Announcing the 2014 Split This Rock Poetry Festival in D.C.
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SAVE THE DATE: March 27-30, 2014 Join me and 16 poets at the 2014 Split this Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness
Sheila Black
Franny Choi
Eduardo C. Corral
Gayle Danley
Natalie Diaz (click for my review)
Joy Harjo
Maria Melendez Kelson
Yusef Komunyakaa (click for my reviews and news about him)
Dunya Mikhail
Shailja Patel
Wang Ping
Claudia Rankine
Tim Seibles
Myra Sklarew
Danez Smith
Anne Waldman
Where; in Washington, D.C. of course. The hub of politics and protest.
Split This Rock Poetry Festival is DC’s premiere poetry event and the only festival of its kind the country, highlighting poets working at the intersection of the imagination and social change. The festival features readings, workshops, panel discussions, youth programming, activism—opportunities to speak out for justice, build connection and community, and celebrate the many ways poetry can act as an agent for social change. Registration will open in the fall of 2013. “We are thrilled to bring these exemplary poets from all over the country to DC’s stages,” says Executive Director Sarah Browning. “Poetry can tell hard truths, can challenge and succor us. These poets are visionaries, helping imagine a future based on principles of justice, one that honors the transformative power of the imagination.”
I hope to see you there!
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