Love Poems: Sandra Cisneros in conversation with John Freeman

Join us for a virtual event with Sandra Cisneros and John Freeman in celebration of the latest issue of Freeman's: Love.

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As a poet, novelist, and performer, Sandra Cisneros has been a lightning field for love. Whether it's the heat of an affair or the dull ache of a lover's absence, the warmth of a parent's embrace or the need for safety one feels with siblings, Cisneros' work conjures the necessities of love. Even for those to whom words are almost enough. "This weight/on the other side of the bed/is only books, not you," she memorably wrote in "Bay Poem from Berkeley," a piece which managed to miss a person, a place, and a time all at once. Warm and sensual, fierce and often hilarious, Cisneros' poems are some of the finest contemporary writings on love.

The latest issue of Freeman's, themed to love, features a brand new one by her, side-by-side other new work by Louise Erdrich, Olga Tokarczuk, Maaze Mengiste and Haruki Murakami. In this conversational event, Cisneros will talk to editor John Freeman about her favorite love poems, reciting some of them, as well as her own work. They will talk and discuss love in our times. How do we speak about passion when language is being turned to weapons? How do you write a love poem in the dark? In a time that often feels without tenderness, this event promises to be a brief break for the heart.