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2017 Princeton Poetry Festival

October 5, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - October 6, 2017 @ 6:00 pm

Thursday, October 5, 2017
12 – 6 p.m.
Friday, October 6, 2017
2 – 6 p.m.
Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center

The Princeton Poetry Festival is a two-day biennial event organized by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Princeton professor Paul Muldoon. Featured poets include Ellen Bass, Zang Di, Amal Kassir, Hester Knibbe, Michael Longley, Nikola Madzirov, Robert Pinsky (with Laurence Hobgood), Jacquelyn Pope, Ana Ristović, Víctor Rodríguez-Núñez, Sjón, and Karen Solie.

The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required. Presented through the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Performance Central series as part of A Festival of the Arts at Princeton, celebrating the opening of the new Lewis Arts complex.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5

12:00 p.m.  |   GALA OPENING READING
Introduction by Paul Muldoon

1:15 p.m.  |  INTERMISSION

1:30 p.m.  |  PANEL: Verse and Adversity (1)
Moderated by Paul Muldoon

  • Ellen Bass
  • Amal Kassir
  • Michael Longley
  • Ana Ristovic
  • Sjón
  • Zang Di

2:45 p.m.  |  INTERMISSION

3:00 p.m.  |  READING
Introduced by Susan Wheeler

  • Hester Knibbe / Jacquelyn Pope
  • Nikola Madzirov
  • Víctor Rodríguez-Núñez
  • Karen Solie

4:15 p.m.  |  INTERMISSION

4:30 p.m.  |  POEMJAZZ
Introduced by Michael Dickman

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6

2:00 p.m.  |  READING
Introduced by Monica Youn

  • Jacquelyn Pope
  • Ana Ristovic
  • Sjón

3:15 p.m.  |  INTERMISSION

3:30 p.m.  |  PANEL: Verse and Adversity (2)
Moderated by Paul Muldoon

  • Hester Knibbe
  • Nikola Madzirov
  • Robert Pinsky
  • Jacquelyn Pope
  • Víctor Rodríguez-Núñez
  • Karen Solie

4:45 p.m.  |  INTERMISSION

5:00 p.m.  |  READING
Introduced by Tracy K. Smith

  • Ellen Bass
  • Amal Kassir
  • Michael Longley
  • Zang Di

2017 Princeton Poetry Festival

Details

Start:
October 5, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
End:
October 6, 2017 @ 6:00 pm