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Poetry Friday: Emari DiGiorgio, 2012 Festival Poet
When does a girl learn to make a fist? ————————-from “After Killing Thousands of Angels” A woman’s strength—the strength to defend herself, to define herself and to accept herself—is explored again...
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Terrance Hayes (Teaser/P.O.P) from Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Vimeo. Listen to Terrance Hayes read “God Is an American” from his National Book Award winning collection Lighthead. Did you notice the...
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Poetry Friday: Juan Felipe Herrera, 2012 Festival Poet
Juan Felipe Herrera is the first Chicano Poet Laureate of California (Ironic, considering the State of California was originally part of the massive Las Californias territory of Mexico). Like another...
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Poetry Friday: Sharon Dolin, 2012 Festival Poet
Eighth deadly sin, half- hidden dissembler you resemble dwarf centipede hunching among dead leaves and soil—or are you between Envy who bites her nails and Sloth who can’t be bothered? This is the...
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Poetry Friday: Jane Hirshfield, 2012 Festival Poet
Introducing her poem “A Cedary Fragrance” at the 2008 Dodge Poetry Festival, Jane Hirshfield said, “I sometimes think it holds the intention of my entire adult life, as well as many of my poems.”...
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Poetry Friday: Paul Legault, 2012 Festival Poet
“A Little Boy ran away from Amherst a few Days ago, and when asked where he was going, replied, ‘Vermont or Asia.’ Many of us go farther. My pathetic Crusoe.” -Emily Dickinson in a letter to a...
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Poetry Friday: Taylor Mali, 2012 Festival Poet
A former teacher and slam poet, Taylor Mali is best known for his poem “What Teachers Make” which advocates for the immense impact teachers have on students’ lives. Mali’s dedication to promoting...
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Poetry Friday: Fanny Howe, 2012 Festival Poet
Listen to Fanny Howe read “Scrape and Bell” for an introduction to her poetry and voice. Fanny Howe is part of a long line of poets who care deeply about exploring how and where the inner life...
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IFRAME Embed for Youtube Kurtis Lamkin is a contemporary American embodiment of the ancient West African griot tradition, which blurs the boundaries between poet, singer and storyteller. The griot,...
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Festival News: Big Announcements Today!
Today is a big milestone as we gear up for the 2012 Festival. We wanted to let you know where to find all of the exciting new information we’ve released today, all conveniently in one place: The full...
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Poetry Friday: Dorianne Laux, 2012 Festival Poet
In “Last Words,” from her collection Smoke, Dorianne Laux asks, “How many losses does it take to stop a heart,/to lay waste to the vocabularies of desire?” Later, in the same collection, in “Stairway...
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Poetry Friday: Rachel McKibbens, 2012 Festival Poet
Rachel McKibbens isn’t afraid to take on difficult topics. Her poems approach life in a way that is raw and honest – and she wants to deliver it to you that way, whether in print or on stage. When she...
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Poetry: Philip Levine, 2012 Festival Poet
For a brief introduction to his work, listen to U. S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine read “What Work Is” on the PBS News Hour, here. Philip Levine is one of those poets whose clarity of vision is so...
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Poetry Friday: Joseph Millar, 2012 Festival Poet
Joseph Millar’s poem “Work Song” begins “Love picks its way through the gravel ruts/leading into the job site, past the truck tires/exploded nearby…” The apparent incongruity of love entering such a...
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Poetry: Thomas Lux, 2012 Festival Poet
Talking to students at the Dodge Festival in 2000, Thomas Lux described his life as a poet as “like any other job. You pack your lunch pail and you go to work.” This very down-to-earth approach of...
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Poetry Update: There’s An App For That.
For the first time, the Dodge Poetry Festival has its own mobile app for iPhones, Android, BlackBerry, Kindle Fire, iPad, and more. You can scan the QR code above right off of your computer screen, or...
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Poetry Friday: John Murillo, 2012 Festival Poet
“Sin Verguenza”—meaning “without shame”—is the title of a poem in John Murillo’s debut collection Up Jump the Boogie. The poem captures an evening two cousins spend catching up after not seeing each...
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Poetry Friday: Gregory Orr, 2012 Festival Poet
Gregory Orr would never assert, as W. H. Auden did, that “poetry makes nothing happen.” More likely he’d counter that permanent retirement for this over-quoted (out of context) phrase is long...
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Poetry: Patricia Smith, 2012 Festival Poet
Patricia Smith is that rare poet who has succeeded in both the realms of spoken word and published poetry. Four-time National Individual Grand-Slam Champion (an unsurpassed achievement), her work has...
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Poetry Friday: Idra Novey, 2012 Festival Poet
When a person leaves home to travel, she often gives up the sense of context in which she had previously understood herself and her surroundings. But surrendering this sense of stability can then...
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