Poetry@Tech has brought hundreds of celebrated poets to Georgia Tech through public readings, workshops, and special events. Explore our archive of past events and revisit some of the most memorable moments through our YouTube channel.
Past Poetry Events
2025
September 25, 2025: Bourne Poetry Event featuring Rigoberto González and Ada Limón
February 13, 2025: Poetry@Tech Presents an Evening of Poetry featuring Camille Dungy & Richard Siken
2024
February 22, 2024: The McEver Poetry Event with Patricia Smith, Sasha Stiles, and Bruce McEver
April 4, 2024: Poetry@Tech: Then and Now with Victoria Chang and Travis Denton (Imperial Ballroom at the Biltmore)
April 18, 2024: The National Poetry Month Reading with Carl Phillips, Sam Sax, and Jessica Tanck
April 18, 2024: Poetry Performance Workshop with Sam Sax
September 26, 2024: A Celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with Ada Limón and Rigoberto Gonzalez (Event Cancelled)
November 14, 2024: The 2024 Bourne Poetry Event with Naomi Shihab Nye, Matthew Zapruder, and Raymond Antrobus
2023
February 23, 2023: An Evening of Poetry with Jane Hirshfield, Robert Pinsky, and Lyrae van Clief-Stefanon (Virtual Event)
April 20, 2023: The Spring Poetry Reading with Forrest Gander, Francine J. Harris, and Jennifer Grotz (Virtual Event)
October 7, 2023: David Bottoms: A Life in Poetry (Cypress Room, Georgia Tech)
November 2, 2023: The 22nd Bourne Poetry Reading with Victoria Chang, Vievee Francis, and James Davis May
2022
January 27, 2022: The Atlanta International Poetry Festival: Ukrainian and U.S. Poetry (Virtual Event)
February 17, 2022: The McEver Poetry Reading – 2022 with Martin Espada, Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, and Bruce McEver (Virtual Event)
March 19, 2022: Generative Workshop with Charles Simic (Virtual Event)
April 3, 2022: Against Assimilation: A Workshop on Estranging Language with Jenny Xie (Virtual Event)
April 14, 2022: An Evening of Poetry with Daniel Borzutsky, Nathalie Handal, and Charles Simic (Virtual Event)
September 22, 2022: An Evening of Poetry / 2022–23 Season Opener with Alicia Ostriker, Rosebud Ben-Oni, and Rachel Galvin (Virtual Event)
October 20, 2022: An Evening of Poetry with Dana Levin, Ishion Hutchinson, and Alberto Ríos (Virtual Event)
November 10, 2022: The 21st Bourne Poetry Reading with Ocean Vuong, Marilyn Chin, and Carolyn Forché (Virtual Event)
2021
February 11, 2021: An Evening of Poetry and Georgia Poetry Prize Book Release with Natalie Diaz & Chioma Urama (Virtual Event)
March 18, 2021: The Atlanta International Poetry & Translation Festival with Belarusian and U.S. poets (Virtual Event)
March 20, 2021: Poetry Workshop with Maggie Smith (Virtual Event)
March 28, 2021: Community Poetry Workshop with Ilya Kaminsky (Virtual Event)
April 7, 2021: The Spring 2021 McEver Poetry Reading with Maggie Smith, Arthur Sze, and Bruce McEver (Virtual Event)
May 15, 2021: Community Poetry Workshop with Travis Denton (Virtual Event)
September 9, 2021: The 20th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading with Chen Chen, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Kenneth Knoespel (Virtual Event)
October 2, 2021: Generative Workshop with Chen Chen (Virtual Event)
October 21, 2021: An Evening of Poetry with Eleanor Wilner, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Erika Meitner (Virtual Event)
November 6, 2021: A Workshop on Poetry in Translation with Ming Di (Virtual Event)
November 13, 2021: Perfecting the Manuscript, Publishing the Book with Kristina Marie Darling (Virtual Event)
November 18, 2021: The Atlanta International Poetry Festival: An Evening of Chinese Poetry & Translation (Virtual Event)
December 4, 2021: A Workshop for Immigrant & Refugee Poets with Carolina Ebeid (Virtual Event)
2020
February 20 2020: Kwame Dawes, Mahtem Shiferraw, and Dunya Mikhail
October 1, 2020: The 19th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading with Danez Smith and Ross Gay (Virtual Event)
October 29, 2020: Atlanta Poetry Festival and Translation Summit featuring Jericho Brown, Linda Gregerson, Brenda Shaughnessy, and others (Virtual Event)
November 19, 2020: An Evening of Poetry with Victoria Chang and J. C. Reilly (Virtual Event)
2019
March 14, 2019: The McEver Poetry Reading featuring Juan Felipe Herrera, Chelsea Rathburn, and Bruce McEver
2018
February 22, 2018: The McEver Poetry Reading featuring Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Christopher Collins, and Bruce McEve
2017
February 23, 2017: International Poetry Reading featuring Dean Parkin, Judson Mitcham, and Chris Salerno
April 23, 2017: A Tribute to Thomas Lux
September 28, 2017: The 16th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Tyehimba Jess, Billy Collins, and Vijay Seshadri
November 2, 2017: The McEver Poetry Reading featuring Matt Hart, Victoria Chang, and Anis Mojgani
2016
February 25, 2016: Andrew Motion and Niillas Holmberg
April 7, 2016: The McEver Poetry Reading featuring Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Bruce McEver
September 29, 2016: The 14th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Ginger Murchison and Mark Doty
November 3, 2016: The Georgia Poets Reading featuring James Davis May, Anya Silver, and Bruce McEver
2015
February 26, 2015: The McEver Poetry Reading and TechARTS Festival featuring Nguyen Phan Que Mai, Bruce Weigl, and Bruce McEver
April 2, 2015: Spring Poetry Reading featuring Tim Seibles and Esther Lee
October 1, 2015: The 13th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Ellen Bass and William Corbett
October 22, 2015: An Evening of Poetry featuring Linda Gregerson and Christopher Howell
November 19, 2015: The Adam Stephens Night Out for Poetry featuring Brigitte Byrd, Bruce Beasley, and Andrea Cohena
2014
February 6, 2014: The McEver Poetry Reading featuring Sandra Meek, Rupert Fike, and Bruce McEver
February 20, 2014: Georgia Tech Arts@TECH Festival Poetry Reading featuring Jon Sands, Vivek Sharma, and Jeffrey McDaniel
March 14, 2014: International Poets Reading featuring Klaus Martens
April 3, 2014: Africa Atlanta 2014 Reading featuring Cornelius Eady, Patricia Smith, and Kurtis Lamkin
September 25, 2014: The 13th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Richard Blanco and Jericho Brown
October 23, 2014: An Evening of Poetry featuring Ron Smith and Seth Michelson
November 13, 2014: The Adam Stephens Night Out for Poetry featuring: Denise Duhamel and Malachi Black
2013
February 7, 2013: Georgia Poets Reading featuring Thom Ward, Laura Newbern, and Dan Veach
April 4, 2013: The 10th Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring Kim Addonizio, Robert Wrigley, and Bruce McEver
September 26, 2013: The 12th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Terrance Hayes and Afaa Michael Weaver
November 7, 2013: The Adam Stephens Night Out for Poetry featuring Anne Marie Macari and Stephen Dunn
2012
February 9, 2012: The 9th Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring Bruce McEver, Chris Forhan, and Theresa Davis
March 8, 2012: David Wojahn and Alice Friman
April 5, 2012: David Bottoms and Kwame Dawes
September 27, 2012: The 11th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Naomi Shihab Nye and Michael Dickman
November 8, 2012: The Adam Stephens Night Out for Poetry featuring Bob Hicok and Jamaal May
2011
February 17, 2011: The 8th Annual The McEver Poetry Reading featuring Bruce McEver, Robert Wood, Rosemary Daniell, and Richard Jackson
March 15, 2011: Chad Davidson, Gerry Lafemina, and Joel Brouwer
April 7, 2011: Campbell McGrath and Marjory Wentworth
September 29, 2011: Stephen Dobyns and Cynthia Cruz
October 27, 2011: The Adam Stephens Night Out for Poetry featuring Kate Johnson, Stephen Dobyns, and Carl Dennis
November 10, 2011: A Celebration of Poetry@Tech: Reading at Poets House, NY with Thomas Lux, Vijay Seshadri, Ginger Murchison, and Travis Wayne Denton at Poets House, New York City
2010
February 5, 2010: The 7th Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring Ginger Murchison, Robert Perry Ivey, and Bruce McEver
April 2, 2010: Robert Fanning and Barbara Hamby
October 5, 2010: The 9th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading & Tribute to Dr. Henry C. Bourne featuring Billy Collins
December 2, 2010: Kathleen Ann Goonan, Jillian Weise, and Gregory Fraser
2009
February 5, 2009: The 6th Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring: Chelsea Rathburn, John Skoyles, Bruce McEver, and Karen Head
April 3, 2009: Kevin Young and Ed Pavlic
September 25, 2009: Mark Halliday and Allison Joseph
2008
February 7, 2008: The 5th Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring Bruce McEver, Opal Moore, and Laure-Anne Bosselaar
March 13, 2008: Emerging Poets Reading featuring Elena Karine Byrne, Mike Dockins, and Alessandra Lynch
April 17, 2008: Albert Goldbarth and Quincy Troupe
September 19, 2008: An Evening of Poetry featuring: Andrew Hudgins, Kim Addonizio, and Mark Jarman
November 14, 2008: The 7th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Ilya Kaminsky and David St. John
December 6, 2008: An Evening of Spoken Word featuring Gypsee Yo, Taylor Mali, Roger Bonair-Agard, Marty McConnell
2007
March 15, 2007: Emerging Poets Reading featuring: Patrick Rosal, Ross Gay, and Travis Denton
April 19, 2007: David Kirby and Van Jordan
September 21, 2007: Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, and Alan Shapiro
October 18, 2007: The 6th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Dean Young and Tony Hoagland
December 6, 2007: Georgia Poets Reading featuring Collin Kelley, Jon Goode, and Katie Chaple
2006
February 2, 2006: The 4th McEver Poetry Reading featuring Kurtis Lamkin, Bruce McEver, Chard deNiord
March 2, 2006: Celebrating 10 Years of The Atlanta Review featuring Charles Harper Webb, Alicia E. Stallings, and Steve Kowit
April 20, 2006: A Program of Poetry & Medicine (in collaboration with the Georgia Cancer Coalition) featuring Dr. John Stone, Dr. Michael Salcman, Dr. Marc Straus
August 26, 2006: Georgia Poets Reading featuring Martin Lammon, Cherryl Floyd-Miller, Tania Rochelle
October 25, 2006: The 5th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Frank Bidart, Gregory Orr, and Major Jackson
November 17, 2006: Spoken Word/Slam Artists Reading featuring: Marvin ‘Ayodele’ Heath, Bob Holman, M.L. Liebler, Patricia Smith, Kodac Harrison, and Reggie Gibson
2005
February 3, 2005: The 3rd McEver Poetry Reading featuring: Kurt Brown, Natasha Trethaway, Stuart Dischell, and Bruce McEver
March 3, 2005: Adam Zagajewski & C.K. Williams
April 7, 2005: The Spring Poetry Reading featuring Robert Bly and Heather McHugh
October 26, 2005: The 4th Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring: Thomas Lux, Michael Ryan, Doreen Gildroy
November 29, 2005: Georgia Poets Reading featuring Memya Lee Tucker, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Patrick Phillips
2004
February 5, 2004: The 2nd Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring: Patricia Smith, Bruce McEver, Thomas Lux
February 24, 2004: An Evening of Poetry featuring Jeffrey McDaniel, Vijay Seshadri, and Brooks Haxton
April 1, 2004: Billy Collins
September 28, 2004: International Poetry Reading: British Poets featuring Dean Parkin, Naomi Jaffa, and Neil Rollinson
October 21, 2004: The 3rd Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring Mary Karr, Kurtis Lamkin, and Gerald Stern
November 18, 2004: Georgia Poets Reading featuring: Blake Leland, Sharan Strange, and Ralph Tejada Wilson
2003
February 6, 2003: The 1st Annual McEver Poetry Reading featuring Stephen Dobyns, Thomas Lux, and Bruce McEver
March 24, 2003: Stephen Dobyns Presents: Patricia Smith and the Bop Thunderous at the 14th St. Playhouse
October 9, 2003: The 2nd Annual Bourne Poetry Reading featuring: Ellen Bryant Voigt, Ed Hirsch, and Marilyn Nelson
November 17, 2003: Georgia Poets Reading featuring Eric Nelson, Anthony Kellman, Lawrence (‘Larry’) Rubin
2002
October 28, 2002: The 1st Annual Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne Jr. Poetry Reading with Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, and Stephen Dobyns
