Poem-a-Day - The Dodge Poetry Festival Starts Today!

The first-ever virtual Dodge Poetry Festival starts tonight at 7 p.m. EDT! Join us for readings and conversations featuring festival poets and the Academy of American Poets Chancellors. To get your Festival Pass and see the full schedule of events, please follow this link.
 

Below is the schedule of all Dodge events featuring the Academy of American Poets Chancellors:

Thursday, October 22, 7:00 p.m. EDT: Opening Celebration. Join Ellen Bass, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Richard Blanco, Eavan Boland read by Pádraig Ó Tuama, Marilyn Chin, Kwame Dawes, Natalie Diaz, Cornelius Eady, Martín Espada, Nikky Finney, Carolyn Forché, Vievee Francis, Forrest Gander, Linda Gregerson

Thursday, October 22, 8:00 p.m. EDT: Opening Celebration. Join Joy Harjo, Terrance Hayes, Brenda Hillman, Edward Hirsch, Marie Howe, Tyehimba Jess, Dorianne Laux, Ada Limón, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Paisley Rekdal, Charles Simic, David St. John, Natasha Trethewey

Friday, October 23, 3 p.m. EDT: Shelter in Poems. Inspired by the Academy's Shelter in Poems initiative and virtual reading, which was broadcast in the spring of 2020 and attended by thousands of poetry lovers from all over the world, Academy Chancellors Linda Gregerson, Marie Howe, Dorianne Laux, and Alicia Ostriker will share more poems that offer comfort and courage in these challenging times. This conversation will be followed by a Q&A session from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. EDT. 

Saturday, October 24, 3 p.m. EDT: Poetry and Climate Justice. Join Academy Chancellors Ellen Bass, Forrest Gander, Brenda Hillman, and David St. John as they share ideas about the role poets play in envisioning a future where protecting our environment and social justice are entwined— and about the role poetry plays in addressing the climate crisis. This conversation will be followed by a Q&A session from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. EDT.

Friday, October 30, 3 p.m. EDT: Poetry and Poems in Support of Black Lives. Academy Chancellors Terrance Hayes and Kwame Dawes continue their long-standing commitment to celebrating the value and persistent relevance of art, and especially poetry in our world today. For both poets, the poet’s obligation to record, to leave a record of experiences (ordinary, human and sincere) and of their bodies’ existence in the historical moment is as radical and revolutionary and urgent as any protest poem might be. This conversation will be followed by a Q&A session from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. EDT.