Poetry in the Space of the Notebook: A Panel With Anselm Berrigan, Emily Skillings, and Lynn Xu

Nicole Peyrafitte and the generous support of the Consulate General of Luxembourg in New York and the Centre National de Littérature Luxembourg. Also streamed on Zoom with link sent out day before of the event. Join us before this event for a free guided tour of Pierre Joris Notebooks Exhibition. 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-seated. We have several seats reserved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room. About the Panelists: Anselm Berrigan is the author of many books of poetry including most recently, Don’t Forget to Love Me (Wave Books, 2024). His titles also include: Pregrets, (Black Square Editions, 2021), Something for Everybody, (Wave Books, 2018), Come In Alone (Wave Books, 2016), Primitive State (Edge, 2015), Notes from Irrelevance (Wave Books, 2011), Free Cell (City Lights Books, 2009), Some Notes on My Programming (Edge, 2006), Zero Star Hotel (Edge, 2002), and Integrity and Dramatic Life (Edge, 1999). He is also the editor of What is Poetry? (Just Kidding, I Know You Know): Interviews from the Poetry Project Newsletter (1983–2009) and co-author of two collaborative books: Loading, with visual artist Jonathan Allen (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013), and Skasers, with poet John Coletti (Flowers Cream, 2012). Emily Skillings is the author of the poetry collections Fort Not (2017) and Tantrums in Air (2025), both published by The Song Cave. Tantrums in Air was named one of the best poetry books of 2025 by The New York Times. Skillings is the editor of Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works by John Ashbery, which was published by Ecco/HarperCollins in 2021. She is a member of the Belladonna Collaborative, a feminist poetry collective, small press, and event series. Her work has been supported by residencies and fellowships from the T.S. Eliot Foundation, the Howard Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Skillings is an Assistant Professor of English at Villanova University. Born in Shanghai, Lynn Xu is author of Debts Lessons and And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight, which received the 2022 Poetry Center Book Award. With Joshua Edwards, she is the co-translator of Pee Poems, as well as Prison Poems and Temple Speak (forthcoming), both by Yang Licai (aka Lao Yang). She teaches at Columbia University and co-edits Canarium Books.