Brooklyn Poets Community Walking Tour & Writing Group

Join us on Saturday, November 16 at 1:30pm for our first-ever community walking tour to discover the literary history of our Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. Attendees will meet at Brooklyn Poets and embark on a walking tour, making 4 brief stops throughout the neighborhood to discuss their literary and historical significance, before returning to Brooklyn Poets for a special writing group inspired by what we’ve seen and learned. Come and explore the haunts of writers and poets such as W.H. Auden, Richard Wright, Anaïs Nin, and Carson McCullers. See where Arthur Miller finished Death of a Salesman before W.E.B. DuBois moved in, and take inspiration from the same river that inspired Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Walking tour and writing group will be led and facilitated by Brooklyn Poets intern Sophie Steinberg. Registration is by donation, and we have a limited number of spaces available!

Sophie Steinberg

Sophie Steinberg is a Brooklyn-born writer and poet who recently returned to New York after spending time in the great cities of Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Her writing has been published in The Nation, Business Insider, IMPULSE Magazine, and on the music blog “Passion of the Weiss.” Recently, her poetry has focused on themes of loss, power dynamics, and being present. She finds inspiration in the ocean, cemeteries, and her 13-year-old self.

COVID-19 Policy

Effective 2024, all event attendees are required to wear masks due to the current prevalence of cases in NYC. Masks will be available at the door.

The current metrics available, including NYC wastewater data and the CDC’s Respiratory Virus Activity Levels, both indicate high levels of COVID and other illnesses. While your personal risk tolerance may vary, the unmitigated spread of COVID and other respiratory illnesses disproportionately affects the most vulnerable in our community—including those who are immunocompromised or don’t have the privilege of paid sick days to heal and recover. We hope you’ll join us in taking the actions we can to make our space welcoming to all and to keep each other safe. Please stay home if you are experiencing symptoms, have a positive COVID test or someone close to you has recently tested positive.

We strongly encourage daytime visitors and workshop attendees to wear masks. Workshop instructors may choose to enforce a more stringent policy at their own discretion. Additionally, workshop participants may be required to wear masks as an accessibility accommodation for other participants.

While we do our best, Brooklyn Poets cannot guarantee zero risk. A risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in all public settings. By entering the building, students, teachers and other attendees accept the risk of exposure and knowingly waive and release Brooklyn Poets from any liability related to COVID-19.

Brooklyn Poets Code of Conduct

Brooklyn Poets will not tolerate any instances of discrimination, harassment or abuse in conjunction with any of our programs. Respect and consideration for others, both within and outside our programs, are core values to be upheld by all participants. Discrimination against and/or harassment of community members on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, religion, age, marital status, veteran status or any other factor is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Program participants are expected to adhere to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Should a board or staff member, independent contractor, volunteer or program participant be found to violate any aspect of the organization’s code of conduct, Brooklyn Poets reserves the right to dismiss them from the program. Consequences may include, but not be limited to, dismissal from the current activity, suspension, ineligibility for all future activities, and/or loss of payment or fees. If you have any issues to report, please do not hesitate to contact anyone on our Conduct Committee and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Interim Director r kay: kay@brooklynpoets.org
Board Director Emily Blair: emiblair@gmail.com
Board Director Miller Oberman: miller.oberman@gmail.com