National Poetry Month

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Friday April 1 – New York
– National Black Writers Conference, New York City
– New York City Poetry Festival, New York City

Saturday April 2 – New York
– Word Bookstores, New York City
– 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, New York City
– Shakespeare & Co., New York City
– Poets House, New York City

Sunday April 3 – New Jersey
– CHG-PMD, Newark
– Source of Knowledge Book Store, Newark
– JM BOOKS, Newark
– Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown
– Lauren Otis, Trenton
– Classics Books & Gifts, Trenton
– New Jersey State Library, Trenton

Monday, April 4 – Pennsylvania
– Book Corner, Philadelphia
– Bindlestiff Books, Philadelphia
– A Novel Idea on Passyunk, Philadelphia
– Brickbat Books, Philadelphia
– Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Philadelphia
– House of Our Own Books, Philadelphia
– Harriett’s Bookshop, Philadelphia
– The Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia
– Joseph Fox Bookshop, Philadelphia
– Mostly Books, Philadelphia
– Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia
– Big Blue Marble Bookstore, Philadelphia
– The Book Trader, Philadelphia
– Head House Books, Philadelphia
– Stephen Szybowski, Philadelphia
– The Last Word Bookshop, Philadelphia

Monday, April 4 – Deleware
– The Ninth Street Book Shop, Wilmington
– Around Again & Again Books, Wilmington
– Between Books 2.0, Wilmington

Tuesday, April 5 – Maryland
– The Book Escape, Baltimore
– Fort McHenry National Monument, Baltimore
– Maryland Historical Society Museum and Library, Baltimore
– Charm City Books, Baltimore
– Atomic Books, Baltimore
– Book Thing of Baltimore Inc, Baltimore
– Greedy Reads Remington, Baltimore
– Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse, Baltimore
– Normal’s Book & Records, Baltimore

Wednesday, April 6 – District of Columbia
– Kramers, Washington
– Second Story Books, Washington
– Busboy and Poets, Washington
– Second Story Books, Washington
– The Library of Congress, Washington
– Smithsonian Libraries, Washington
– Idle Time Books, Washington
– Cedar Hill: Frederick Douglass’ Home, Washington
– District of Columbia Public Library: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington
– Loyalty Bookstore, Washington
– American Poetry Museum, Washington
– Bridge Street Books, Washington
– Capitol Hill Books, Washington
– East City Bookshop, Washington
– The Lantern, Washington
– Carpe Librum, Washington
– Lost City Books, Washington
– Riverby Books, Washington
– Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington

Thursday, April 7 – Virginia
– Old Town Books, Alexandria
– Hooray for Books!, Alexandria
– McKay Used Books, Manassas
– Corner Shelf Bookstore, Culpeper

Friday, April 8 – Virginia
– WriterHouse, Charlottesville
– Heartwood Books, Charlottesville
– 2nd Act Books, Charlottesville
– Blue Whale Books, Charlottesville
– Book Room, Charlottesville
– New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts, Charlottesville
– Daedalus Bookshop, Charlottesville
– Furious Flower Poetry Center, Staunton / Harrisonburg
– Know Knew Books, Staunton
– The Book Dragon Shop, Staunton

Saturday, April 9 – West Virginia
– White Sulphur Springs Library, White Sulphur Springs
– Books-A-Million, Prince (Beckley)
– Books-A-Million, Charleston
– Homeward Bound Books, Charleston
– Taylor Books, Charleston

Sunday, April 10 – West Virginia
– The Inner Geek, Huntington
– Cicada Books & Coffee, Huntington

Sunday, April 10 – Kentucky
– Southern Kentucky Book Fest, Bowling Green

Sunday, April 10 – Ohio
– Smith & Hannon Bookstore, Cincinnati
– Joy and Matt’s Books, Cincinnati
– Bookshelf, Cincinnati
– Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati
– Downbound Books, Cincinnati
– Duttenhofer’s Books, Cincinnati
– Ohio Book Store, Cincinnati
– The Book Rack, Cincinnati

Sunday, April 10 – Indiana
– Kurt Vonnegut Museum + Library, Indianapolis

Monday, April 11 – Indiana
Books on Sale, Indianapolis
Indy Reads, Indianapolis
Von’s Book Shop, West Lafayette
Main Street Books, Lafayette
Second Flight Books, Lafayette
Miles Books, Highland / Dyer

Tuesday, April 12 – Illinois
– The Dial Bookshop
– after-words bookstore
– The Armadillo’s Pillow
– Barbara’s Bookstore
– Sandmeyer’s Bookstore
– Pilsen Community Books
– The Gallery Bookstore
– Bookie’s – New and Used Books
– Uncharted Books
– Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
– Ernest Hemingway Museum in Oak Park
– American Writers Museum
– Heirloom Books

Wednesday, April 13 – Illinois
– 826CHI
– City Lit Books
– Open Books: Pilsen
– Read/Write Library Chicago
– Volumes Bookcafe
– Writers WorkSpace
– Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc.
– Open Books
– Carpe Librum
– Myopic Books
– Powell’s Bookstores Chicago
– Selected Works
– Bookworks
– Unabridged Bookstore
– Volumes Bookstore
– Women & Children First
– The Book Cellar
– Shake Rattle & Read: The Book Box
– Ravenswood Used Books
– Quimby’s

Thursday, April 14 – Illinois
– Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville
– Books-A-Million, Aurora
– Wordsmith Bookshoppe, Galesburg

Thursday, April 14 – Iowa
– Fort Madison Public Library, Fort Madison

Thursday, April 14 – Missouri
– La Plata Public Library, La Plata

Friday, April 15 – Missouri
– BLK + BRWN., Kansas City
– Prospero’s Books, Kansas City
– The Writers Place, Kansas City
– Wise Blood Booksellers, Kansas City

Friday, April 15 – Kansas
– Rainy Day Books, Fairway
– Signs of Life, Lawrence
– The Raven Book Store, Lawrence
– Friends Of Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence
– Jayhawk Ink, Lawrence
– The Dusty Bookshelf, Lawrence
– Round Table Bookstore, Topeka
– Dean’s 1/2 Price Books, Topeka

Saturday, April 16 – Kansas
– Book Reviews, Newton
– Crow & Co., Hutchinson
– Bookends, Hutchinson
– non, Dodge City
– non, Garden City

Sunday, April 17 – Colorado
– Book Depot, Lamar
– Lamar Public Library, Lamar
– Bent’s Old Fort, La Junta
– Woodruff Memorial Library, La Junta
– Books & More Bookstore, Trinidad
– Mutiny Trinidad, Trinidad

Monday, April 18 – New Mexico
– Raton City Library, Raton
– Paper Trail…., Las Vegas
– Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Santa Fe
– Gunstock Hill Books,vSanta Fe
– Ark Books, Santa Fe
– Beastly Books, Santa Fe
– Santa Fe Public Library, Santa Fe
– op.cit. books, Santa Fe
– Big Star Books & Music, Santa Fe
– Books of Interest, Santa Fe

Tuesday, April 19 – New Mexico
– Bookworks, Albuquerque
– TITLE WAVE BOOKS REVISED, Albuquerque
– Menaul Book Exchange, Albuquerque
– Page 1 Books, Albuquerque
– UNM-Gallup Bookstore, Gallup

Tuesday, April 19 – Arizona
– None, Winslow
– Northern Arizona Book Festival, Flagstaff
– Bright Side Bookshop, Flagstaff
– None, Williams Jct.

Wednesday, April 20 – Arizona
– 5th Street Books, Kingman
– Donya’s Buy the Book, Needles/ Fort Mohave
– Paperback Book Exchange, Needles/ Bullhead City

Thursday, April 21 – California
– Jeff Stark Books, Barstow
– RAMS Bookstore, Victorville

Thursday, April 21 – California
– Coyote Bookstore, San Bernardino
– Cellar Door Bookstore, Riverside
– Downtowne Book Store, Riverside
– Renaissance Book Shop, Riverside
– The Huntington Library, San Marino
– Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena

Friday, April 22 – California
– Half Off Books Records Films, Fullerton
– Alias Books East, Los Angeles
– Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles
– Bookfinger, Los Angeles
– 826LA, Los Angeles
– Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Los Angeles
– The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles
– Libros Schmibros, Los Angeles
– Other Books LA, Los Angeles
– Small World Books, Los Angeles

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