Upcoming
12 November 2026: Kalamazoo, MI: via Zoom, 7:00pm
“Poets in Print” Reading Series, reading from a new letterpress edition of Pieluigi Cappello’s poetry printed by the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, along with Danielle Pieratti, who’ll be reading her translations of Maria Borio. More info at this link, where they will post the Zoom link closer to the event
Past
20 February 2019 : Bologna, Italy : Grand Hotel Majestic : 5:30pm
Un thè con la poesia: Tea and poetry at the Grand Hotel Majstic in Bologna, reading from I WAS MAGDALENE by Cinzia Demi, tr. by Graziella Sidoli and Todd Portnowitz
14 February 2019 : Bologna, Italy : Oratorio di S. Colombano : 5:00pm
Officina della traduzione - a round-table with Paolo Valesio and Graziella Sidoli, discussing translations of Pierluigi Cappello and Paolo Valesio
23 April 2018 : Astoria, Queens : La Sala : 6:00pm
Poetry reading, with Virginia Konchan, Klara du Plessis, Leah Umansky, and Rosebud Ben-Oni
24 November 2017 : Bologna, Italy : Museo della storia di Bologna/Palazzo Pepoli
Scrittori fra più mondi / Writers Between Worlds, a multi-lingual symposium, hosted by Centro Studio Sara Valesio/Genus Bononiae
20 October 2017 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books : 8:00pm
Us&Them reading, with Laura Marris, David Larsen and Kyle Dacuyan, featuring original work and new translations
30 March 2017 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : The Silent Barn : 8:00pm
Playing an acoustic set of original songs, with Steve Sobs, Suno Deko, Bois, and Pan
31 January 2017 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books : 7:30pm
Another Way to Say, translation reading series, with Ian Dreiblatt and Ava Lehrer
4 August 2016 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books : 8:00pm
Reading original poetry with Camillo DiMaria, Corey Miller, & Jamal Begolden.
23 July 2016 : Born HUge Book release party
25 May 2016 : Madison, Connecticut : Poetry by the Sea Conference : 10:00am
Poetry Translation Panel, w Laura Marris & Cara del Valle Schorske @ the Poetry by the Sea Conference
11 February 2016 : Manhattan : CUNY Graduate Center : 6:30pm
A bilingual poetry reading, in English and Italian, with Paolo Valesio, Amerigo Fabbri, Peter Carravetta, Angelo Scipioni, Mario Moroni, & Todd Portnowitz
4 February 2016 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books : 8:00pm
A poetry reading with Camillo DiMaria, Hannah Buonaguro & Edward Arrocha.
22 January 2016 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books : 8:00pm
Join us for the third Us&Them reading, hosted by Sam Bett and me, featuring Matvei Yankelevich, André Naffis-Sahely, Kira Joseffson, and Linda Baker
17 November 2015 : Rome, Italy : American academy in Rome, lecture room : 6:30pm
A poetry reading featuring: Michael Palmer, Shamshad Abdullaev (English texts read by Will Boast), & Todd Portnowitz
10 November 2015 : Bologna, Italy : Libreria Coop ex Zanichelli, Piazza Galvani, 1/H - 40124 : ore 18:00
A presentation of the work in progress, Go Tell It to the Emperor: The Selected Poems of Pierluigi Cappello, with Graziella Sidoli and Marco Bini
2 October 2015 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books (Dekalb L)
Join us for the second Us&Them reading, hosted by Sam Bett and me, and featuring readers Idra Novey, Sara Nović, Matt Turner, and Alex Woodend.
17 July 2015 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books (Dekalb L)
Us & Them - Six translators read from a selection of original work and work in translation, featuring Todd Portnowitz, Laura Marris, Sam Bett, Eloisa Amezcua, Christian Gullette and Allison Grimaldi-Donahue, with works by authors from Italy, France, Chile, Japan, and Sweden.
27 June 2015 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books (Dekalb L)
A poetry reading with Brandon Courtney, Christina Mengert, & Laura Marris. Begins at 8:30pm.
14 November 2014 : Bologna, Italy : Oratorio di S. Colombano : 17:45
Italian translation reading: Traduttori a quattro mani, Todd Portnowitz e Simone Burratti leggeranno e discuteranno le loro traduzioni dei poeti americani Amy Clampitt, Donald Justice e Debora Greger, confrontandole poi con quelle "in solitaria" da Wallace Stevens, Pierluigi Cappello, Emilio Rentocchini e altri.
26 October 2014 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Livestream Public (Morgan L)
"Renderings: Encounters & Translations" - Please join us on Sunday 26th October at Livestream Public, 195 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 4:30pm for a series of readings and presentations of translations rendered, translations encountered, translations variably treasured. – Presented by Centotto, Organized by Paul D'Agostino. Readers: Dara Mandle, Matthew Rossi, Alice Lynn McMichael, Andrea Monti, Todd Portnowitz
26 September 2014 : Bushwick, Brooklyn : Molasses Books (Dekalb L)
A poetry reading with Jackie Clark, Todd Portnowitz, Anna McDonald, Franke Varca & Paige Taggart