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To honor the 10th celebration of National Poetry Month, the Academy is sponsoring a ten-city reading series with literary partners around the country.
The list of poets, dates, venues, and literary partners will be updated regularly.
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April 1 |
Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Andrew Hudgins,
Heather McHugh, & Carol Muske-Dukes
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
www.awpwriter.org |
Vancouver, BC |
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April 11 |
Maxine Kumin
Seattle Arts & Lectures
www.lectures.org |
Seattle |
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April 14 |
Stephen Dobyns, Ron Slate,
& Patricia Fargnoli
Brookline Booksmith
www.brooklinebooksmith.com |
Boston |
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April 16 |
Reginald Gibbons & Regie Gibson
Poetry Center at Univ. of Arizona
www.poetrycenter.arizona.edu |
Tucson |
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April 19 |
Kevin Young
Poetry Foundation, Newberry Library
www.poetrymagazine.org |
Chicago |
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April 19 |
Glyn Maxwell
Hammer Museum, UCLA
www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs/1/ |
Los Angeles |
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April 19 |
Gary Snyder
The Loft
www.loft.org |
Minneapolis |
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April 25 |
David Bottoms, Alan Shapiro,
& Natasha Trethewey
Woodruff Arts Center
www.woodruffcenter.org |
Atlanta |
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April 26 |
August Kleinzahler
Literary Arts, Inc.
www.literary-arts.org |
Portland |
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April 26 |
Jorie Graham
Center for the Book, Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook |
Washington, DC | |
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April 5
Poetry & the Creative Mind
Gala Celebration at Lincoln Center
On April 5, 2005, The Academy of American Poets will present a star-studded celebration of American poetry. Featured readers include Meryl Streep, Dan Rather, Maya Lin, Gore Vidal, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sam Waterston, Minnie Driver, Diane von Furstenberg, among others. The event will take place at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Tickets will be available through the Lincoln Center box office.
April 8
Simon Armitage, James Richardson, and Charles Simic
Co-sponsored by Harcourt, Ausable Press, and the Academy of American Poets.
Chelsea Barnes & Noble, Sixth Avenue @ 22nd Street, 7 pm, FREE.
April 12
Jack Gilbert, Ann Lauterbach, and Glyn Maxwell
The Academy of American Poets presents a quartet of contemporary American poets. Tickets will be available at the door: $8 for general public and $5 for Academy members and students. Co-sponsored by Houghton Mifflin, Knopf, and Penguin.
Wollman Auditorium, New School, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. 7 p.m.
April 21
Cave Canem Prize Reading at Poets House
The Academy of American Poets presents Harryette Mullen and Amber Flora Thomas, judge and winner of the 2004 Cave Canem Prize, respectively. They will read with prize finalists Greg Pardlo and Dawn Lundy Martin. Thursday, April 21, at Poets House (72 Spring Street). Free and open to the public. 7 pm
April 27
Poets on Poets: Roethke, Rukeyser, and Wright
The Academy of American Poets presents a series of reflections and celebrations of three extraordinary American Poets by three contemporary poets: Edward Hirsch on Theodore Roethke, Sharon Olds on Muriel Rukeyser, and Galway Kinnell on James Wright. Tickets will be available at the door: $8 for general public and $5 for Academy members and students.
Wollman Hall, New School, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. 7 p.m. |
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