The 5th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival was held January 19-24, 2009, at the Old School Square Cultural Arts Center in Delray Beach. Faculty poets featured at the 2009 Festival were: Denise Duhamel, Martin Espada, Kimiko Hahn, Laura Kasischke, Thomas Lux, Ann Marie Macari, Gregory Orr, Victoria Redel, and Gerald Stern. Additional guest poets who were featured readers at the festival were: Kelle Groom, Michael Hettich, Taylor Mali, and Lynn Procope.

2009 Advanced Workshops

BARBARIC YAWP with MARTIN ESPADA

RE-VISITING POEMS with KIMIKO HAHN

THE POEM THAT WRITES ITSELF with LAURA KASISCHKE

WORD BY WORD, LINE BY LINE with THOMAS LUX

GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL with Anne Marie MACARI AND GERALD STERN

WRITING FROM YOUR THRESHOLD with GREGORY ORR

2009 Intermediate Workshops

FEAR, MEMORY,  AND DESIRE with DENISE DUHAMEL

GENERATING NEW WORK with VICTORIA REDEL