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Distinguished Poets Series

 Celebration of our 31st Anniversary
Honoring the Literary Legacy of Whitman, Williams and Ginsberg
2011 - 2012 Poetry Reading Programs

November 5, 2011
Publication Celebration of PLR #39
1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free
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December 3, 2011
Poetry Reading by
Katha Pollitt & C.K. Williams
1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free
Workshops 10 AM to Noon
$10 -- Preregistration required
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February 4, 2012
Poetry Reading by
Michael Cirelli & Shara McCallum
1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free
Workshops 10 AM to Noon
$10 -- Preregistration required

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March 10, 2012
Poetry Reading by
Winners of 2011 Allen Ginsberg
Poetry Awards
1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free
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April 14, 2012
Poetry Reading by
2011 Paterson Poetry Prize Winner
Elizabeth Alexander

and finalists
Michael Cirelli
Stephen Dobyns
W.D. Ehrhart
Erica Miriam Fabri
Rebecca Foust
Tony Medina
Lois Roma-Deeley
Jackie Sheeler

1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free
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May 5, 2012
Poetry Reading by
Mark Doty & Aimee Nezhukumatathil
1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free
Workshops 10 AM to Noon
$10 -- Preregistration required
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June 2012 (date TBA)
Poetry Reading as part of Paterson Art Walk
1 p.m. -- Hamilton Club Building
32 Church Street, Paterson
Free


 

DISTINGUISHED POETS SERIES

Stanley Kunitz, Poet Laureate of the United States; Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Executive Director of the Poetry Center

 

Gerald Stern, Poet Laureate of New Jersey; Sharon Ferraro, Sign Interpreter

 

Sharon Olds, Poet Laureate of New York

 

 

ALL WORKSHOPS PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS. These credits will fulfill the requirements for professional development for teachers.

The Poetry Center strives to maintain a barrier-free facility including complete access for patrons using wheelchairs. Large print materials, FM listening systems, audio publications and Braille transcriptions of programing information are available on request. Please contact (973) 684-6555 for availability of services. 


The Poetry Center was named a Distinguished Arts Project and funded, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, and made possible, in part, by funds from the National Endowment of the Arts