Happy National Poetry Month! Today marks the first day so we’re sharing video featuring Bei Dao reading from his recent book, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, last night at Unterberg Poetry Center. The poems read in the clip above are “Black Map,” “Road Song,” “Passing Winter” and “The Rose of Time.”

Stay tuned for more from 92Y Poetry during National Poetry Month. Each Monday, we’ll share audio or video from past readings. Coming this Monday will be a real literary gem, featuring Leonard Cohen reading here in 1966.

Alice Notley is visiting 92Y Poetry on April 7 to read from her new collection, Culture of One. Tickets are just $10 for those 35 and under.

Previously: 92Y Video: Paul Muldoon Reads From Maggot

In an ongoing effort to share with our readers some of the great literary moments which the Poetry Center has presented across the decades, this blog has begun to feature regular postings of archival recordings. For access to these recordings, please click here. To look at the rest of the season’s live readings, please click here.

Unterberg Poetry Center webcasts and access to our archive are made possible in part by the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

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