“We are Virginia Tech”
April 29, 2007
Nikki Giovanni reading her poem at the convocation.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
April 11, 2007
Poetry turns all things to loveliness: it exalts the beauty of that which is most beautiful, and it adds beauty to that which is most deformed: it marries exultation and horror; grief and pleasure, eternity and change; it subdues to union under its light yoke all irreconcilable things. It transmutes all that it touches, and every form moving within the radiance of its presence is changed by wondrous sympathy to an incarnation of the spirit which it breathes: its secret alchemy turns to potable gold the poisonous waters which flow from death through life; it strips the veil of familiarity from the world, and lays bare the naked and sleeping beauty which is the spirit of its forms.
-Percy Bysse Shelley from “A Defence of Poetry”
Celebrate National Poetry month by attending a poetry reading or rereading your favorite poems.
30 Ways to Celebrate
Below is a list of Poetry events in and around our area:
(further info at Poets.org)
April 11, 2007 • Poetry & The Creative Mind, New York, NY
The 5th annual benefit for the Academy of American Poets, featuring some of America’s leading artists, scholars, and public figures.
• New American Poets, New York, NY
• Czech & Polish Poetry, New York, NY
April 12, 2007 • Yusef Komunyakaa, Loudonville, NY
• Kirmen Uribe and Elizabeth Macklin, Brooklyn, NY
April 13, 2007 • Poetry Reading and Discussion, Smithtown (Suffolk), NY
April 14, 2007 • Alice Quinn on Elizabeth Bishop, Brooklyn, NY
• Brooklyn Philharmonic: Vaulting the Sea, Brooklyn, NY
• Mobius Magazine: Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Corona, Queens, NY
April 15, 2007 • Ellen Bryant Voigt, Ellen Dudley, Forrest Hamer, New York, NY
• Marathon Reading of Leaves of Grass, So.Huntington, NY
April 16, 2007 • Douglas Goetsch, Linda Tieber, Angelo Verga, New York, NY
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, New York, NY
• Susan Howe, Dan Beachy-Quick, Richard Greenfield, New York, NY
• Yvette Christianse, Terese Svoboda, Mark Svenvold and Rachel Zucker, New York, NY
April 17, 2007 • Henri Cole & Carl Dennis, New York, NY
A reading in celebration of National Poetry Month.
• George Green, Linda Susan Jackson, and Erica Kaufman, Brooklyn, NY
• Susan Stewart on Anna Akhmatova, New York, NY
April 18, 2007 • Vijay Seshadri and Amy Holman, New York, NY
April 19, 2007 • Grace Schulman & Tom Sleigh, New York, NY
A reading in celebration of National Poetry Month
• 97th Annual Frost Medal Ceremony, New York, NY
April 21, 2007 • Danny Simmons, Brooklyn, NY
April 22, 2007 • On Emma Lazarus, Brooklyn, NY
April 23, 2007 • Galway Kinnell, Tom Sleigh, & Josephine Dickinson, New York, NY
April 24, 2007 • Gregory Pardlo, Meghan O’Rourke, Cathy Park Hong, Brooklyn, NY
• Jose Kozer, Ammiel Alcalay, Mark Weiss, New York, NY
April 25, 2007 • Broken Land Reading, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
• Circumference: Poetry in Translation, New York, NY
April 26, 2007 • William Olsen & Maurice Manning, New York, NY
A reading in celebration of National Poetry Month
• Tribute to César Vallejo, New York, NY
April 27, 2007 • The Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival, Bronxville, NY
• Poem In Your Pocket Day, New York, NY
Calling All Poetry Lovers: Celebrate New York City’s 5th Annual Poem in Your Pocket Day at the Bryant Park Reading Room. Bring a favorite poem to Bryant Park and receive a free book of poetry.
April 28, 2007 • Kenneth Goldsmith, Brooklyn, NY
April 29, 2007 • Sterling A. Brown Tribute, Brooklyn, NY
April 30, 2007 • Jorie Graham, Claudia Keelan, Meghan O’Rourke, New York, NY
May 01, 2007 • Thad Rutkowski, Rigoberto González and Katha Pollitt, Brooklyn, NY
May 04, 2007 • John Amen, Colette Inez & Larissa Shmailo, New York, NY
May 06, 2007 • Rigoberto Gonzalez & Alison Jarvis, New York, NY
• Kimiko Hahn, C. Dale Young, John Gallaher, and Lynn Emanuel, New York, NY
May 07, 2007 • Armenian Women’s Poetry with Diana Der-Hovanessian, NYC, NY
• Cynthia Cruz & Ada Limon, New York, NY
• Linda Gregerson, C. Dale Young, John Gallaher, New York, NY
May 16, 2007 • MacDowell Colony Tribute, New York, NY
May 21, 2007 • Jackie Sheeler, Norman Stock, Scott Bailey, New York, NY
June 02, 2007 • Deanna Shapiro, Sheema Kalbasi, Lucinda Clark, New York, NY
June 18, 2007 • Stephanie Dickinson, Chip Livingston, Urayoán Noel, New York, NY
Upcoming Poetry Events
April 2, 2007
June 16, 2007, 1-3 PM: New City Library Open House, “What’s Your
Interest?” (Open to the General Public)
August 7, 2007, 7PM: Poetry in the Garden, Valley Cottage
Library, Poetry reading with music (more info to
follow)
