Poetry at Beinecke Library

Poetry collections, events, and news.

Nathan Brown’s “Elevations”
February 25, 2019
Nathan Brown Y’19 has explored Beinecke Library collection materials in "Elevations," his Creative Writing Concentration Senior Project
Charles Bernstein wins Yale’s 2019 Bollingen Prize for Poetry
January 22, 2019
Charles Bernstein has been named the winner of Yale’s 2019 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
Bollingen Prize in American Poetry and Nominees for the National Book Critics Circle and Edgar Allan Poe Awards Are Announced (New York Times)
January 22, 2019
Beinecke Top Ten: Jen Bervin
January 1, 2019
Unique and editioned works by artist, poet, and scholar Jen Bervin.
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
December 6, 2018
The second in our series, Female American Poets: Archival Connections, this post focuses on the poems and legacies of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Clever Ghosts: James Merrill’s “The Book of Ephraim” (Los Angeles Review of Books)
December 6, 2018
Happy Things-Giving
November 27, 2018
Things-Giving Class List.
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
November 12, 2018
The series begins with poet Muriel Rukeyser and will weave through various poets of the twentieth century, using Beinecke’s collections as a means of connecting disparate figures to one another.
The Casual Poetry of Eileen Myles (Yale Herald)
November 2, 2018
Poetry Reading: Eileen Myles October 25 at Beinecke Library
October 4, 2018
Eileen Myles, Poetry Reading, Thursday, October 25, 4:00 PM, Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series, Co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English