PHILADELPHIA POETRY FESTIVAL - 2014 Schedule
WELCOME !
1ST SET * Hosted by CHARLES CARR
* Monday Poets Series
(Kay Wisniewski / Lamont Dixon)
* PoetryWITS
(Elise Brand / Student Contest Winner)
* PoetryPlus.com
(Cathy Celley)
* 34th Street Poets
(B.E. Kahn /Deidra Greenleaf Allen)
* Mad Poets Society/ Young Poets
Contest /MPR
(Richard S. Bank / David Kertis)
2ND SET * Hosted by EILEEN M. D'ANGELO
* Manayunk Roxborough Art Center
/ Schuylkill Valley Journal
(David Kozinski)
* Moonstone Art Center
(Charles Carr)
* The Green Line Reading & Interview
Series
(Leonard Gontarek / Steve Burke)
* Farley's Bookstore -Poetry Series
(Bernadette McBride)
* Philadelphia Writers Conference
(James Knipp )
* National Black Authors Tour
(Maurice Henderson)
3RD SET * Hosted by HAYDEN SAUNIER
* Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program
(JC Todd / Kristina Moriconi)
*Painted Bride Quarterly
(Paul Siegell)
*Philadelphia Stories
(Courtney Bambrick / Margot Douiahy)
* Asian Arts Initiative
(Juliette Lee)
*Panoramic Poetry
(Crucial )
* Philadelphia Poets
(Rosemary Cappello / Maria Fama)
Featured Guest: MICHELLE TARANSKY
4th SET * Hosted by LEONARD GONTAREK
* APIARY
(Mai Schwartz)
* Cleaver Magazine
(Karen Rile /Luke Stromberg)
* Musehouse: A Center for the
Literary Arts
(Grant Clauser / Elizabeth Leo)
* New Purlieu Review
(Deborah Fries)
* The Collective at LaRose Jazz Club
(Jody Austin)
* Featured Guest: KATIE FORD
In celebration of National Poetry Month, The Philadelphia Poetry Festival will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the Montgomery Auditorium, at the Philadelphia Free Library, 1901 Vine Street , Philadelphia , PA , 19103 . Special guests include Katie Ford and Michelle Taransky.
The Philadelphia Poetry Festival is an afternoon dedicated to celebrating Greater Philadelphia poetry in all of its manifestations, and to unite and showcase the diverse organizations that work throughout the region to promote and share poetry. Participants that have registered include: Green Line Poetry Series, Moonstone Art Center , Monday Night Poets, 34th Street Poets, National Black Authors Tour, Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, PoetryWITS, Mad Poets, the Philadelphia Writers Conference, and others
Twenty-plus writing organizations will present performances, as well as a representative who will give information about that particular group's projects, literary magazines, or poetry programs.
Don't miss special guest readings by Katie Ford and Michelle Taransky!
Katie Ford, the author of Deposition, Storm (a chapbook), Colosseum, and the forthcoming Blood Lyrics (October, 2014). Ford is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Larry Levis Prize. Colosseum was named among the "Best Books of 2008" by Publishers Weekly and the Virginia Quarterly Review. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, and many other journals. Her poem, "Our Long War," was recently set to music by classical composer David Ludwig and performed at Carnegie Hall. She is an associate professor of English at Franklin & Marshall College . She lives in Philadelphia .
Michelle Taransky, the author of Sorry Was In The Woods (Omnidawn 2013), and Barn Burned, Then, (Omnidawn 2009), was selected by Marjorie Welish for the 2008 Omnidawn Poetry Prize. Taransky teaches courses in critical and creative writing at Penn, and is the Reviews Editor for the online poetry and poetics magazine Jacket2.
There will be an area for the circulation of program brochures, flyers and information about dozens of Philadelphia poetry and writing outlets. Bring your favorite series' information to share! This is the area's most comprehensive poetry event solely dedicated to celebrating and showcasing Greater Philadelphia Poetry. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!
For further information about this event, and to sign up, email
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