# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry and Uncertainty
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: One frequent claim made on behalf of poetry is that in mediating between private and public, poems can enlarge our capacities for empathy, mutual respect, and shared commitment to the dignity of other people. But how, exactly, does poetry do this? While poetries of social critique and poems that confront violence and systemic oppression naturally come to mind, this talk will turn instead to poetry’s subtle capacities for cultivating uncertainty. From the simple, momentary suspension of judgment created by any line break to the aporias and paradoxes of figurative language, poems can move us toward lives of emotional complexity and openness toward others in unexpected ways.

Ted Mathys is the author of four collections of poetry including, most recently, Gold Cure (Coffee House Press, 2020). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, and his work has been recognized with the Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize and the Poetry Society of America’s Cecil Hemley Memorial Award. His writing has appeared in a range of publications, such as American Poetry Review, BOMB, The Yale Review, Conjunctions, and Harvard Review. Originally from rural Ohio, Ted holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is an associate professor of English at Saint Louis University. In the community, he serves as a board member for the Saint Louis Poetry Center and is co-founder of the 100 Boots Poetry Series at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

This Platform will feature music from The Ethical Band, the house band at the Ethical Society of St. Louis. It is composed of and led by members who are musicians of all kinds, ages, and skill levels. Whether you are a trained player, beginner, or just want to shake a tambourine, The Ethical Band is a great way to both dip your toes into performing and become more involved in our Humanist community.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/clayton/poetry-and-uncertainty/200029972538016
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Music, performances, Workshops, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Clayton
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ethical Society of St. Louis
- **lat**: 38.640267404974
- **long**: -90.354400301468
- **full address**: Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd,Ladue, Missouri, Clayton, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry and Uncertainty being held?
  - **A:** Poetry and Uncertainty takes place on Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am at Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd,Ladue, Missouri, Clayton, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry and Uncertainty?
  - **A:** Poetry and Uncertainty is organized by Ethical Society of St. Louis.

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