NEW YORK — One of the leading literary community and educational
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“The diminishment of emergency funds and a difficult fundraising environment have necessitated this hiatus and a staff layoff" according to a statement on the Poets House
Many writers expressed shock at the news, including Jessica Jacobs, who tweeted Monday: “Poets House was essential in me coming back to myself as a writer & has introduced me to so many poets I admire, on & off the page. I’ll be hoping for the announcement of your reopening soon.”
Poets House was cofounded in the mid-1980s by poet Stanley Kunitz and arts administrator Elizabeth Kray.
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