Mark your calendars for Claudia Rankine on November 11th! She is flying all the way from New York to come and present her poetry (along with some fabulous multimedia presentations). The event is, as always, at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles), at 7 pm. We hope to see you there!

The October event brought us some competition on the national level. The reading conflicted with the Vice-Presidential debate, but we still managed to draw a spirited audience to fill every seat. Poetry v. Politics: you decide. I think we won.

It was a bit quieter than usual, but Peter Cooley gave a modest and marvelous reading. [...]

Well, folks, we’ve proved this month that we are unstoppable in the face of not one, but two hurricanes. The belated event on September 16th brought in a remarkable crowd, thanks to Brad Richard, high school teacher, poet, and 1718’s September reader. We thank Brad for being patient and flexible with us (and Mother Nature). [...]

This means more awesome stuff for the 1718 website and more frequent updates, not to mention that our new server is a “green webhost.” (check it out here.)
I would like to apologize for the recent absence of updates, which was mainly due to the confusion surrounding the site’s move. Both Brad Richard’s reading last [...]