Join the 2025 National Book Award honorees in Poetry read from and discuss their books and answer your questions about writing, reading, and recognition. Featuring 2025 honorees Gbenga Adesina (Death Does Not End at the Sea), Gabrielle Calvocoressi (The New Economy), Cathy Linh Che (Becoming Ghost), Tiana Clark (Scorched Earth), Rickey Laurentiis (Death of the First Idea), Esther Lin (Cold Thief Place), Natalie Shapero (Stay Dead), Richard Siken (I Do Know Some Things), and Patricia Smith (The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems).

Hosted by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.