Dodge Poetry Festival News
Virtual Festival Announcements
We're excited to share with you
some more information about the first-ever upcoming virtual Geraldine R. Dodge
Poetry Festival!
The Festival will run from Thursday, October 22 - Sunday, November 1 and
will feature:
- poetry
readings and performances
- poet
panel talks and conversations
- Q&A
between poets and attendees
- NEW!
online discussion groups for attendees
Livestream
access to the Festival is free; we're asking those who want to
access the videos anytime on-demand, or who wish to support the Festival and
the work of our Poetry in the Schools Program, to pay what you can.
You can get your pass to the
Festival starting September 25.
Look out for an email from us that day or visit our website.
The line-up of 75+ poets includes:
George
Abraham • Grisel Y. Acosta • Zeina Hashem Beck • Reginald Dwayne
Betts • Richard Blanco • Robert Carnevale • Kai Coggin •
Kyle Dargan • Teri Ellen Cross Davis • Oliver de la
Paz • Natalie Diaz • Cornelius Eady • Martín Espada •
Camonghne Felix • Nikky Finney • Carolyn Forché •
Vievee Francis • Yashika Graham • Luray Gross • Edward
Hirsch • Jessica Jacobs • Tyehimba Jess •
Yalie Kamara • Collin Kelley • Keetje Kuipers • Edgar
Kunz • Ada Limón • Aurielle Marie • John Murillo • Michelle
Myers • Ladan Osman • Paisley Rekdal • Seema Reza • Ruth
Irupé Sanabria • Lauren Marie Schmidt • Charles Simic •
Savannah Sipple • Emily Skaja • Monica Sok • Rich
Villar • Joe Weil • Jillian Weise • Paul Victor-Winters
...as well as the Academy of American Poets Chancellors
and poets from CantoMundo, Cave Canem, Kundiman, Lambda Literary, Letras Latinas, Mizna, the Ruth Lilly Fellows, Wind of the Spirit and Zoeglossia.
You can view the lineup of 2020 Festival Poets here.
More names to come!
For teachers and high school students:
High school students and teachers from accredited institutions
can get a special Education Pass, which will grant automatic on-demand access
to all Festival videos, as well as admission to special sessions specifically
for students, featuring poetry readings and conversation/Q&A with poets, 9
a.m. - 12 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday, October 26-30.
We will offer programming designed for teachers in the afternoons (ET),
Monday - Friday, October 26-30.
If you are a teacher who already registered for High School Student Day or
Teacher Day, we'll be sending you an email with more information soon.
Get
your pass on September 25, and we'll see you there!
Dodge Poetry Staff
festival@grdodge.org
