Category Archives: Poets
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 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
“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
Accepting Submissions for Dodge Poets
July 19, 2019Beyond the Festival You probably know that we host the largest poetry festival in North America, held every other year in the downtown arts district of Newark, New Jersey. You may not know that we offer poetry programming throughout New … Continue reading
“Small Truths and Other Surprises” — Jericho Brown on On Being
June 7, 2019At the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival last October, Krista Tippett recorded several conversations in Prudential Hall at NJPAC for her Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast, On Being. On Being has since released episodes of her conversation with Sharon Olds (“Odes to the *****”) and with … Continue reading
“Shaping Grief with Language”: Gregory Orr featured on On Being
May 31, 2019If you attended the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival last October, you might remember that Krista Tippett recorded several conversations in Prudential Hall at NJPAC for her Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast, On Being. Her conversation with Sharon Olds, “Odes … Continue reading
Janet Aalfs on Poetry & Democracy
March 8, 2019Leading up to our “What Is It, Then, Between Us?”: Poetry & Democracy event in Morristown on March 23, 2019, we’ll be sharing blog posts with some of the poets and organizations who will be part of the day. Today, we’re sharing … Continue reading
Joe Weil on Poetry & Democracy
March 1, 2019Leading up to our “What Is It, Then, Between Us?”: Poetry & Democracy event in Morristown on March 23, 2019, we’ll be sharing Q&As with some of the poets and organizations who will be part of the day. Today, we’re … Continue reading
Poetry & Democracy
February 22, 2019We’re so excited to announce our free, public event coming up on Saturday, March 23 in Morristown: What Is It, Then, Between Us?: Poetry & Democracy. Each March, every member organization of the national Poetry Coalition offers programming related to … Continue reading
Ask a Poet: Gregory Orr
October 12, 2018Welcome to our Ask a Poet blog series! Leading up to the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival, we will be putting the spotlight on poets you can see at #DPF18, October 18-21. Learn more about a new Festival Poet every Wednesday and … Continue reading