Community Programs
In 2026 we started hosting community-based gatherings and standalone seminars to make our Deep Reading methodology available to more people. Our Hudson Valley Deep Reading series, launched in Catskill in May and continuing in Athens in September, offered unhurried evenings built around a single poem, revealed only upon arrival.
Our Community Programming so far:
Deep Reading Night in Catskill, NY.
May 2026.
Our first public event launched the Hudson Valley Deep Reading series at Café Joust, co-presented by the Northern Spy Reading Series. Poet Danniel Schoonebeek led readers through Elizabeth Bishop’s “Crusoe in England.”
A weekend of Deep Reading in Brooklyn, NY.
June 2026.
Leonard Nalencz and Adam Moritz piloted our weekend-length protocol at Garnet, a future restaurant conceived by a Center alum. Seven participants joined them for a weekend with Louise Glück’s A Village Life.
A salon with the Poetry Society of New York, NYC.
June 2026.
Leonard Nalencz led close readings at the pre-launch celebration for Kyle Carrero Lopez’s PARTY LINE at the Urbane Arts Club.
Autumn Deep Reading Night in Athens, NY.
September 2026.
Leonard Nalencz led a reading and discussion of the John Ashbery poem “Introduction” at the Athens Cultural Center, co-presented by The Flow Chart Foundation.
The May Deep Reading Night was funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The Autumn Deep Reading Night was made possible in part with public funds from the Greene County Legislature through the Greene County Cultural Fund, administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.
