The Hive Live! featuring poets Avia Tadmor and Keetje Kuipers
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026 7pm - 8pm
Location
Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Ave
Details
Longing for a poetic evening? Join the Hive Poetry Collective for The Hive Live! featuring poets Avia Tadmor and Keetje Kuipers in celebration of their new books on November 10th at 7 p.m. at Bookshop Santa Cruz (1520 Pacific Ave.). This free, public reading is part of The Hive’s ongoing bimonthly series celebrating diverse poetic voices and vibrant literary conversation. Registration is encouraged – reserve your seat by going to "bookshopsantacruz.com" or visit our website at "hivepoetry.org"
Avia Tadmor is the author of Song in Tammuz (Tupelo Press, 2026), winner of the International Berkshire Prize. Her poetry appears in The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The New Republic, Best New Poets, and New England Review, among other publications. Avia received fellowships and awards from Yaddo, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Poets & Writers, and was named a Gregory Djanikian Scholar by the Adroit Journal. Previously, she taught writing at Columbia University, where she co-directed the Medical Humanities First-Year Writing Courses as well as the Columbia Artist/Teachers Program, promoting no-cost arts education in schools and community organizations in NYC. Avia is a graduate of the United World College program, educating for constructive dialogue, peace, and a sustainable future. Currently, she is a Clinical Associate Professor at New York University. Born in Jerusalem, she lives in New York. Find more at: www.aviatadmor.com
Keetje Kuipers is the author of four books of poetry from BOA Editions, and the Editor-in-Chief of Poetry Northwest. Her collection Lonely Women Make Good Lovers is the winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, and was called “elegant, earthy, [and] pertinent,” by Marilyn Hacker. Her first book, Beautiful in the Mouth, won the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Her subsequent books, The Keys to the Jail and All Its Charms, include poems honored with publication in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Keetje’s poetry and prose have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, POETRY, American Poetry Review, and over a hundred other publications. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, a Bread Loaf Fellow, the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident, a former board member and vice president of the National Book Critics Circle, and is the recipient of a 2025 NEA fellowship. She lives in Montana with her wife and children. Find more at: www.keetjekuipers.com
ABOUT THE HIVE:
The Hive Poetry Collective strives to bring a diverse community together in appreciation of all kinds of poetry by all kinds of people. Along with its bi-monthly poetry readings, The Hive hosts weekly radio shows Sunday nights at 8 p.m. on KSQD FM 90.7. You can find more information at hivepoetry.org.
