacalos
Tim Seibles reading Primus St. John
Eleanor Wilner reading Julia Randall
Matthew Zapruder reading Vasko Popa
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Registration Closed
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November 28, 2023. 8pm Eastern/7pm Pacific
Reading number 7:
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Tsering Wangmo Dhompa reading Chen Metak
Nick Flynn reading Mark Conway
Jamaal May reading Herbert Woodward Martin
Alicia Ostriker reading Wendy Barker
Paul Tran reading Ai
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Registration: Closed
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