O.B. Hardison Poetry Series

For more than 40 years, the Folger's poetry reading series has brought hundreds of distinguished poets to read from their work on the Folger stage, including Octavio Paz, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, W. S. Merwin, Adrienne Rich, Yusef Komunyakaa, James Merrill, Frank Bidart, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott, Hayden Carruth, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, Sterling Brown, Denise Levertov, June Jordan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sonia Sanchez, and James Dickey. Beginning with the 2010–11 season, it was renamed the O.B. Hardison Poetry reading series in honor of its founder, O. B. Hardison, Jr.

From traditional poetry readings to multimedia presentations to eclectic combinations of lecture, conversation, and performance, the O.B. Hardison Poetry reading series is committed to expanding the contexts in which poetry is experienced. Each year, we present eight to ten poetry events— including a moderated conversation and Q & A—in the Folger’s Elizabethan Theatre, followed by wine receptions and book signings in the Great Hall.

Folger Poetry Board

The Folger Poetry Board is a committee of friends providing significant support to the Folger Shakespeare Library's poetry programs by organizing and sponsoring fundraising and other literary events and by hosting an annual reading by a distinguished author.

• Gigi Bradford, Chair
• Jean Bower
• Edwin P. Conquest, Jr.
• Christina Daub
• Harriet Patsy Davis
• Marifrancis Hardison
• Joseph Hassett
• Anita Herrick
• Sherman Katz
• Robert C. Liotta
• Richard Lyon
• Greg McBride
• Mary McElveen
• Barbara Meade
• Dr. David Morowitz
• Mary Muromcew
• Jean Nordhaus
• Jacqueline Quillen
• Susan Rappaport
• Heddy Reid
• Dr. Marianne Schuelein
• Joan Shorey
• Norman Sinel
• Amy Tercek
• Nigel Twose
• David Weisman
• Mary-Sherman Willis
• Anne Harding Woodworth

Special poetry events at the Folger

The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series partners with national and community organizations promoting poetry and language throughout the Washington region, and the country. Join us at the Haskell Center or other locations for special readings and celebrations.

District of Literature

The District of Literature is a free, day-long celebration of DC's literary landscape and offerings.

Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute

The annual Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute reading, sponsored with the Poetry Society of America (PSA), celebrates Dickinson's fierce and compelling influence on poetry in America.

Poetry-in-Schools

Now in its seventh year, the Poetry-in-Schools program is one of the many programs for teachers and students offered by the Folger. The only such program serving Washington, DC, public school students at the high school level, Poetry-In-Schools strives to introduce students to poetry, encourage new voices, and provide high school students with a college level writing workshop. The program is available at no cost to participating schools.

Shakespeare's Sisters: Five Centuries of Poetry by Women

Shakespeare's Sisters: Five Centuries of Poetry by Women is a free ten-week seminar for selected students in grades 10-12 meeting on Wednesdays from 4-6pm beginning on January 7 and ending March 11, 2015.

Lannan Fellows Program

The Lannan Fellows Program is at the core of Folger Poetry’s mission to develop new audiences for poetry, foster community among young writers, and bridge the gaps between town and gown by bringing students and professors together with an increasingly diverse cross-section of the Washington, DC, community.

Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Contest

Each year, the Folger Shakespeare Library invites students in grades 3 through 12 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia to submit original sonnets for the annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Contest.

Before & After

The Folger invites local poets to respond to the Folger Theatre's production of Shakespeare's plays. In Before & After, this unique lyrical communication between genres, the original work of poets explores themes from the plays.

Past seasons

Paul Muldoon 5/13/2013 Billy Collins 4/29/2013 Gander, Forrest–3/28/2013 Bang, Mary Jo-2/11/2013 Fairchild, B.H.–2/11/2013 Kay Ryan 12/3/2012 Strand, Mark 11/19/2012 Andrews, Chris–11/19/2012 Finney, Nikky–10/30/2012 Turner, Brian–10/30/2012 Corral, Eduardo C.–9/17/2012 Phillips, Carl–9/17/2012 Snyder, Gary 5/14/2012 Strange, Sharan–4/30/2012 Thomas Sayers Ellis 4/30/2012 Tracy K. Smith 4/30/2012 Jackson, Major–4/30/2012 Keene, John–4/30/2012 Natasha Trethewey 4/30/2012 Bryant, Tisa–4/30/2012 Kevin Young 4/30/2012 Eavan Boland 3/5/2012 Girmay, Aracelis–12/5/2011 Kraushaar, Mark–11/8/2011 Fenton, James–11/8/2011 Pinsky, Robert 10/4/2011 Dorgan, Theo–9/19/2011 Meehan, Paula–9/19/2011 Robert Hass 5/16/2011 Naomi Shihab Nye 4/11/2011 Naomi Shihab Nye 4/11/2011 Mary Karr 3/21/2011 Van Clief-Stefanon, Lyrae, 3/21/2011 Ayala, Naomi–2/28/2011 Martinez, J. Michael–2/28/2011 Martínez, Valerie–2/28/2011 Yusef Komunyakaa 2/9/2012 Young, Kevin–1/6/2011, Perillo, Lucia–12/14/2010 Pavlova, Vera–11/8/2010 Ladd, Matthew–10/19/2010 Warren, Rosanna 10/19/2010 Edward Hirsch 9/28/2010 Wilbur, Richard 5/18/2010 W.S. Merwin 5/3/2010, 5/3/2010 Hirshfield, Jane–4/8/2010 Burnside, John–3/1/2010 Smith, Patricia 3/1/2010 Addonizio, Kim–1/11/2010 Kyle Dargan 1/11/2010

Marie Howe 2/17/2009 Michael Harper 4/6/2009 Hicok, Bob– 2/17/2009 Eammon Grennan 5/18/2009 Tracy K. Smith 1/12/2009, Spahr, Juliana–10/9/2009 Spellman, A.B.–4/6/2009

Brock-Broido, Lucie 12/14/2009 Afaa Michael Weaver 11/3/2009 Arthur Sze 11/3/2009 Rita Dove 5/4/2009

Natasha Trethewey 3/16/2009 Emerson, Claudia–3/16/2009 Pastan, Linda 1/12/2009

Spires, Elizabeth 12/8/2008 Armantrout, Rae–11/10/2008 Bidart, Frank 11/10/2008 Torres, Edwin–9/29/2008 Flynn, Nick–9/29/2008 Eileen Myles 9/29/2008 Kinzie, Mary– 9/28/2008 Lucille Clifton 5/13/2008 Mark Doty 4/24/2008 Jess, Tyehimba– 4/7/2008 Troupe, Quincy–4/7/2008 Galway Kinnell 3/24/2008 Gay, Ross–2/11/2008 Stern, Gerald 2/11/2008 Ryan, Kay–1/22/2008, Ashbery, John 11/5/2007 Rivard, David–10/27/2007 Wojahn, David–10/26/2007 Boland, Eavan 5/21/2007 Peacock, Molly 4/2/2007 Walcott, Derek 3/12/2007 Walker, Frank X.–2/12/2007 Reddy, Srikanth–1/29/2007 Chang, Tina–1/29/2007 Chang, Victoria–1/29/2007 Simic, Charles 5/1/2006 Suarez, Virgil–3/13/2006 Castro, Adrian–3/13/2006 Sanchez, Sonia 2/13/2006 Ali, Kazim–1/24/2006 Waldrop, Rosmarie–12/17/2005 Elizabeth Alexander 10/25/2005 Waldman, Anne–5/16/2005 Ali, Taha Muhammad–3/1/2005 Williams, C. K. 2/14/2005 Williams, C. K. 2/14/2005 Mullen, Harryette– 12/6/2004 Baca, Jimmy Santiago–11/22/2004 Middlebrook, Diane–11/3/2004 Gibbons, Reginald –10/22/2004 Thomas Sayers Ellis, 9/21/2004, Vijay Seshadri 9/21/2004 Howe, Fanny– 9/21/2004 Everett, Percival–9/21/2004 Plumly, Stanley 5/3/2004 Gooch, Brad–4/16/2004 Ackerman, Diane–4/1/2004 Eammon Grennan 3/1/2004, Groarke, Vona–3/1/2004 McCann, David–2/2/2004 Un, Ko–2/2/2004 Kapovich, Katia–1/13/2004 Rachel Blau Duplessis–1/13/2004

Linda Gregson 1/13/2004

Valentine, Jean 12/8/2003 Rodgers, Pattiann–5/15/2003 Schneeman, George –3/15/2003 Tribute to Henry Taylor–9/23/2003 Bly, Robert 4/14/2003 Li-Young Lee 12/9/2002 Naomi Shihab Nye–11/13/2002, Naomi Shihab Nye–11/13/2002, Handal, Nathalie–11/13/2002 Abinader, Elmaz–11/13/2002 Voigt, Ellen Bryant 10/21/2002 Jordan, A. Van–9/23/2002 Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne–9/23/2002 McCallum, Shara– 9/23/2002 W.D. Snodgrass 5/18/2002 W.D. Snodgrass 5/13/2002, Trethewey, Natasha–4/29/2002, Kendrick, Dolores–4/29/2002 Celebration of the Sonnet–4/2/2002 Notley, Alice–3/18/2002 Yeats' Gallery–2/25/2002 Koch, Kenneth–1/14/2002 Howe, Susan–12/11/2001 Clarence Major 11/26/2001 Smith, Bruce–11/26/2001 St. John, David 10/29/2001 Galway Kinnell 5/4/2001, Collins, Billy–4/10/2001, Duffy, Carol Ann–4/10/2001 Les Murray 3/26/2001 Lucille Clifton 2/26/2001, Howe, Marie–1/29/2001, Alexander, Elizabeth–1/29/2001, Weaver, Afaa Michael–11/20/2000, Zu-Bolton, Ahmos 11/20/2000 Cisneros, Sandra–4/7/2000 Sze, Arthur–2/28/2000, Seshadri, Vijay –2/28/2000, Toi Derricotte 1/24/2000 Thomas Lux 1/24/2000

Padgett, Ron–3/15/2003 Clay, Steve–3/15/2003 Dissenting Practices–2/20/2003 Cornelius Eady 10/24/2003 Paul Muldoon 2/24/2003,

Henri Cole 4/2/2007 Lawrence Ferlinghetti 3/13/2000

Carolyn Forche 12/11/2006 Tess Gallagher 11/20/2006 Ford, Katie–1/24/2006 Jorie Graham1/24/2006

Gizzi, Peter–1/25/2005 Sharon Olds 10/25/2005 Philip Levine 5/2/2005 McGrath, Campbell–11/7/2005 Eileen Myles 1/25/2005,

Levin, Phillis– 4/2/2007

Gregerson, Linda–1/13/2003,

Louise Gluck 5/2/2000 Halliday, Mark–11/7/2005

Grubin, Eve–1/24/2006 Hadas, Rachel–10/23/2000 Edward Hirsch 3/1/2005,

Hayes, Terrance–2/12/2007, Terrance Hayes 9/29/2008

Howard, Richard– 12/10/2007

Harjo, Joy–12/11/2000

Hoagland, Tony– 9/23/2005

Kooser, Ted–4/25/2006

Quinn, Alice–3/2/1993 Ruark, Gibbons–11/25/1991 Rudman, Mark–10/16/1997 Sanchez, Sonia 9/17/1990, Sacks, Peter 12/12/1995 Cole, Henri–2/22/1996, Mary Karr 12/7/1997, Scalapino, Leslie–10/16/1997 Shange, Ntozake–2/19/1991 Shapiro, Alan–10/19/1999 Simic, Charles 3/2/1993, Shore, Jane–2/5/1990 Sleigh, Tom–3/23/1999 Smith, Dave–10/22/1990 St. Germain, Sheryl–2/22/1994 Stern, Steve–5/4/1999 Styron, Rose–5/5/1994 Spires, Elizabeth 12/6/1999, Snyder, Gary–5/6/1998, 5/8/1998, Sobel, Dava–3/11/1998 Smith, Patricia–11/14/1995, 11/19/1996, Tate, James–2/24/1998 Thon, Melanie Rae–4/8/1999 Tillinghast, Richard–3/30/1992 Updike, John–4/6/1992 Valentine, Jean 12/10/1990, Mona Van Duyn /14/1991 Vazarani, Reetika–11/18/1997 Walcott, Derek 4/26/1996, Waniek, Marilyn (aka Marilyn Nelson)–11/17/1992 Waring, Belle–5/13/1991 Warren, Rosanna–3/7/1995, Weigl, Bruce–1/22/1990 Wright, C.D.–2/4/1999 Wright, Charles 12/9/1991, Wright, Charles 11/13/1997, YMCA National Writer's Voice–5/4/1999 Young, Al–1/27/1998 Zagajewski, Adam–4/2/1990 Wright, Jay–1/23/1996 Wilbur, Richard 2/26/1998, Orr, Gregory–1/28/1991 Osbey, Brenda Marie–2/16/1999 Palmer, Michael–10/1/1998 Papoleto Melendez, Jesus–11/12/1996 Parini, Jay–11/13/1997 Pastan, Linda 1/14/1991, 2/14/1995, Paz, Octavio 4/15/1993, 5/25/1995 Peacock, Molly–6/30/1990, Pietri, Pedro–11/12/1996 Pinsky, Robert 4/17/1998, Plimpton, George–5/5/1994, 6/12/1997

Plumly, Stanley 3/19/1998, 

Pratt, Minnie Bruce–6/30/1990 Reading, Peter–1/25/1994 Reagon, Bernice–3/2/1990 Renegade, DJ–2/16/1998 Anthony Hecht 10/26/1990, Anthony Hecht 12/10/1996 Seamus Heaney 4/7/1991 Robert Hass 4/8/1994, Hempel, Amy–5/4/1999 Holub, Miroslav–10/15/1991 Ignatow, David–3/11/1991 June Jordan 3/2/1990 Galway Kinnell 2/8/1994, Kenyon, Jane–2/3/1992 Joselow, Beth–2/9/1993 Maxine Kumin 12/8/1992 Lauterbach, Ann–4/16/1998 Stanley Kunitz 4/16/1999 Komunyakaa, Yusef–11/8/1999, Kleinschmidt, Edward–1/28/1991 Lee, Li-Young–3/11/1991, Justice, Donald–4/15/1991, 3/2/1999 Inada, Lawson Fusao–11/10/1998 Jackson, Reuben–1/27/1998 Rich, Adrienne–5/4/1993, 10/10/1995 Ashbery, John 2/4/1997 Ai–1/13/1992 Agoos, Julie–1991 Ali, Agha Shahid–3/3/1994 Anderson, Laurie–10/31/1995 Anglesey, Zoe–11/18/1997 Balaban, John–1/22/1990 Barber, Jennifer–12/3/1998 Beatty, Paul–11/14/1995 Becker, Anne–1/13/1992 Bibbins, Mark–12/3/1998 Bidart, Frank 12/9/1993, 10/21/1997, Boland, Eavan–1/26/1999, Brathwaite, Kamau–3/25/1997 Brock-Broido, Lucie–2/17/1996, Brook, Peter–9/9/1998 Brooks, Gwendolyn – 4/4/1997 Broumas, Olga 3/29/1994 Broumas, Olga 3/8/1992 Buckley, Christopher–6/12/1997 Campo, Rafael–9/18/1997 Carroll, Kenneth–11/16/1993 Carruth, Hayden–1994 Carson, Anne–2/27/1996, 2/4/1997 Cassells, Cyrus–1/25/1995 McMorris, Mark –2/4/1999 Mead, Jane–1/26/1999 Martone, Michael–4/8/1999 Matthews, William–1/21/1993 Melindez, Jesus–11/12/1996 Merrill, Christopher–2/27/1996 Chappell, Fred–3/30/1992 Clary, Killarney–3/3/1994 Lucille Clifton 5/17/1994, 3/19/1998, Coleman, Wanda–11/16/1993 Creeley, Robert–11/17/1992, 2/14/1995, 3/19/1998 Derricotte, Toi–11/19/1990, Dao, Bei–5/7/1996 Dhomhniall, Nuala Ni–5/6/1997 Rita Dove 1/20/1994, Fellows, Lannon–2/24/1997, 10/4/1999 Eady, Cornelius–11/15/1994; 5/4/1999, Espada, Martin–11/17/1992 Les Murray 11/12/1991, Muske, Carol–2/5/1990 Nelson, Jennifer–11/10/1998 Nelson, Maggie–12/3/1998 Cynthia Macdonald 10/22/1992 Thomas Lux 11/19/1990, Denise Levertov 9/21/1993, 3/19/1998 Miller, Jane–11/17/1994 Hillman, Brenda–2/24/1998 Milosz, Czeslaw–4/8/1994 E. Ethelbert Miller 2/9/1993, E. Ethelbert Miller 10/24/1995 Morris, Tracie–11/8/1999 Jorie Graham 11/19/1990, Jorie Graham 12/13/1994, Jorie Graham 10/29/1996, Gilbert, Sandra–3/23/1999 Louise Gluck 3/2/1993, Gray, Spalding–11/16/1994 Marilyn Hacker 9/18/1997 Hagedorn, Jessica–2/19/1991 Grennan, Eammon–11/25/1991, Muldoon, Paul–3/7/1995, W. S. Merwin 4/20/1995, Heather McHugh 10/20/1998 W.S. Merwin 10/6/1998, Eilean Ni Chuilleanan 5/6/1997 Nims, John Frederick–10/21/1993 Jean Nordhaus, 2/3/1992 Mary Oliver 12/8/1998 Ondaatje, Michael–1/14/1997 Sharon Olds, 5/12/1995,

Roland Flint 10/22/1990

Carolyn Forche 3/2/1992, 1/24/1995, 5/4/1999, Galvin, Brendan–10/28/1991 Doty, Mark–11/17/1994, R.H.W. Dillard 10/25/1994

LeGuin, Ursula–3/21/1983 Levertov, Denise–5/9/1983, Macdonald, Cynthia–12/12/1986, McAleavey, David–2/7/1980 McGrath, Thomas– 1/31/1989 W.S. Merwin 11/16/1983, James Merrill 11/18/1986 Frederick Morgan 10/18/1982 Miles, Josephine–4/13/1981 Philip Levine 2/27/1989, Lights, Rikki–10/30/1984 Lorde, Audre–1/21/1980 Philip Levine 2/27/1989, Lurie, Alison–10/12/1984 Lux, Thomas–12/1/1980, Ashbery, John 2/19/1988 Amichai, Yehuda–9/29/1988, 3/15/1989 Antin, David–6/2/1980 Samuel Hazo 12/3/1982 Heaney, Seamus–5/3/1985, Hearon, Shelby–10/12/1984 Hirsch, Edward–3/4/1985, Hecht, Anthony–1/13/1986, Anthony Hecht 10/22/1987, Higgins, Dick–3/2/1981 Brodsky, Joseph–10/21/1986 Bidart, Frank–2/10/1981, Bellow, Saul–12/1/1989 Bly, Robert–10/20/1980, Brown, Sterling–3/9/1982, Broumas, Olga–1/11/1980, Burns, Diane–10/30/1986 Chiang, Fay–10/6/1981 Pastan, Linda 3/29/1988, Paz, Octavio–9/29/1988, 10/18/1988, Pinsky, Robert–10/24/1984, Piercy, Marge 10/24/1988 Plumly, Stanley–2/10/1987, Pollitt, Katha–3/9/1987 Pritchard, William–3/3/1986 Rothenberg, Jerome–5/11/1982 Ratushinskay, Irina–4/4/1988 Schnackenberg, Gjertrud–3/4/1985 Murray, Les–9/29/1988, Nemerov, Howard–9/21/1981 Ni Chuilleanan, Eilean–9/21/1981, 1/18/1989, Olds,Sharon–12/10/1984, Oles, Carole–12/7/1981 Oliver, Mary –2/4/1985, Orlen, Steve–1/4/1982 Sacks, Peter–9/29/1988, 4/12/1989, Sadoff, Ira–3/4/1980 Sanchez, Sonia–2/6/1984, Smith, Jordan–5/8/1984 Snodgrass, W.D.–10/15/1985, Stewart, Pamela–11/17/1981 Strand, Mark–2/25/1980, Swenson, May–10/2/1984 Spires, Elizabeth–4/2/1985, Sklarew, Myra 9/20/1982, 3/29/1988 Simic, Charles–5/2/1981, 4/2/1984, Tate, Garth–10/4/1983 Tate, Gregory–10/30/1986 Taufer, Veno–5/17/1982 Taylor, Henry 11/13/1989 Transtromer, Tomas–4/1/1986 Voigt, Ellen Bryant–4/2/1984, Walcott, Derek–9/29/1988, Whittemore, Reed 5/9/1984, 1/19/1989 Wilbur, Richard–4/22/1982, Williams, C. K.–2/10/1987, Willis, Patricia–1/15/1988 Wood, Susan–1/4/1982 Wright, Charles–2/5/1980, Clampitt, Amy–1/12/1986 Christopher, Nicholas–2/18/1986 Lucille Clifton 11/19/1985, Collier, Michael–11/13/1989 Crase, Douglas–5/8/1984 Gluck, Louise–1/5/1981, Goldbarth, Albert–3/31/1981 Graham, Jorie–11/19/1985, Marilyn Hacker 12/14/1988, Hahn, Kimiko–10/4/1983 Hall, Donald–10/15/1985 Michael Harper 4/22/1986, Harris, Peter–10/6/1981 Harrison, Jeffrey–5/6/1988; Jeffery Harrison 2/18/1986 Hass, Robert–2/18/1986,

James Dickey 10/30/1983

Dorn, Frank–12/11/1986 Dove, Rita–4/22/1986, Josephine Jacobsen 12/9/1983, Josephine Jacobsen 12/12/1989 Jensen, Laura–3/9/1987 Johnson, Denis–4/2/1985

June Jordan 11/18/1987,

Kinnell, Galway–4/9/1987, Kunitz, Stanley–5/12/1987, Lalic, Ivan–9/7/1983 Kizer, Carolyn–4/30-5/2/1981 Esteves, Sandra–10/30/1984 Flanders, Jane–12/7/1981

Roland Flint 12/6/1983, 1/19/1989, 

Forche, Carolyn–11/17/1981, Gallagher, Tess–2/1/1982, Valentine, Jean–4/18/1983, 12/12/1983, 12/12/1989, Zadravec, Katherine–12/11/1986

Levine, Philip–5/30/1978, Liddy, James–2/6/1979 Lally, Michael–2/24/1975 Loucheim, Katie–3/24/1975 Major, Clarence–1/5/1976, McHugh, Heather–11/19/1979, Van Duyn, Mona–1/20/1975, Alexander, Wayne–2/24/1975 Abbott, Mary–1977 Ashbery, John–3/12/1979, Atwood, Margaret–1/30/1972 Berrigan, S. J. Daniel–4/4/1977 Bell, Marvin–10/17/1978 Braxton, Jodi–2/2/1976 Cavalieri, Grace–2/2/1976 St. John, Primus–2/21/1971 Stafford, William–1/17/1971 Stanford, Ann–4/1974 Stanton, Maura–5/2/1977 Stern, Gerald–12/11/1978, Stevens, Holly–2/27/1972

Taylor, Henry–1/3/1977, 

Ullman, Leslie–5/29/1979 Walker, Alice–12/6/1977 Weiss, Theodore–11/6/1978 Whitman, Ruth–11/21/1977 Whittemore, Reed–9/25/1975, 1/21/1977, Wilson, Keith–3/14/1972 Wright, Charles David–3/10/1975, 3/31/1977 Wright, James–3/8/1976, 3/8/1979 Zu-Bolton, Ahmos–2/2/1976, Piercy, Marge–10/18/1976, Robin, Ralph–5/24/1976 Pastan, Linda–2/7/1978, Pauker, John–2/12/1970, 6/5/1978 Ruckheyser, Muriel–1/21/1974, 9/25/1978 Scott, Frank –1/30/1972 Sexton, Linda –1/23/1978 Sklarew, Myra–3/26/1972, 11/10/1977, Slavitt, David–2/17/1975 St. John, David–12/4/1979, Sorescu, Marin–5/17/1972 Grumbach, Doris–1/5/1976 Guest, Barbara–7/1977 Hardison, O.B.–5/28/1974 Harper, Michael–4/2/1973, Hawkes, John–1/22/1973 Hayden, Robert–1/21/1977 Gregor, Arthur–3/10/1975 Gottlieb, Darcy–4/8/1976 Hacker, Marilyn–10/13/1975, Dickey, James–3/18/1974, 1/19/1977, Dillard, R.H.W.–1/6/1975, 1/6/1975, Moss, Howard–1/9/1978 Miller, E. Ethelbert–10/9/1978, Miller, May–1/17/1977 Morgan, Frederick–12/6/1977, Meredith, William–12/6/1976 Merrill, James–11/8/1976, Merwin, W.S.–11/16/1979, Murphy, Richard–3/17/1971 Nordhaus, Jean–3/24/1977, Claire, William–8/1979 Clifton, Lucille–2/8/1970, Eberhart, Richard–1/18/1977 Engels, John–1/3/1977 Hazo, Samuel–3/26/1972, Hecht, Roger–2/12/1970 Jellema, Rod–5/24/1976 Jacobsen, Josephine–11/10/1975, Josephine Jacobsen 1/17/1977, Kaufman, Shirley–2/1/1974 Kennedy, X.J.–4/5/1976 Jordan, June–10/9/1978, Klappert, Peter–3/12/1973 Kumin, Maxine–12/6/1976, Jong, Erika–12/7/1978 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence–4/3/1978, Gardner, John–12/1/1975 Garrett, George–3/1/1970 Flint, Roland–5/24/1976, Ginsberg, Allen–3/7/1977