About this Event
Tompkins Corners will welcome Diana Goetsch to the Poets’ Corner on Sunday, April 13th, at 3:00 pm. The author of eight poetry collections, including The Job of Being Everybody (2004), Nameless Boy (2015), and In America (2017), her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Iowa Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, The American Scholar, Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize, The Washington Post, and on NPR.
Goetsch is also an essayist and journalist, known for her memoir This Body I Wore (2022) and numerous columns and features. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, Yaddo, and The New School, where she was the Grace Paley Teaching Fellow.
A respected writing teacher, Goetsch has taught at various colleges and conferences, and her online course, Actually Writing, has been completed by thousands of writers from five continents. She lives in New York City.
An open mic will follow the reading. Bring your work to share! Poet’s Corner attracts a warm, welcoming, and talented group of writers. We welcome one and all to this glorious celebration of poetry.
Tickets will be available at the door.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley, United States
USD 12.51
