For National Poetry Month the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library is presenting Inspiring Readings and Commentary on Climate Crisis from Eco-Poetry.org, with readings of poems by Rumi, Pablo Neruda, Ernesto Cardenal, Allen Ginsberg, Ishmael Reed, Marge Piercy, and Wendell Berry — presented by award winning poet and Brooklyn Heights resident Daniela Gioseffi, and premier Latina poet of New York City, Nancy Mercado. Daniela Gioseffi has won the American Book Award, PEN Fiction Award and writes ecological poetry. She’s authored sixteen books and also edits www.PoetsUSA.com. Award winning poet Nancy Mercado recently appeared on the PBS News Hour. 

Light refreshments will be served, and following the reading the authors will be available to autograph their books.