Author Archives: Laura Otten
How to Create an Accessible Festival or Event: Lessons Learned
May 8, 2023Dodge Poetry believes that everyone should be able to bring their most authentic selves to all of our events, which means providing resources so that everyone can enjoy and participate in our programming. Our team embarked on a journey of … Continue reading
Remembering Gerald Stern
November 23, 2022Poet and photographer Mark Hillringhouse, who took the photograph above of Gerald Stern at home in Lambertville, New Jersey, tells us it was one of Jerry’s favorites of himself. It shows him at the kitchen table, writing in longhand on … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Wishing You Moments of Peace
December 17, 2021Marie Howe’s “Part of Eve’s Discussion” captures a moment when the world changes irreversibly. We have felt somewhat suspended in such a moment for nearly two years now, and still can’t predict how the world will be changed as we … Continue reading
Submissions Open for DPF2022
February 19, 2021It feels like just yesterday that we wrapped up the 2020 Dodge Poetry Festival (which ran from October 22 – November 1 this past fall), but it’s been a few months now, and it’s time to start thinking about 2022! … Continue reading
Poetry for Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2021Valentine’s Day is a special time for poetry–a day when many people turn to poets for help expressing their love to someone special. Of course, romantic love doesn’t have a monopoly on great poetry. Poets can help us find words … Continue reading
Honoring Black History Month with Poetry
February 5, 2021Black poets have played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of American poetry. In honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing a list of just some of the 2020 Dodge Poetry Festival videos to revisit or watch for the first time this February, including sessions curated by Cave Canem and the Academy of … Continue reading
How to join us for #DPF2020 and reduce plastic while home
October 21, 2020We are very excited to share information about the virtual Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, taking place Oct. 22 through Nov. 1! Our first-ever virtual Festival is free and features over 100 beloved and exciting emerging poets. You can view … Continue reading
Dodge Q&A: Ysabel Y. Gonzalez on creating, dismantling the why during times of crisis
August 13, 2020The Dodge Q&A series is designed to share what Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation staff are learning and thinking about as they engage with social sector leaders from throughout the state. They’ll also reveal a few things about themselves you might … Continue reading
Going virtual with #DPF20
June 26, 2020Every other year since 1986, the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival has often gone off with hardly a discernible hitch. But life, of course, has its twists and turns, and the Festival has prevailed through some really unexpected ones. Who … Continue reading
“The way anger dwells in a man / Who studies the history of his nation”
June 5, 2020On Tuesday, our President & CEO Tanuja Dehne took to the Dodge Blog to state the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation’s commitment to anti-racism and condemnation of white supremacy. You can read her full remarks here. In addition, Dodge Poetry is … Continue reading
Celebrating a New Tradition: the Newark High School Poetry Festival
November 15, 2019We are so grateful to the city of Newark and the communities that live and work there for welcoming the Dodge Poetry Festival with warmth, kindness and absolute love for poetry when we host our Festival in the downtown arts … Continue reading
Newark High School Poetry Festival: Joe Weil
October 23, 2019This fall, we’re hosting the second biennial Newark High School Poetry Festival. Groups of students from every public high school in Newark will be coming together at Rutgers-Newark’s Paul Robeson Center for a day of poetry readings, conversations, and performance … Continue reading
Newark High School Poetry Festival: khalil murrell
October 18, 2019This fall, we’re hosting the second biennial Newark High School Poetry Festival. Groups of students from every public high school in Newark will be coming together at Rutgers-Newark’s Paul Robeson Center for a day of poetry readings, conversations, and performance … Continue reading
Newark High School Poetry Festival: Nicole Homer
October 14, 2019This fall, we’re hosting the second biennial Newark High School Poetry Festival. Groups of students from every public high school in Newark will be coming together at Rutgers-Newark’s Paul Robeson Center for a day of poetry readings, conversations, and performance … Continue reading
“Contando Nuestras Historias / Telling Our Stories” with Wind of the Spirit
October 11, 2019The Dodge Poetry Program kicked off an exciting new project in collaboration with Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center on October 5. “Contando Nuestras Historias/Telling Our Stories” is an initiative providing space for members of Wind of the Spirit’s … Continue reading