FORGET WHY POETRY SERIES
The Forget Why Reading Series brings together poets who question, play with, and derange their poetic inheritance, at times defying categorization as "poetry." Forget Why was named in honor of our beloved friend, poet Doug Lang (1941-2022), and is run by Leslie Bumstead, Cathy Eisenhower, and Paul Killebrew.
Uncertainty is hell, certainty is hell. It’s what and when
And where. It’s who. Forget why. The wolf is at the door.
-Doug Lang, “Namaste Sonnet” from In the Works
Fall 2024
All events start at 7pm. Click for details.
September 28 - Robert Fitterman and LB Bender
October 19 - Thea Brown and Julie Carr
November 15 - Chris Nealon and Alexis Almeida
December 14 - GROUP READING TBA
PAST EVENTS
SPRING 2024
February 17 - Rod Smith, Cathy Eisenhower, Leslie Bumstead
March 9 - Doug Lang Thang
April 20 - Chris Mason w/ Bill Engstrand, Ward Tietz
2023
January 14 - Kamal Error and Amy Eisner
February 9 - Good Actors: A One-Woman Play by Sommer Browning
February 11 - Lynne Dreyer and hannah baer
March 18 - Chris Nealon, Rod Smith, and Anna Gurton-Wachter
April 14 - Justin Marks and Ryan Walker
April 21 - Warren Longmire, Matthew Klane, and Alexandra Jacobs
June 3 - Phyllis Rosenzweig, Sarah Sohn, and Susan Schultz
June 29 - Joe Hall, Danika Stegeman LeMay, and substantive.material
October 14 - Ken Jacobs and erica kaufman
November 18 - Paul Killebrew and Chia-Lun Chang
December 9 - Group Reading and Celebration