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Poetry Friday Guest Blog: Oliver de la Paz, 2010 Festival Poet

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When I first started taking my writing seriously, I saw the Bill Moyer’s special on the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, The Language of Life. I remember seeing the rain and hearing the patter of the water on the canvas … Continue reading

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Poetry Friday Guest Blog: From the Eyes of a Student Day Coordinator

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To get a teacher’s perspective, we get to hear from Judy Michaels, who has brought students on Student Day from Princeton Day School since 1998. Judy Rowe Michaels, Princeton Day School High School Student Day Coordinator Jamier approaches NJPAC on the tips of his … Continue reading

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The 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival in Pictures

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Here are some images from the 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival in the Downtown Newark Arts District: NJPAC’s square was an inviting space for Festival-goers to relax between readings Vendors and their tents surrounding the green on the sunny, autumn days

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A Successful 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival!

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We had an amazing time at the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and for those who were able to come, we hope you did too. Who could forget performances by US Poets Laureate Kay Ryan, Rita Dove, Billy Collins … Continue reading

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Festival 2010: Special Opportunities for New Jersey Teachers

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A Life Together/Poets for Teachers Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar Thursday, October 7, 3:00-5:00 p.m. New Jersey Performing Arts Center A Life Together/Poets for Teachers is being offered free of charge exclusively to New Jersey teachers who will also be … Continue reading

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Festival 2010: Take the Trolley to the Ironbound

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The 2010 Poetry Festival is within walking distance of Newark’s Ironbound district, famous for its many Spanish and Portuguese restaurants, cafes and bakeries. Through the generous cooperation of the Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau, we have arranged for a … Continue reading

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Conversations at the Dodge Poetry Festival

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Held during each day at venues throughout the site, Conversations have always been a central feature of the Dodge Poetry Festival. Because the Festival is neither an academic conference nor a career symposium for writers, … Continue reading

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2010 Poetry Festival Readings

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Poetry readings have always been at the heart of the Dodge Poetry Festival. This year, the Festival officially opens with a Thursday Evening Poetry Sampler on October 7, which offers the opportunity to hear nearly … Continue reading

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Poetry Fridays: Galway Kinnell to Read Rilke’s Duino Elegies at the Dodge Poetry Festival

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Rainer Maria Rilke’s masterpiece, the Duino Elegies, opens with “Who, if I screamed out, would hear among the hierarchies/of angels?” This haunting and disturbing question begins one of the most influential poetic sequences from the … Continue reading

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Poetry Fridays: Poetry, Storytelling and Music

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Anyone who saw Benjamin Bagby’s riveting recitation of Beowulf at the 2004 Festival, which merged dramatic performance, singing, incantation and storytelling, had a glimpse into what a performance by an ancient bard might have been … Continue reading

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Full Festival Schedule Available

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The full Festival schedule is now posted on our website! You can plan your time in the Festival Village and not miss a beat. See when and where Festival Poets will be reading, as well as what topics they will … Continue reading

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2010 Festival Poet Mark Strand

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry There are certain winter nights when the sky is so clear we can see that the Milky Way is not only spread across the sky, but has depth: layers of stars beyond the first stars … Continue reading

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2010 Festival Poet Kay Ryan

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Research Assistance: Rebecca Gambale, Festival Assistant Kay Ryan’s poetry has a quality of wit John Donne and other writers of the English Renaissance would have appreciated. Her poems are witty in our modern sense of … Continue reading

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2010 Festival Poet Claudia Rankine

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Claudia Rankine will use anything and everything to make her poems. She is not limited by notions of genre, and will blur the lines between poetry, prose and theater. Her style is not restricted by … Continue reading

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Poetry Fridays: 2010 Festival Poet Marie Ponsot

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Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Research Assistance: Rebecca Gambale, Festival Assistant In a publishing career that has spanned nearly six decades, Marie Ponsot has written poems ranging from some so short and compressed they make haikus seem verbose, to others … Continue reading

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