Events
Upcoming Events
Sundays, March 10, 17, 24 and April 7, 2024, 2:00- 5:00pm EST online and Monday, April 8 at 10am in-person at the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing, New York City, for those who wish to attend. NO CLASS MARCH 31.
92NY POETRY WITH MOLLY PEACOCK: AMERICAN WOMEN POETS AT THE AMERICAN WING
This 92NY online seminar-workshop with an in-person tour will take as its inspiration the 100th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing.
The in-person tour will be led by Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A Fleischman Curator In Charge, The American Wing. We will read the couplets of Phillis Wheatley, the stanzas of Emily Dickinson, and the sonnets of both Edna St. Vincent Millay and Gwendolyn Brooks. Then, we’ll look at the visual art of their contemporaries in the American Wing: Edmonia Lewis, Harriet Hosmer, Mary Cassatt, and Mary Sully. We’ll use the correspondences among them to inspire — loosely and personally — the poetry and poetic imagery we can make for ourselves today. This class is for everyone interested in poetry and art, from beginner to accomplished. We also welcome visual artists new to poetry and poets who make visual art. Each class reserves time for participants to write or draw. Our motto? In the attempt is the success.
Saturday, April 6, 2-4pm EST. Voices of Poetry. In Person. Molly reads at Poets House, with Antoinette Brim-Bell, Chard DeNiord & Cornelius Eady, hosted by Neil Silberblatt.
Past Events
Thursday, January 18, 2024, 7:00- 8:00pm EST
FLOWER DIARY: A QUESTION-PROVOKING PAINTING BY GEORGE AGNEW REID RETURNS HOME w/Molly Peacock. Virtual.
A virtual webinar about Wingham-born painter George Agnew Reid with poet and biographer Molly Peacock. Molly Peacock is the author of the award-winning Flower Diary: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door, which focuses on the lives of three artists, one of whom is George Agnew Reid. Reid’s vigorous mural of a settler family with wagon and oxen fording a river has recently been donated to the Huron County Museum, returning to it the scene of its setting. In this Zoom talk Molly Peacock will address the contradictions of Reid’s life and work apparent in this painting and take the questions of the audience.
Wednesday, August 9, 2003, 1:00-3:00pm EDT
Portraits of Friendships: Poetry Workshop with Molly Peacock at Muskoka Chautauqua, Windemere, Ontario. In person.
This workshop is for anyone who’d like to make a portrait of a friendship, whether you’re an experienced poet, or someone who’s never written a poem ever. All are welcome with Molly’s motto: In the Attempt is the Success. Please bring something to write with and something to write on, from a device to an old-fashioned notebook and pencil.
Poetry in a Northern Ontario setting. Muskoka Chautauqua is worth a look!
August 15, 2023 New Books Network podcast with Megan Wildhood goes live.
Join Molly as she speaks about A Friend Sails in on a Poem with Megan Wildhood.
August 18, 2023, Sound Lens podcast with Louise Fagan and Gillian Wise.
Join Molly as she’s interviewed about creativity by the amazing mother-daughter team, Fagan & Wise. Listen to the interview here.
Sundays, March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 2023, 2:00- 5:00pm EST
Poetry with Molly Peacock at 92NY
This online seminar-workshop will take as its inspiration the Morgan Library exhibit, She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400–2000 B.C. as well as the Temple Hymns of Enheduanna. Inspired by the prayer-poems, stories and postures of figurines created over five thousand years ago, this class will involve writing poems, and, for those poets who are also visually inclined, creating images that spring from reactions to this ancient work. For more information, please visit the course page at 92NY.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:00pm EST
The Paper Garden with the Newport Museum Reads Book Club
Join Molly Peacock and the Newport Museum’s book group for art enthusiasts as they discuss The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72. Registration information is available here.
Sunday, November 13, 2022, 2-4pm EST,
A Friend Sails in on a Poem at the Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto
Palimpsest Press celebrates A Friend Sails in on a Poem at the Women’s Art Association, 23 Prince St., Toronto. Stay tuned for more information!
Tuesday, November 8, at 7:00pm EDT
Molly Peacock & Phillis Levin In Conversation, WordsFest London
Join Molly Peacock and Phillis Levin as they discuss A Friend Sails in on a Poem, online through WordsFest in London. Information is available here.
Thursday, November 3, at 6:00pm EDT
Molly Peacock and Phillis Levin at the Corner Bookstore, New York City
Join Molly Peacock and Phillis Levin for a discussion of their unparalleled friendship in poetry at NYC’s mecca for book-hungry readers, the Corner Bookstore. Information available here.
Thursday, October 27, 2pm EDT (Online)
Flower Diary at Art Your Service, a Virtual Community for People 55 or Better
Join Jen Tindall and Molly Peacock for a discussion on creative aging and FLOWER DIARY: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door. Registration information is available here.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 7pm EDT
“My So-Called Selfish Life” at Innis Hall, Toronto
Toronto friends, you are cordially invited to a screening of “My So-Called Selfish Life,”
followed by a Panel featuring filmmaker Therese Shechter and guests, including Molly Peacock. Information on obtaining tickets is available here.
Thursday, October 20, at 3:30pm EDT
Two Poets at the Table: Molly Peacock and Phillis Levin, Society Library, New York City
The Writing Life Daytime Talk Series resumes with Molly Peacock and Phillis Levin presenting Two Poets at the Table: A Dialogue Between Friends Sharing Poems & Food. The event is free but requires advance registration. Information is available here!
Friday, October 14, 2022, 7pm EDT (Online)
The Penguin Book of the Sonnet at the White Whale Bookstore
The White Whale Bookstore invites you to a virtual celebration for the 20th Anniversary of the Penguin Book of the Sonnet. Editor Phillis Levin is joined by guests Bruce Bond, Marilyn Nelson, Molly Peacock & Jason Schneiderman. Registration info is here.
Saturday, August 20, at 5:00 pm, EDT
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion
Lit Balm hosts a special online event with leading poets and writers Marge Piercy, Carol Muske-Dukes, Molly Peacock, Larissa Shmailo, and Annie Finch.. If you missed this event, a recording is available here!
Sunday, July 17 at 2:00 pm, EDT
Poetry and Music with Molly Peacock, Cornelius Eady, and the Cornelius Eady Trio, presented with Voices of Poetry at the Sandisfield Arts Center, MA.
On Sunday, July 17 at 2 PM, we join with Voices of Poetry for an extraordinary afternoon of poetry, music, and conversation. The in-person afternoon program features Cornelius Eady, Molly Peacock, Hilde Weisert and Neil Silberblatt. Information can be found on the Sandisfield Arts Center website.
Wednesday, July 6 at 1:00 pm, EDT
Radical Poetry Reading with David Mills Featuring Rose Auslander, Molly Peacock, and Rosebud Ben-Oni
David Mills curates the The Brooklyn Rail’s 93rd Radical Poetry Reading, online via Zoom. Video available here.
Saturday, June 4, at 2:00pm EDT
Bluebird Encounter at the Art Gallery of Peterborough, performed by Madeleine Brown and directed by Kathy Chin: Bluebird Encounter is a ten-minute monologue, blending poetry and prose, adapted by Madeleine Brown from the writings of poet and biographer Molly Peacock including her critically-acclaimed The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72 and Flower Diary: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries, & Opens a Door. Inspired by and staged in Michèle Karch-Ackerman’s exhibition Ghost Seamstress, Bluebird Encounter originally premiered in 2018 in Toronto’s Campbell House Museum as part of Bluebird Dress Factory. The performance is followed by a conversation with Molly Peacock, Michèle Karch-Ackerman, Karthy Chin and Madeleine Brown (moderator). Attendees will then have the opportunity to visit Ghost Seamstress, and purchase and have signed a copy of Flower Diary. Info here: https://agp.on.ca/events/bluebird-encounter/
Sunday, June 5 at 3:00 pm
Poetry Reading with Carmine Street Metrics
Join Carmine Street Metrics for a reading with Peter Daniels, Molly Peacock, and Ellen Rittberg. Register through Eventbrite or by emailing carminestreetmetrics@gmail.com.
Tuesday, June 14 at 6:00 pm
Live Poetry Reading at the Bryant Park Reading Room
Molly’s putting on her lipstick for an in-person poetry reading with Rosebud Ben-Oni, David Mills and James Hoch, and hosted by Jason Schneiderman! For more information, visit https://bryantpark.org/events/2022/06/14/poetry
Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30pm EDT
23rd Archibald Lampman Poetry Reading with Molly Peacock: Please join the Friends of the Library for their annual poetry reading with Molly Peacock. The reading is open to the Trinity College community and anyone who appreciates or wants to learn more about poetry. Information about this virtual event is available here.
Friday, March 25, 3:00pm EDT
Celebrating Michael Groden: A Public Tribute at The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Co-sponsored by the Dublin James Joyce Summer School; Edward Everett Root Press; The Groden, Helper-Morris, Reisman, and Schwartz-James Families; International James Joyce Foundation; James Joyce Literary Supplement; James Joyce Quarterly; James Joyce Society; Unterberg Poetry Center, 92nd Street Y; Western Libraries; Western University; and the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. For information on the event and to register, please visit the event page.
Sundays, March 6, 13, April 3, 10, at 2:00pm EST/EDT
92nd St Y Poetry Seminar: Poetry and Miniatures with Molly Peacock: From a radish to a sequin to a zipper on a backpack, we will examine and write poems devoted to small subjects that suddenly grow in significance. Students will also explore a variety of short forms from the haiku to the cinquain.
Register online through the 92nd Street Y. UPDATE: All spots are booked. Stay tuned for a one-day intensive class and recordings!
Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00pm EST
PRESENTING FLOWER DIARY with Eldredge Public Library, Chatham Mass. with the Chilmark Public Library and Yarmouth Town Libraries: Join us for a talk on FLOWER DIARY.
Thursday, February 3 at 6:00pm EST
THE PAPER GARDEN VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB: Burchfield Penney, Buffalo
Join me and the voracious readers of the Burchfield Penney Book Club to discuss THE PAPER GARDEN: AN ARTIST BEGINS HER LIFE’S WORK AT 72.
Register through the Burchfield Penney website. More details shortly!
Wednesday, January 19 at 11:00am PST
Poet and baker Mika Maloney of A Small Batch will read "Gusto" on her episode of Small Batch Poetry, airing at TPG Radio.
Thursday, November 18, 7:00 EST
Wordsfest: The Art of Resilience: Featuring: Dr. Jillian Horton, Dr. Ronald Epstein, and Molly Peacock and hosted by Dr. Shannon Arntfield. Molly Peacock discusses The Analyst, which describes the state of ambiguous loss (where a loved and respected person is still alive, but no longer the same) and celebrates the restorative process of painting.
Thursday, November 4 at 6:30pm Pacific,7:30pm Mountain; 9:30pm Eastern
BOOKS IN COMMON NW: Paulina Springs Books, OR; Madison Books, WA; & Country Bookshelf, MT
THE MAKING OF FLOWER DIARY: Donna Bailey Nurse interviews Molly. Her question: How do you get the confidence to write an interpretive biography? Video recording available online.
Monday, October 25, 2021, 7:00-8:00pm EDT. Online
Westport Public Library, Westport, Connecticut: Hear how Mary Hiester Reid fought to be a professional artist during the 19th century when Molly Peacock discusses Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door with local artist Dale Najarian. Video recording available online.
Friday, October 15, 2021, 2:30pm EDT. Online.
92nd Street Y Online: Flower Diary, a Biography & Friday Tea Illustrated Talk
Molly Peacock reads from Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door and shows the luscious paintings of an American-Canadian artist you’ve never heard of – till now.
Friday, October 8, 2021, 5-8pm EDT. In Person!
Toronto Launch: The Women’s Art Association of Canada and ECW Press cordially invite you to the launch of Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door. In collaboration with the opening of the exhibition Her Century at Last: 21st century Artists Celebrate Mary Hiester Reid and the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death.
Monday, October 4, 2021, noon EDT. Online.
Art at Noon—The Determined Life of Mary Hiester Reid: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in this special Art at Noon, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the death of Mary Hiester Reid and author Molly Peacock's brand new publication on the esteemed artist. Video recording available online.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 4pm EDT. Online.
Art in the Spotlight: The Art Gallery of Ontario presents Molly Peacock in conversation with Kathleen Foster (Philadelphia Museum of Art) and Georgiana Uhlyarik (Art Gallery of Ontario) for an online launch of Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door. Video available online.
The Poetics of Space: Molly's New Virtual Seminar Series at the 92 Y, New York City.
Sundays, February 28
March, 7, 14, 21
2-5pm
April 7-10, 2021