Created and hosted by poet and former Greenlight bookseller Angel Nafis, Greenlight’s Poetry Salon welcomes locally and nationally celebrated poets for an intense and joyful evening of wine, poetry, and performance.
Since its launch in 2012, the Salon series has hosted poets including Elizabeth Acevedo, Hanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, Aziza Barnes, Jericho Brown, Mahogany L. Browne, Anders Carlson-Wee, Kai Carlson-Wee, Eduardo Corral, Kevin Coval, Jay Deshpande, Natalie Diaz, Ted Dodson, R. Erica Doyle, Cornelius Eady, Natalie Eilbert, Safia Elhillo, Shira Erlichman, Adam Falkner, Tarfia Faizulla, Megan Falley, Camonghne Felix, Krista Franklin, Thomas Fucaloro, Jessica Greenbaum, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Tonya Ingram, Ishmael Islam, Stevie Edwards, Rodney Jones, Jeff Kass, Sarah Kay, Mike Lala, Rickey Laurentiis, Cynthia Lowen, Nate Marshall, Airea D. Matthews, Jamaal May, Nathan McClain, Rachel McKibbens, Anis Mojgani, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Jose Olivarez, Gregory Pardlo, Morgan Parker, Tommy Pico, Casey Rocheteau, Patrick Rosal, Safiya Sinclair, Danez Smith, Patricia Smith, Bianca Stone, Samantha Thornhill, Geoff Kagan Trenchard, Jeanann Verlee, Ocean Vuong, and Tiphanie Yanique.