Poetry Weekend
November 7-8, 2026
The Great Books Poetry Weekend is held annually in November. Each year, the weekend includes discussions along with a poetry activity that entertains and involves all the participants.
Please join us on November 7-8, 2026 for the next Poetry Weekend featuring Jane Hirshfield!
Don’t miss this interactive workshop with an award-winning poet, essayist and translator.
ENTERING THE MIND OF POETRY:
HOW POEMS MOVE
What happens inside a poem—how does it think, feel, and transform our experience of the world?
This November, we invite you to step inside the living mind of poetry with acclaimed poet and essayist Jane Hirshfield. Drawing on the insight of critic R. P. Blackmur—that poetry “expands the available stock of reality”—Hirshfield will guide us in uncovering how poems make meaning, shape perception, and deepen awareness.
The weekend will include:
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A keynote exploration led by Jane Hirshfield
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Small group discussions (Saturday afternoon & Sunday morning) of selected poems
Whether you are a longtime reader of poetry or newly curious, this weekend offers a rare opportunity to engage deeply, think collaboratively, and encounter poetry as a living force.
More details, including registration and reading selections, will follow soon.
We hope you will join us for this enriching and thought-provoking gathering.
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For a list of books about poetry, please click here.
For lists of the poems that we've discussed during previous Poetry Weekends, click here:
Questions? Please send email to:
Paula Weinberger, p.weinberger41@gmail.com
