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The Dodge Poetry Festival is happening
next week: Thursday, October 20 - Sunday, October 23!
Here's everything you need to
know.
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Sandra Cisneros reading at the 2018
Dodge Poetry Festival. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
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"The most energetic,
festive, and high-spirited celebration of poetry I have ever
seen." —Billy Collins,
former U.S. Poet Laureate
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Henri Cole (left) and Marilyn Chin
(right) read at the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival. Photos by T. Charles
Erickson.
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If you plan to join us in Newark, you
can purchase your ticket in advance or at the NJPAC Box Office when you
arrive.
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Find information about hotels, parking, transportation and directions at
our website.
We will have two free, wheelchair-accessible RUTGERS shuttles providing
service around the Festival footprint. CART captioning and ASL
interpretation will be provided for all events in Prudential Hall at
NJPAC, and for all livestream events. Visit our Accessibility page to learn
more.
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Please review our COVID-19 policy
and note that masks
will be required indoors.
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Can't
join us in person? Catch the livestream.
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Sign up for a free Dodge Poetry
membership with your name and email address, or log in if you already have an
account.
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Choose the ticket that's right for you
from the page that appears after you sign up or log in. Scroll down the
page to see the discounts we offer for teachers and seniors, and free
options for students, Newark residents, and those facing financial
hardship.
If you are
unsure whether you already have an account, or have forgotten your
password, please see the FAQ section at the bottom of the Members Homepage for instructions.
Once you have your Dodge Poetry membership, visit our Online Community to connect and
converse with other poetry lovers.
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Downloading the free Dodge Poetry app
is as simple as ever. Just go to your phone's App Store and search
"Dodge Poetry," or have the app sent directly to your phone.
The app offers
a complete day-by-day schedule of events and allows you to build your
own custom schedule. You can easily bookmark poets and see each event
that any given performer is in. You can also use handy integrated
Google maps to navigate your way around the Festival.
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2022 Festival Poets Camille T. Dungy
(bottom left) and Gabrielle Calvocoressi (bottom right) and special
guest Pádraig Ó Tuama (top).
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There are way too many fantastic events happening next week
for us to pick favorites. Here are just a few you won't want to miss:
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OPENING
CELEBRATION (THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 6:30 P.M.)
One
of Dodge’s most popular events, this group reading introduces the
audience to a wide range of poets who’ll be participating in the
Festival. 20+ Festival Poets will read for four
minutes.
Dodge
Poetry Presents: CantoMundo, Cave Canem, In-Na-Po, Kundiman, Lambda
Literary, Mizna, and Zoeglossia
Dodge
Poetry presents readings curated by each of these essential national
poetry organizations throughout the Festival.
ENDANGERED:
A MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC, POETRY AND FILM (SATURDAY, OCT. 22,
12:30 P.M.)
Inspired
by the artwork of Floyd D. Tunson, “Endangered,” a song cycle by Tomás
Doncker and Yusef Komunyakaa, is performed with filmmaker William
Murray’s projections. Festival Poets will share poems that address the
many ways we, our bodies, our identities, our society and our
ecosystems are endangered, and how art itself is a necessary act for
survival.
A
HUNDRED WAYS TO KNEEL AND KISS THE GROUND (SATURDAY, OCT. 22, 9:30
A.M.)
An
invitation to share gratitude and praise, however we might conceive of
them, through poetry and song. Festival Poets are joined by composer,
musician and vocalist Amir ElSaffar and singer Hamil Al-Saadi, who
perform selections from the Iraqi Maqam, which represents some of the
most important Sufi and secular poems from the Arab world.
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2022 Festival musician Danny Caron
(left) and New Jersey Symphony director Xian Zhang (right).
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POETRY
AND MUSIC: XIAN ZHANG CONDUCTS BRAHMS (THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1:30
P.M. & SATURDAY, OCT. 22, 3:00 P.M. - In-person only)
Xian
Zhang conducts the New Jersey Symphony through a program featuring
pianist Michelle Cann and including Dorothy Chang’s Northern Star,
Strauss’ Burleske for Piano and Orchestra and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4.
Brief poetry readings will be presented before and between the musical
pieces. Thursday’s performance features Festival Poets Stephen
Kuusisto, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Patrick Rosal and Patricia Smith.
Sunday’s performance features Sharon Olds, Willie Perdomo, Patrick
Rosal and Patricia Smith.
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS
POETS' FORUM EVENTS including Eco-Poetry and
Environmental Justice, Poetry and Craft: Metaphor, and Poetry and
Storytelling
POETRY
UNBOUND:
Pádraig
Ó Tuama, host of the Poetry Unbound
podcast from On Being Studios, engages in intimate
and far-reaching conversations with individual Festival Poets: Henri
Cole (Thursday, Oct. 20, 1:30 p.m.), Patricia Smith (Friday, Oct. 21,
2:00 p.m.), and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Saturday, Oct. 22, 12:30
p.m.).
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We
can't wait to see you at the Festival!
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