In partnership for Poetry Month, Strand Book Store and The Poetry Society of New York are teaming up to present: The Poet-A-Day Project: Micro-residencies at Strand Book Store.

What is a micro-residency?

We thought you’d never ask. For 30 days (April 1 through 30), 30 poets will be setting up shop on Strand’s main floor from 1pm to 3pm daily, seeking inspiration from the stories in the stacks, having conversations with customers and from time to time writing personalized pieces for lucky passerbyers.The invited poets have submitted micro-applications consisting of one poem and one sentence about why they would like to participate. We are excited to host micro-residents including New Yorker Poetry Editor & Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon, National Book Award for Poetry Finalist & Pulitzer Prize nominee Cornelius Eady and Guggenheim Fellow for Creative Arts & Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner Matthea Harvey.

The mission of this program is to carve out that small window of time for working poets and to shine a little light on what it means to be a contemporary poet at work.

Be sure to follow us on Facebook for the day’s resident poet and look out for our One Line at a Time series.

The Poetry Society of New York is a non-profit organization for the exaltation of the city’s literary community working to unite the community of makers with the community of appreciators in new and mysterious ways. Together, with Strand’s 90 years of literary chops, we are excited to join forces yet again in bringing innovative and exciting poetic programming to New York City.

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