News & Events
I want to surprise and entertain both my readers and myself.
-Lynn Levin
Events
Upcoming appearances by Lynn Levin
February 2025
- No River Twice: An Interactive Poetry Performance, on Zoom–Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 7-8 p.m.
- Kehilat Hanahar, New Hope, PA, Bagel U, on Zoom. A reading from House Parties, “Frieda and Her Golem.”–Sunday, February 16, 2025, 11 a.m.
- Encores (private event). Presentation of House Parties–Thursday, February 20, 2025.
- Light and Shadow Poetry, a Commonplace Reader event, Yardley Friends Meeting, 65 North Main St., Yardley, PA–Saturday, February 22, 2025, 2-4 p.m.
- Remembering Gerald Stern, Moonstone Arts Center on Zoom–Sunday, February 23, 2025, 2 p..m.
March 2025
- Congregation Kol Emet, Morrisville, PA. Brunch and Learn presentation of House Parties–Sunday, March 2, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
April 2025
- Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, Township Library of Lower Southampton, reading with fellow poets–Monday, April 7, 2025, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
- Pine Run Village (Private Event). Keep on Learning Series, poetry reading and Villagers’ poetry showcase–Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Faculty Reading, Skyview Room, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA–Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
May 2025
June 2025
- Langhorne Peace Center, Richardson House, 102 W. Maple St., Langhorne, PA. Launch event for Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania–Saturday (PSU Press) June 7, 2025, 2-4 p.m.
July 2025
- Friends of the Avenue of the Arts Book Club, discussion of House Parties, Philadelphia, PA–Monday, July 28, 2025, 5 p.m.
August 2025
September 2025
October 2025
- Moonstone Poetry Series, Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom St., Philadelphia, hosted by Anne-Adele Wight–Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 7 p.m.
News
How does a writer invent quirky predicaments for characters and strange what-if scenarios for
plots? What is it like to be both a fiction writer and poet? Lynn Levin talks about this and more
with poet Carolyne Wright in the interview “Playthings of Chaos” featured in the Winter 2023
(#112) print edition Rain Taxi Review of Books.
Learn more by going here:
https://raintaxi.com/rain-taxi-review/print-edition/
As Seen in Philadelphia Magazine
The Best Books to Read This Summer
Lynn Levin podcasts and video recordings of readings
- The Musical Innertube Podcast. Air date: May 2, 2023 “Lynn Levin: poet, teacher, translator, critic. Is there anything in literature she can’t do? Apparently not! Now you can add ‘short story writer’ to that list! House Parties is full of characters, twists, and a bit of fun!” Hosts Don Rooney and John Timpane talk to Lynn Levin about the short stories in House Parties.
You can listen to the podcast here or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Audible, Stitcher, YouTube, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- Lynn Levin reads from her poetry collection The Minor Virtues (Ragged Sky, 2020) in a Moonstone Arts Virtual Reading. Recorded July 2020.
You can watch the video on YouTube here.
Lynn Levin is a founding member of the poetry improv troupe No River Twice.
- Lynn Levin is a founding member of No River Twice, an improvisational poetry reading collaboration in which audience and poets interact to determine the direction of the reading. You can learn more about No River Twice by going here.
Poem by Lynn Levin in artwork by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer
Lynn Levin’s poem “If You Are Reading This” appears in conceptual artist Jenny Holzer’s artwork For Philadelphia (2018) a display of LED text scrolling across the ceiling of the Comcast Technology Center, a new skyscraper in Philadelphia. Levin’s poem accompanies poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Anna Swir, William Carlos Williams, Charles Bernstein, Jeanne Murray Walker, and others.
You can see an image of part of Holzer’s For Philadelphia here.
