Wild Poetry, Tea, and Brooklyn Plants!

Join us at the Brooklyn Apothecay on Tuesday November 10th at 7pm for an evening of Poetry, conversation, and local tea blending with Amanda Deutch, the award-winning author of new york ironweed. 

We'll talk about some of the medicinal weeds and native plants found all around us in Brooklyn. Make and take home your own comforting tea blend using herbs mention in some of the poems just in time for the fall!

All attendees can purchase a signed copy of the award-winning book new york ironweed poetry book along with a free broadside poster of one of the poems. Also included: Herbal seasonal tea blend and 15% off Anima Mundi products to shop in store. 

From wild geranium

saturday night in the apartment

dancing for no one

but you

eyeshadow on

lipstick on

music

amuse bouche

amuse me

muses come to me

in the silence of a new york night. 

Amanda Deutch is a poet born and raised in New York City. She is the winner of the 2025 Fence Ottoline Prize for her collection, new york ironweed. Deutch's poetry has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, The New York Times, Oversound, The Rumpus, Cimarron Review, and in many other journals and magazines. Deutch is the author of several chapbooks including Bodega Night Pigeon Riot (above/ground press, 2020), and Surf Avenue & 29th Street, Coney Island (Least Weasel Press, 2018). She lives in Brooklyn, where she is the founder of Parachute Literary Arts in Coney Island.

Space is limited please purchase tickets in advance of evening. Refunds accepted up to 24 hours prio to event unless canc elled due to unforeseen circumstances.