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Terrance Hayes reading the end of the poem “How to Be Drawn to Trouble” at the relaunch of the International Poetry Forum in 2024.

The International Poetry Forum originally operated in Pittsburgh, PA, from 1966 to 2009, hosting readings by legends like Seamus Heaney, Grace Kelly, James Earl Jones, Gregory Peck, Gwendolyn Brooks, Chinua Achebe, Mary Karr, Mary Oliver, Kurt Vonnegut, and Queen Noor of Jordan. Terrance Hayes was one of the final poets to perform at the International Poetry Forum before the reading series went on hiatus in 2009, so it was a special pleasure to have him back in Pittsburgh for the relaunch this historic series last year.

This poem excerpt is from Hayes’s 2015 collection, HOW TO BE DRAWN.

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[International Poetry Forum, 2024. Video credit & thanks to City of Asylum Pittsburgh and Don Maue. All works c. authors; all rights reserved.]