Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 Event Schedule

My 2018-2019 events are still in formation, but I wanted to get these two important fall dates public and on everyone's calendar immediately.  Please click the icons to learn more about each event, and check back regularly to learn about more upcoming readings and lectures.  The spring events are especially varied and promising; please consider attending if you live near Philadelphia, Dallas, or San Francisco.  Information has been updated.

September 20th (Thursday), 7:00 p.m. Official launch of Best American Poetry 2018 (edited by Dana Gioia) with a reading by the included authors.  Tishman Auditorium (66 West 12th Street, NY 10011).

October 28th (Sunday), 6:30.  The annual First Things magazine poetry reading.  I will be reading selections from Some Permanent Things and The Hanging God​ as I join this wonderful annual tradition.  Immanuel Lutheran Church (124 East 88th Street, New York City).  Admission is free, but click the icon at left to register.

January 27th (Sunday), 11:00.  René Girard and the Catholic Artist.  Joseph Bottum, Cynthia Haven, James Matthew Wilson, and Alfonse Borysewicz, whose paintings will be exhibited in the vestibule of St. Ignatius Church on the University of San Francisco campus, San Francisco.  Event will take place at Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco. Click the Icon for free tickets.

February 6-7th (Wednesday-Thursday, Two Events).  Villanova University will host a regional launch of The Best American Poetry 2018 anthology (5:00 p.m. Connelly Center Cinema; 6:15 Reception and Book signing, St. David's Room), with an evening of readings by the poets and reception and book signing afterward.  David Lehman, Mary Jo Saltar, Maryann Corbett, Adrienne Su, Ernest Hilbert, Ryan Wilson, and James Matthew Wilson will read from their work.  On Thursday, the 7th, several of the featured poets will reconvene to discuss The Future of the Catholic Imagination in a round-table discussion (300 Saint Augustine Center).

February 28th (Thursday) 4:00p.m. A reading from The Hanging God and Some Permanent Things at Baylor University (Armstrong Browning Library Treasure Room).

March 28th (Thursday) 6:30 p.m. (Reception at 6:00). A ​University Bookman reading from Some Permanent Things and The Hanging God. (St. Michael's, 424 West 34th St. New York City).

April 8-9 (Monday and Tuesday), TBD. The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture will host two days of events on The Future of American Poetry, featuring roundtable discussions, presentations, and readings with Dana Gioia, Frederick Turner, and James Matthew Wilson.

April 25 (Thursday), 7:00 p.m. A reading from The Hanging God and book signing, at Magdalen Chapel, La Roche College (9000 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA).
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April 26 (Friday) 3:00 p.m. Lecture and Readings to launch Samuel Hazo's The Word within the World, at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Gentile Gallery, Franciscan University of Steubenville.

May 1 (Wednesday) 6:30 p.m. Join me and five other poets for a reading in celebration of the opening of the St. John Neumann Museum and Shrine in Philadelphia.  There's a 5:30 Mass at the shrine, immediately preceding, which I plan to attend

May 5 (Sunday), 3:00 p.m. A poetry reading with James Matthew Wilson, Ernest Hilbert, and Catherine Staples.  Manyunk-Roxborough Art Center (419 Green Ln. Roxborough).

May 18 (Saturday), 9:30-3:30 p.m.  I have been added to a lineup of great speakers for the day-long conference, Raising Chivalrous Young Men.  I will give a short poetry reading at 1pm, immediately following lunch.  Click the icon to register for what looks like a great day and evening.

May 23 (Thursday), 7:00 p.m. Beauty that Converts Our Hearts.  I'll be delivering a lecture on the good of liberal education in support of the Martin Saints Classical High School.  The public is invited to attend, especially those who may be considering classical education for their children.