2009

January

Poetry Residency
January 8-18, 2009
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
website: www.bennington.edu/acad_grad_writ_resid.asp

February

Poetry Discussion
February 11, 2009
Walt Whitman Tribute
with Eamon Grennan and Pattiann Rogers
and hosted by Michael Silverblatt
Lannan Foundation
Readings & Conversations
Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 West San Francisco Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 986-8160
website: www.lannan.org/lf/programs/rc/

Poetry Readings
February 11-14, 2009
AWP Conference & Bookfair
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
website: www.awpwriter.org/conference/2009awpconf.php

March

Poetry Reading
March 6, 2009, 6pm
The Writers Studio Celebrates the Pushcart Press
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY.
website: http://www.writerstudio.com/pages/page.php?page=reading_series

April

Public Conversation
April 2, 2009
Two Sets of Eyes on the Urban Landscape:
with Afaa Weaver & Major Jackson
Somerville Community Access Television
90 Union Square
Somerville, MA 02143
617-628-8826
website: dougholder.blogspot.com/2008/05/afaa-weaver-renowned-african-american.html

Poetry Reading
April 14, 2009, 3pm
A Celebration of Poets and Poetry Program
Capital University
Columbus, OH

Poetry Reading
April 14, 2009, 8pm
The Settlement House
310 Innis Avenue
Columbus, OH
website: http://southsidesettlement.org/default.aspx

May

Poetry Workshop
May 6-9, 2009
The Writers Institute
Florida Center for the Literary Arts
at Miami Dade College
Wolfson Campus
Miami, FL
website: http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/new/pages/class/spring_09/wi-09/doty.htm

Poetry Reading
May 19, 2009, 7pm
Ordinary Evening Reading Series
Anchor Bar
New Haven, CT
website: http://ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/

June

Poetry Reading
June 9, 2009, 5pm
Writers in New York
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
58 West 10th Street
New York, NY
website: http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/writersinnewyork.html

Poetry Reading
June 10, 2009, 7pm
Poetic City: A Celebration of Poets House
Battery Park
New York, NY
website: http://www.poetshouse.org/progcoming.htm

Poetry Residency
June 11-21, 2009
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
website: http://www.bennington.edu/go/graduate/mfa-in-writing

July

Poetry Residency
July 6, 2009
New England College
Post-MFA Symposium
Henniker, NH
website: http://www.nec.edu/graduate-and-professional-studies/mfa-in-poetry/post-mfa-symposium

Poetry Residency
July 26-30, 2009
North Country Institute
for Writers of Color
Valcour Retreat
Valcour, NY
website: http://www.plattsburgh.edu/offices/academic/writersofcolor/valcourretreat.php

August

Poetry Residency
August 11-17, 2009
Postgraduate Writers’ Conference
Vermont College
Montpelier, VT
website: http://www.vermontcollege.edu/node/5

September

Poetry Reading
September 23, 2009, 8pm
Page Meets Stage
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York, NY
website: http://pagemeetsstageseries.wordpress.com/

October

Poetry Craft Talk
October 6, 2009
The Writers Studio
78 Charles Street, #2R
New York, NY 10014
website: www.writerstudio.com/pages/page_cn.php?page=craft_reading

Poetry Residency
October 15-21, 2009
Vermont Studio Center
Johnson, VT
website: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/major-jackson/

November

Poetry Reading/Discussion
November 12, 2009
The Black Voice Now
Ramapo College of New Jersey
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ
website: http://ww2.ramapo.edu/ais/sbevents.aspx

December

Poetry Residency
December 13-28, 2009
Summer Literary Seminars – Kenya
Lamu, Kenya
website: http://www.sumlitsem.org/kenya/program.html