FORGET WHY POETRY SERIES
“Never be sad again”

The Forget Why Reading Series brings together poets who question, play with, and derange their poetic inheritance, at times defying categorization as "poetry." Forget Why was named in honor of our beloved friend, poet Doug Lang (1941-2022), and is run by Leslie Bumstead and Cathy Eisenhower.

Uncertainty is hell, certainty is hell. It’s what and when
And where. It’s who. Forget why. The wolf is at the door.

-Doug Lang, “Namaste Sonnet” from In the Works

2023
All events start at 7pm. Click for details.

January 14 - Kamal Error and Amy Eisner

February 9 - Good Actors: A One-Woman Play by Sommer Browning

February 11 - Lynne Dreyer and hannah baer

March 18 - Chris Nealon, Rod Smith, and Anna Gurton-Wachter

April 14 - Justin Marks and Ryan Walker

April 21 - Warren Longmire, Matthew Klane, and Alexandra Jacobs

June 3 - Phyllis Rosenzweig, Sarah Sohn, and Susan Schultz

June 29 - Joe Hall, Danika Stegeman LeMay, and substantive.material