A Reading by the Academy of American Poets Chancellors

Readings by Juan Felipe Herrera, Claudia Rankine & Other Academy of American Poets Chancellors

Lovers of verse, of rhythm, of couplets and rhyme / this reading at Skirball will be quite a time / as award-winning poets from across the nation / read to you some of their finest creations ... All wordplay aside, this live event with chancellors of the Academy of American Poets features such acclaimed wordsmiths as U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, "The New York Times" best-selling author Claudia Rankine, Beat poet Anne Waldman, National Book Award winner Mark Doty, Arizona's poet laureate Alberto Ríos, the renowned Arab-American poet Khaled Mattawa and others. Listen to their works and feel the power of language expanding your horizons beyond New York and out into the universe. Book signings will follow the readings.