Join us for a Conversation and Q&A with Joshua Bennett, “one of the most impressive voices in poetry today” (Dissent).

Bennett is the author of a major new work, We (The People of The United States) (2026), a book-length poem about America, past, present and future. His book addresses an astonishing range of subjects, including The Beach Boys, Gwendolyn Brooks, the invention of the typewriter, Zora Neale Hurston, Sun Ra, life on Mars, Robert Frost, experimental physics and The Jackson 5.

Booklist called it, “An essential addition to the American poetic canon.”

Bennett’s previous books of poetry, criticism and narrative nonfiction include: Being Property Once Myself (2020), Owed (2020), The Study of Human Life (2022) and Spoken Word: A Cultural History (2023). He serves as professor of literature and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT.

This event is Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the University at Albany's Great Dane Dialogue series in honor of America's 250th Celebration