PSNY's quarterly Salon Series aims to create a sanctuary where writers and literature lovers can meet, mingle, think, feel, indulge, discuss, listen, learn, and live life to its fullest! 
Each event includes a featured reading and Q&A; with an esteemed poet celebrating a new book, a handful of short poetry readings by PSNY members, and a complimentary open bar throughout. Doors open at 7pm. Readings begin after 8. Cocktail attire is encouraged but not required. 
This event's featured reader is Major Jackson, whose latest poetry collection, The Absurd Man, will be available for purchase on site at the event thanks to Word Bookstores. A variety of interactive poetic activites based on the book will also be available for guests to participate in. 
Major Jackson is the author of five volumes of poetry, including The Absurd Man, Roll Deep, and Leaving Saturn, which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. He has edited Best American Poetry 2019 and is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and a Whiting Writers’ Award, and his work has appeared in American Poetry Review, The New Yorker, and the Paris Review, among other publications. The poetry editor of the Harvard Review, Jackson lives in South Burlington, Vermont, where he is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Vermont.
A special thank you to our beer, wine, and liquor sponsors, who have made our open bar possible! Thank you, Lost Poet by Winc, Brooklyn Brewery, New York Distilling Company, Absinthia, Pomp & Whimsy, and Women's Cocktail Collective. 
Members of the Poetry Society of New York receive two complimentary tickets to each Salon. For more information about becoming a member of PSNY, visit poetrysocietyny.org/membership. 
Feel free to contact info@poetrysocietyny.org with any questions.