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The Sharpener · Aug 7, 2026

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About Sean Singer

Sean Singer Poetry

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New Guided Poetry Reading Groups

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https://www.seansingerpoetry.com/join-book-club

Fall/Winter 2026

Reading Groups are facilitated sessions guiding committed poets and poetry readers in a practice of reading more deeply, creatively, and intentionally. Each month, groups perform a close reading of a current book of poetry—books that are overlooked and underrated, books that have something important to tell us about what it is to be alive today.

Groups meet once a month for two hours. Outside of meeting times, I’ll support your reading with prompts, guiding questions, and supplementary materials with a special focus on issues of craft.

11 am-1 pm EST
Sept. 20, Oct. 25, Nov. 22, Dec. 20

Christopher Gilbert,

Turning into Dwelling (Graywolf, 2015)
Caroline Knox,
To Drink Boiled Snow (Wave, 2015)
Joan Murray,
Drafts, Fragments, and Poems: The Complete Poetry (NYRB, 2018)
Rachel Wetzsteon,
Sakura Park (Persea, 2006)

10 am-12 pm EST
Sept. 29, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, Dec. 17

Robert Hayden,

Collected Poems (Liveright, 2013)
Laurie Sheck,
Captivity (Knopf, 2009)
Bill Knott,
I Am Flying into Myself: Selected Poems, 1960-2014 (FSG, 2018)
Donna Masini,
Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For? (Norton, 2026)

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Aaron Shurin:

Yehuda Amichai (tr. from Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell):

Gwendolyn Brooks:

Carlos Drummond de Andrade (tr. from Portuguese by Mark Strand):

Bill Knott:

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