Poetry Marathon: Come Hear! 2025

This yearly all-day poetry marathon at the Rainbow Book Fair showcases talent by the hour. More specifically, at noon, curator-poet Regie Cabico hosts Lonely Christopher, Steven Cordova, Bakar Wilson, Chauncey Dandridge, Geoffrey Bridgman and Davidson Garrett; at 1pm, curator-poet Drew Pisarra hosts Daniel Meltz, Pamela Booker, Jerome Ellison Murphy, Joey De Jesus , Jee Leong Koh, and Celine Lowenthal; at 2pm, curator-poet Casey Catherine Moore hosts Mariah “Beyond Your Definition” Barber, Aurora Hatchel, Micah the Poet, Amuche the Poet, Jason Schneiderman, and Ishanee Chanda; at 3pm, curator-poet Malcolm Tariq hosts Nancy Huang, Brionne Janae, Asia Letlow, Ken Meyers, and TA Penny; and at 4pm, curator-poet Nathaniel A. Siegel hosts Tim Stobierski, Anna Lemoitas-Salisbury, Bonnie Rose Marcus, Rosalind Aparicio Ramirez, tash nikol and Al Salwen.