An Incidental Chorus: A Collective Reading in English, Spanish, and Portuguese

calls for it. Poet and musician Natasha Tiniacos, on Moog Grandmother synthesizer, serves as a kind of conductor for the piece, allowing for pauses, silences, and swells, creating a dialogue with the audience s voices as they rise and recede. The collective reading will be a composition built from listening as much as from the poetry itself. The People’s Poetry Gathering is co-presented by City Lore, Bowery Poetry, and Poets House. Founded as a biennial event in 1999 by City Lore and Poets House, with Bowery Poetry joining soon after, The People’s Poetry Gathering assembles poets from New York City and beyond to pursue discourse, exchange, and cultural preservation through poetry. In 2026, the Gathering returns to Lower Manhattan for the first time in twenty years. Find other People s Poetry Gathering programs at Poets House HERE Find a comprehensive list of all People’s Poetry Gathering programs HERE The suggested donation for this event is $10. All donations benefit Poets House. You will be able to choose your contribution amount when you RSVP online or at the door. All are welcome; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. By attending or participating in this program, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. Events at Poets House are popular, and seating is first-come, first-served. About the Musician Natasha Tiniacos is a poet, scholar, and literary translator from Maracaibo, Venezuela, based in New York. She is the author of Against the Regime of the Fluent / Contra el régimen de lo fluido, translated by Rebeca Alderete Baca (Ugly Duckling Presse), as well as Historia privada de un etcétera (Los Libros del Fuego) and Mujer a fuego lento (Equinoccio, USB). She is also the Spanish translator of Gabriel Dozal s The Border Simulator / El simulador de fronteras (One World). Her work has appeared in DIAGRAM, The Baffler, and Fence. At Poets House, she performs Improvisation in Four Movements, an ambient piece for Moog Grandmother synthesizer. About the Collective Como un lugar is a New York–based organization of immigrant artists and public scholars that promotes Latinx and Latin American poetry in NYC. We are committed to creating accessible, culturally relevant spaces for our communities to gather, create, and experience carefully curated poetic performances. Since 2021, we have organized our annual Fiesta de la Poesía, an international poetry festival bringing together poetry, music, and performance from Latin American and Latinx artists. As part of our programming, we host Problemas de Identidad, a multilingual translation series, and workshops exploring the intersections between poetry and other forms of creative expression. We are also a small press, with a catalog focused on poetry and cross-genre works.