Tonight kicks off two nights of Nicole Cooley readings–a double feature, if you will! 

The first is tonight at NYU’s Lillian Vernon Writer’s House, to celebrate the launch of Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems, For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa, a superb anthology celebrating the legacy of Yusef Komunyakaa. You can catch Nicole along with Anne Marie Macari, Jeffrey McDaniel, Yesenia Montilla, John Murillo, and Nicole Sealey tonight at 7 pm if you’re in the city. 

https://as.nyu.edu/departments/cwp/reading-series/spring-2025/poetry-komunyakaa-anthology.html

Tomorrow, you can also hear Nicole read from her latest book, Mother Water Ash, as part of the Brainstorm Reading Series, which is organized by alumni and students from the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation out of the delightful Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn. 

https://www.petescandystore.com/calendar

If you’re in New York City, don’t miss out—hop on the train and go listen to some poetry!