09.07.2011 - By Poetry Society of America
In Readings In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems
After the tragedy on September 11th, 2001, the New York City literary community sponsored a now historic reading at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, introduced by Alice Quinn and featuring in Part 1 readings by Billy Collins, Alastair Reid, Michael Cunningham, Eve Ensler, Jorie Graham, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Stanley Kunitz.
Monday, October 22nd, 2001
The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Co-sponsored with The Academy of American Poets, Poets House, PEN American Center, Poets & Writers, Inc., The Unterberg Poetry Center, Columbia University School of the Arts, NYU Creative Writing Program, New School Graduate Writing Program, CLMP, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Writer's Voice, and Cooper Union.