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Fifth Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival!
January 19 - 24, 2009
Palm Beach Poetry Festival, in partnership with Old School Square Cultural Arts Center in the heart of Delray Beach, Florida, will present the fifth annual festival in January 2009. Six days of readings, lectures and workshops with readings and lectures open to everyone. Workshops are by application. We will accept workshop applications on line and by mail June 30 - October 31, 2008.
This year will feature workshops and readings with Martin Espada, Kimiko Hahn, Laura Kasischke, Thomas Lux, Gregory Orr, Anne Marie Macari, Gerald Stern, Denise Duhamel, and Victoria Redel. We will also welcome Florida poets Kelle Groom, and Michael Hettich, for a special reading. Winners of the High School Poetry Contest will receive their awards. Taylor Mali, and Lynne Procope, will perform at our annual late-night Coffee House event. The deadline to apply for workshops is October 31, 2008.
Participants from across the country will work with some of America’s most widely recognized and renowned poets. The featured poets bring an extraordinary range of voices to the festival – voices and poetry that have made them winners and finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, the National Book Award, the Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award, Pushcart Prizes and more.
Join us and experience the best of the best in the poetry world. These will be days and events you will never forget, and will not want to miss.
Note: Reading and panel events are open to the public. Individual event ticket prices are $12 General Admission, $10 for seniors, $8 for students. Group discounts are available for groups of ten or more. Tickets will go on sale in November 2008.
The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is graciously sponsored by:
