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2010 Festival Poet: Dunya Mikhail

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Dodge

Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Research assistance: Stacey Balkun, Festival Assistant Iraqi-born Dunya Mikhail was only fifteen-years-old when Saddam Hussein’s armies invaded western Iran in 1980. Just awakening to the possibilities of her own potential as a poet, she had … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry 2010 Festival | Tagged Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea, Dunya Mikhail, The War Works Hard | Leave a comment

Poetry Fridays: The 2010 Festival Poets

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Dodge

Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Starting next week and continuing into October, we’ll be using the Poetry Fridays blog to introduce the poets participating in the 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival. Each post will feature brief profiles of one or more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry 2010 Festival | Tagged Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Amiri Baraka, Billy Collins, Bob Hicock, Claudia Rankine, Dorianne Laux, Dunya Mikhail, Galway Kinnell, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Jericho Brown, Jerry Williams, Joseph Millar, Kathy Graber, Kay Ryan, Kwame Dawes, Kyle Dargan, Laura McCullough, Malena Morling, Margo Taft Stever, Marie Ponsot, Marjorie Barnes, Mark Strand, Martín Espada, Matthew Dickman, Michael Cirelli, Michael Dickman, Oliver de la Plaz, Penny Harter, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rita Dove, Santee Frazier, Sharon Olds, Tara Betts, Teresa Carson, Tyehimba Jess | Leave a comment