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=== | This article lists the poets who read for the [[O.B. Hardison Poetry Series]]. Follow linked names for poet biographies, recordings of readings, and further information. | ||
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* | === 2020's === | ||
* | * [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Billy Collins (2021)]] 5/10/2021 | ||
* | * [[A Centennial Celebration of The Phillips Collection: Michael Collier and Monica Sok (2021)]] 4/13/2021 | ||
* | * [[In Collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland: Doireann Ní Ghríofa with LeAnne Howe (2021)]] 3/15/2021 | ||
* | * [[I Will Tell You the Truth About This: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War: Tracy K. Smith and Maurice Manning (2021)]] 2/11/2021 | ||
*Mark | * [[Not Just Another Day Off (2021)]] 1/18/2021 | ||
* | * [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tonight I Am In Love: Dorianne Laux (2020)]] 12/10/2020 | ||
* | * [[To Enter the World: Stephanie Burt and Taylor Johnson (2020)]] 11/18/2020 | ||
* | * [[There Is Too Much To Say: Toi Derricotte (2020)]] 10/22/2020 | ||
* | * [[Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes (2020)]] 5/2020 | ||
* | * [[Motherhood Redux: Camille Dungy, Tina Chang, and Beth Ann Fennelly (2020)]] 3/11/2020 | ||
* | * [[Love and Happiness: George Bilgere, Tim Seibles, and Keith S. Wilson (2020)]] 2/24/2020 | ||
* | * [[Not Just Another Day Off: Injustice is Here (2020)]] 1/20/2020 | ||
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* | === 2010s === | ||
* | * [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tom Sleigh and Lesley Dill (2019)]] 12/9/2019 | ||
* | * [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Charles Wright and Katherine Hollander (2019)]] 11/4/2019 | ||
* | * [[I Put a Spell on You: Annie Finch and Kiki Petrosino (2019)]] 10/28/2019 | ||
* | * [[Graywolf's 45th Anniversary: Ilya Kaminsky, Danez Smith, and Fanny Howe (2019)]] 9/16/2019 | ||
* | * [[A Bicentennial Celebration of Walt Whitman (2019)]] 6/3/2019 | ||
*Eavan Boland, 3/5/2012 | * [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Kay Ryan (2019)]] 5/7/2019 | ||
*Aracelis Girmay, 12/5/2011 | * [[Vinegar and Char: Verse from Southern Foodways Alliance: Sandra Beasley, Sean Hill, and W. Ralph Eubanks (2019)]] 3/11/2019 | ||
*Mark Kraushaar | * [[Tananarive Due, N.K. Jemisin, & Airea D. Matthews: What Was, What Is, and What Will Be: A Cross-Genre Look at Afrofuturism (2019)]] 2/12/2019 | ||
* [[Not Just Another Day Off (2019)]] 1/21/2019 | |||
*Robert Pinsky, 10/4/2011 | * [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Jen Bervin and Martha Nell Smith (2018)]] 12/10/2018 | ||
*Theo Dorgan | * [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Sir Andrew Motion and Christopher Cessac (2018)]] 11/5/2018 | ||
* [[Eudora Welty Lecture: Richard Ford (2018)]] 10/9/2018 | |||
*Robert Hass | * [[Ghost Fishing: Eco-Justice Poetry: Melissa Tuckey and Brenda Cárdenas (2018)]] 10/5/2018 | ||
* | * [[Won't You Celebrate with Me?: Linda Pastan, Marilyn Chin, and Ellen Bass (2018)]] 9/17/2018 | ||
*[[ | * [[Silence and Breath: Kazim Ali and Kaveh Akbar (2018)]] 5/21/2018 | ||
*Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, 3/21/2011 | * [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Poetry of Witness: Carolyn Forché (2018)]] 4/30/2018 | ||
*Naomi Ayala, | * [[10 Artists After Paul Klee at the Phillips Collection: Sherwin Bitsui and Paisley Rekdal (2018)]] 3/22/2018 | ||
* [[Natural Mystic: A Poetic Celebration of Reggae: Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair (2018)]] 2/5/2018 | |||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Sandra Gilbert (2017)]] 12/11/2017 | |||
* | * [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Gjertrud Schnakenberg and Mike White (2017)]] 11/6/2017 | ||
* [[Words Wanting to be Said: John Burnside and Phillis Levin (2017)]] 10/23/2017 | |||
*[[Lucia Perillo]], 12 | * [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Jane Hirshfield (2017)]] 4/17/2017 | ||
*Vera Pavlova, 11/8/2010 | * [[Manuel Gonzales, Yona Harvey, and Gary Jackson; We Wear the Masks: Poetry and Fiction inspired by Comic Books (2017)]] 3/13/2017 | ||
*Matthew Ladd | * [[Pablo Neruda Tribute: Forrest Gander and Javier Zamora (2017)]] 2/14/2017 | ||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tracy K. Smith and Dr. David DeVorkin (2016)]] 12/12/2016 | |||
*Edward Hirsch, 9/ | * Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series at The Phillips Collection: Tyehimba Jess and Robin Coste Lewis(2016) | ||
*Richard Wilbur, 5/18/2010 | * [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Eavan Boland and Austin Allen (2016)]] 10/24/2016 | ||
*[[W.S. Merwin]], 5/3/2010 | * [[Begin Again: Sharon Olds (2016)]] 10/17/2016 | ||
* | * [[Lineage: From the Black Arts Movement to Cave Canem: Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Toi Derricotte, Kyle Dargan, Gregory Pardlo, & Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2016)]] 6/13/2016 | ||
* | * [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Sir Andrew Motion (2016)]] 5/9/2016 | ||
*Patricia Smith, 3/1/2010 | * [[The New Sonneteers: Malachi Black, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and A. Van Jordan (2016)]] 4/11/2016 | ||
* | *Seeing Nature at The Phillips Collection: Mark Doty and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (2016) | ||
*Kyle Dargan, 1/11/2010 | * [[The Human Voice in Struggle: Reginald Dwayne Betts and William Archila (2016)]] 2/8/2016 | ||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Linda Gregerson (2015)]] 12/7/2015 | |||
* [[Chapter and Verse: Julianna Baggott and Laura Kasischke (2015)]] 11/23/2015 | |||
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Anthony Thwaite and Jaimee Hills (2015)]] 10/26/2015 | |||
* The Night's Music: W.S. DiPiero and Rowan Ricardo Phillips (2015) | |||
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Rita Dove (2015)]] 5/19/2015 | |||
* [[Mother Tongue: Poetry in Translation: Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh, Edward Hirsch (2015)]] 3/16/2015 | |||
* [[Human Equations at The Phillips Collection: Rae Armantrout (2015)]] 2/19/2015 | |||
* [[Drama & Verse: Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald (2015)]] 2/3/2015 | |||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Rafael Campo (2014)]] 12/8/2014 | |||
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Geoffrey Brock and Heather McHugh (2014)]] 11/17/2014 | |||
* [[Writing From the Edge: 40th Anniversary of Graywolf: Matthea Harvey, Claudia Rankine, Vijay Seshadri, Stephanie Burt (2014)]] 10/20/2014 | |||
* [[Here and Now: Stephen Dunn (2014)]] 9/29/2014 | |||
* [[Poet Lore Celebrates 125 Years of Literary Discovery: Traci Brimhall, Cornelius Eady, Terrance Hayes, Linda Pastan (2014)]] 9/15/2014 | |||
* [[Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014)]] 5/9/2014 | |||
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy (2014)]], 5/5/2014 | |||
* [[The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney (2014)]], 4/7/2014 | |||
* [[The Voice of Women in American Poetry (2014)]], 3/24/2014 | |||
* [[Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Schockley (2014)]], 3/24/2014 | |||
* [[Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning (2014)]], 2/27/2014 | |||
* [[Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III (2014)]], 2/21/2014 | |||
* [[Not Just Another Day Off (2014)]], 1/20/2014 | |||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Peter Gizzi (2013)]], 12/9/2013 | |||
* [[Before & After: Poets respond to Romeo and Juliet (2013)]], 11/6/2013 | |||
* [[Mortally Beautiful: C.K. Williams and Stanley Plumly (2013)]], 10/28/2013 | |||
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Shelley Puhak (2013)|Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize:Charles Simic and Shelley Puhak (2013)]], 11/18/2013 | |||
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013)]] , 5/13/2013 | |||
* [[Billy Collins (2013)]], 4/29/2013 | |||
* [[Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013)]], 4/28/2013 | |||
* [[B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013)]], 2/11/2013 | |||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012)]], 12/3/2012 | |||
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012)]] , 11/19/2012 | |||
* [[Red White and Blue: Nikky Finney, Brian Turner & Kwame Dawes (2012)|Red, White, and Blue: Nikky Finney, Brian Turner & Kwame Dawes (2012)]], 11/5/2012 | |||
* [[Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012)]] , 9/17/2012 | |||
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012)]], 5/14/2012 | |||
* [[Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012)]], 4/30/2012 | |||
* [[Eavan Boland (2012)]], 3/5/2012 | |||
* [[Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012)]], 2/9/2012 | |||
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011)]], 12/5/2011 | |||
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011)]], 11/8/2011 | |||
* [[Robert Pinsky (2011)]], 10/4/2011 | |||
* [[Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011)]], 9/19/2011 | |||
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011)]] 5/16/2011 | |||
* [[Wendy Wall]], 4/25/2011 | |||
* [[Namoi Shihab Nye (2011)]], 4/11/2011 | |||
* [[Mary Karr & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2011)]], 3/21/2011 | |||
* [[Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011)]], 2/28/2011 | |||
* [[Kevin Young (2011)]], 1/6/2011 | |||
* [[Lucia Perillo (2010)]], 12/2010 | |||
* [[Vera Pavlova (2010)]], 11/8/2010 | |||
* [[Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010)]], 10/19/2010 | |||
* [[Edward Hirsch (2010)]], 9/8/2010 | |||
* [[Richard Wilbur (2010)]], 5/18/2010 | |||
* [[W.S. Merwin]], 5/3/2010 | |||
* [[Natalie Merchant (2010)]], 4/30/2010 | |||
* [[Jane Hirshfield (2010)]], 4/8/2010 | |||
* [[Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010)]], 3/1/2010 | |||
* [[Charles Wright (2010)]], 2/22/2010 | |||
* [[Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010)]], 1/11/2010 | |||
===2000s=== | ===2000s=== | ||
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*Juliana Spahr, 10/9/2009 | *Juliana Spahr, 10/9/2009 | ||
*Arthur Sze, 11/3/2009 | *Arthur Sze, 11/3/2009 | ||
* | *[[Eamon Grennan]], 5/18/2009 | ||
*Rita Dove, 5/4/2009 | *Rita Dove, 5/4/2009 | ||
*A.B. Spellman, 4/6/2009 | *A.B. Spellman, 4/6/2009 | ||
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*[[Richard Howard]], 12/10/2007 | *[[Richard Howard]], 12/10/2007 | ||
*John Ashbery, 11/5/2007 | *John Ashbery, 11/5/2007 | ||
*David Wojahn, 10/26/2007 | *David Wojahn, 10/26/2007 | ||
*Eavan Boland, 5/21/2007 | *Eavan Boland, 5/21/2007 | ||
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*Frank X. Walker, 2/12/2007 | *Frank X. Walker, 2/12/2007 | ||
*Srikanth Reddy, 1/29/2007 | *Srikanth Reddy, 1/29/2007 | ||
*Tina Chang, 1/29/2007 | *[[Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning (2014)|Tina Chang]], 1/29/2007 | ||
*Victoria Chang, 1/29/2007 | *Victoria Chang, 1/29/2007 | ||
*[[Carolyn Forché]], 12/11/2006 | *[[Carolyn Forché]], 12/11/2006 | ||
*Tess Gallagher | *Tess Gallagher, 11/20/2006 | ||
*Charles Simic, 5/1/2006 | *David Rivard, 10/27/2007 | ||
*[[Charles Simic]], 5/1/2006 | |||
*Ted Kooser, 4/25/2006 | *Ted Kooser, 4/25/2006 | ||
*Virgil Suarez, 3/13/2006 | *Virgil Suarez, 3/13/2006 | ||
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*Fanny Howe, 9/21/2004 | *Fanny Howe, 9/21/2004 | ||
*Percival Everett, 9/21/2004 | *Percival Everett, 9/21/2004 | ||
*Stanley Plumly, 5/3/2004 | *[[Mortally Beautiful: C.K. Williams and Stanley Plumly (2013)|Stanley Plumly]], 5/3/2004 | ||
*Brad Gooch, 4/16/2004 | *Brad Gooch, 4/16/2004 | ||
*Diane Ackerman, 4/1/2004 | *Diane Ackerman, 4/1/2004 | ||
* | *[[Eamon Grennan]], 3/1/2004 | ||
*Vona Groarke, 3/1/2004 | *Vona Groarke, 3/1/2004 | ||
*David McCann, 2/2/2004 | *David McCann, 2/2/2004 | ||
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*Cornelius Eady,10/24/2003 | *Cornelius Eady,10/24/2003 | ||
*Pattiann Rodgers, 5/15/2003 | *Pattiann Rodgers, 5/15/2003 | ||
*Robert Bly, 4/14/2003 | |||
*George Schneeman, 3/15/2003 | *George Schneeman, 3/15/2003 | ||
*Ron Padgett, 3/15/2003 | *Ron Padgett, 3/15/2003 | ||
*Steve Clay, 3/15/2003 | *Steve Clay, 3/15/2003 | ||
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*A. Van Jordan, 9/23/2002 | *A. Van Jordan, 9/23/2002 | ||
*Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, 9/23/2002 | *Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, 9/23/2002 | ||
*Shara McCallum, 9/23 | *[[The Voice of Women in American Poetry (2014)|Shara McCallum]], 9/23/2002 | ||
*W.D. Snodgrass, 5/13/2002 | *W.D. Snodgrass, 5/13/2002 | ||
*Natasha Trethewey, 4/29/2002 | *Natasha Trethewey, 4/29/2002 | ||
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*Galway Kinnell, 5/4/2001 | *Galway Kinnell, 5/4/2001 | ||
*Billy Collins, 4/10/2001 | *Billy Collins, 4/10/2001 | ||
*Carol Ann Duffy, 4/10/2001 | *[[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy (2014)| Carol Ann Duffy]], 4/10/2001 | ||
*Les Murray, 3/26/2001 | *Les Murray, 3/26/2001 | ||
*Lucille Clifton, 2/26/2001 | *Lucille Clifton, 2/26/2001 | ||
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*Peter Brook, 9/9/1998 | *Peter Brook, 9/9/1998 | ||
*Gary Snyder, 5/8/1998 | *Gary Snyder, 5/8/1998 | ||
*Robert Pinsky, 4/17/1998 | *Robert Pinsky, 4/17/1998 | ||
*Ann Lauterbach, 4/16/1998 | *Ann Lauterbach, 4/16/1998 | ||
*Stanley Plumly, 3/19/1998 | *[[Mortally Beautiful: C.K. Williams and Stanley Plumly (2013)|Stanley Plumly]], 3/19/1998 | ||
*Lucille Clifton, 3/19/1998 | *Lucille Clifton, 3/19/1998 | ||
*Robert Creeley, 3/19/1998 | *Robert Creeley, 3/19/1998 | ||
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*Octavio Paz, 4/15/1993 | *Octavio Paz, 4/15/1993 | ||
*Alice Quinn, 3/2/1993 | *Alice Quinn, 3/2/1993 | ||
*Charles Simic, 3/2/1993 | *[[Charles Simic]], 3/2/1993 | ||
*Louise Gluck, 3/2/1993 | *Louise Gluck, 3/2/1993 | ||
*Beth Joselow, 2/9/1993 | *Beth Joselow, 2/9/1993 | ||
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*[[Charles Wright]], 12/9/1991 | *[[Charles Wright]], 12/9/1991 | ||
*Gibbons Ruark, 11/25/1991 | *Gibbons Ruark, 11/25/1991 | ||
* | *[[Eamon Grennan]], 11/25/1991 | ||
*Les Murray, 11/12/1991 | *Les Murray, 11/12/1991 | ||
*[[Brendan Galvin]], 10/28/1991 | *[[Brendan Galvin]], 10/28/1991 | ||
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*Belle Waring, 5/13/1991 | *Belle Waring, 5/13/1991 | ||
*Donald Justice, 4/15/1991 | *Donald Justice, 4/15/1991 | ||
*Seamus Heaney, 4/7/1991 | *[[Seamus Heaney]], 4/7/1991 | ||
*[[Li-Young Lee]], 3/11/1991 | *[[Li-Young Lee]], 3/11/1991 | ||
*David Ignatow, 3/11/1991 | *David Ignatow, 3/11/1991 | ||
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*Katha Pollitt, 3/9/1987 | *Katha Pollitt, 3/9/1987 | ||
*Laura Jensen, 3/9/1987 | *Laura Jensen, 3/9/1987 | ||
*Stanley Plumly, 2/10/1987 | *[[Mortally Beautiful: C.K. Williams and Stanley Plumly (2013)|Stanley Plumly]], 2/10/1987 | ||
*C. K. Williams, 2/10/1987 | *C. K. Williams, 2/10/1987 | ||
*[[Cynthia Macdonald]], 12/12/1986 | *[[Cynthia Macdonald]], 12/12/1986 | ||
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*W.D. Snodgrass, 10/15/1985 | *W.D. Snodgrass, 10/15/1985 | ||
*Donald Hall, 10/15/1985 | *Donald Hall, 10/15/1985 | ||
*Seamus Heaney, 5/3/1985 | *[[Seamus Heaney]], 5/3/1985 | ||
*Denis Johnson, 4/2/1985 | *Denis Johnson, 4/2/1985 | ||
*[[Elizabeth Spires]], 4/2/1985 | *[[Elizabeth Spires]], 4/2/1985 | ||
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*Jordan Smith, 5/8/1984 | *Jordan Smith, 5/8/1984 | ||
*Douglas Crase, 5/8/1984 | *Douglas Crase, 5/8/1984 | ||
*Charles Simic, 4/2/1984 | *[[Charles Simic]], 4/2/1984 | ||
*[[Ellen Bryant Voigt]], 4/2/1984 | *[[Ellen Bryant Voigt]], 4/2/1984 | ||
*Sonia Sanchez, 2/6/1984 | *Sonia Sanchez, 2/6/1984 | ||
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*Howard Nemerov, 9/21/1981 | *Howard Nemerov, 9/21/1981 | ||
*Eilean Ni Chuilleanan, 9/21/1981 | *Eilean Ni Chuilleanan, 9/21/1981 | ||
*Charles Simic, 5/2/1981 | *[[Charles Simic]], 5/2/1981 | ||
*Carolyn Kizer, 4/30-5/2/1981 | *Carolyn Kizer, 4/30-5/2/1981 | ||
*Josephine Miles, 4/13/1981 | *Josephine Miles, 4/13/1981 | ||
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*Heather McHugh, 11/19/1979 | *Heather McHugh, 11/19/1979 | ||
*[[W.S. Merwin]], 11/16/1979 | *[[W.S. Merwin]], 11/16/1979 | ||
*Leslie Ullman, 5/29/1979 | *Leslie Ullman, 5/29/1979 | ||
*John Ashbery, 3/12/1979 | *John Ashbery, 3/12/1979 | ||
*James Wright, 3/8/1979 | *James Wright, 3/8/1979 | ||
*James Liddy, 2/6/1979 | *James Liddy, 2/6/1979 | ||
*William Claire, 1/8/1979 | |||
*Gerald Stern, 12/11/1978 | *Gerald Stern, 12/11/1978 | ||
*[[Erica Jong]], 12/7/1978 | *[[Erica Jong]], 12/7/1978 | ||
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*Linda Sexton, 1/23/1978 | *Linda Sexton, 1/23/1978 | ||
*Howard Moss, 1/9/1978 | *Howard Moss, 1/9/1978 | ||
*Alice Walker, 12/6/1977 | *Alice Walker, 12/6/1977 | ||
*Frederick Morgan, 12/6/1977 | *Frederick Morgan, 12/6/1977 | ||
*Ruth Whitman, 11/21/1977 | *Ruth Whitman, 11/21/1977 | ||
*Myra Sklarew, 11/10/1977 | *Myra Sklarew, 11/10/1977 | ||
*Maura Stanton, 5/2/1977 | *Maura Stanton, 5/2/1977 | ||
*Daniel Berrigan, S.J., 4/4/1977 | *Daniel Berrigan, S.J., 4/4/1977 | ||
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*Jean Nordhaus, 3/24/1977 | *Jean Nordhaus, 3/24/1977 | ||
*Allen Ginsberg, 3/7/1977 | *Allen Ginsberg, 3/7/1977 | ||
*Mary Abbott, 2/7/1977 | |||
*Barbara Guest, 2/7/1977 | |||
*Robert Hayden, 1/21/1977 | *Robert Hayden, 1/21/1977 | ||
*Reed Whittemore, 1/21/1977 | *Reed Whittemore, 1/21/1977 | ||
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*John Pauker, 2/12/1970 | *John Pauker, 2/12/1970 | ||
*Lucille Clifton, 2/8/1970 | *Lucille Clifton, 2/8/1970 | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:17, 28 June 2021
This article lists the poets who read for the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series. Follow linked names for poet biographies, recordings of readings, and further information.
2020's
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Billy Collins (2021) 5/10/2021
- A Centennial Celebration of The Phillips Collection: Michael Collier and Monica Sok (2021) 4/13/2021
- In Collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland: Doireann Ní Ghríofa with LeAnne Howe (2021) 3/15/2021
- I Will Tell You the Truth About This: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War: Tracy K. Smith and Maurice Manning (2021) 2/11/2021
- Not Just Another Day Off (2021) 1/18/2021
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tonight I Am In Love: Dorianne Laux (2020) 12/10/2020
- To Enter the World: Stephanie Burt and Taylor Johnson (2020) 11/18/2020
- There Is Too Much To Say: Toi Derricotte (2020) 10/22/2020
- Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes (2020) 5/2020
- Motherhood Redux: Camille Dungy, Tina Chang, and Beth Ann Fennelly (2020) 3/11/2020
- Love and Happiness: George Bilgere, Tim Seibles, and Keith S. Wilson (2020) 2/24/2020
- Not Just Another Day Off: Injustice is Here (2020) 1/20/2020
2010s
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tom Sleigh and Lesley Dill (2019) 12/9/2019
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Charles Wright and Katherine Hollander (2019) 11/4/2019
- I Put a Spell on You: Annie Finch and Kiki Petrosino (2019) 10/28/2019
- Graywolf's 45th Anniversary: Ilya Kaminsky, Danez Smith, and Fanny Howe (2019) 9/16/2019
- A Bicentennial Celebration of Walt Whitman (2019) 6/3/2019
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Kay Ryan (2019) 5/7/2019
- Vinegar and Char: Verse from Southern Foodways Alliance: Sandra Beasley, Sean Hill, and W. Ralph Eubanks (2019) 3/11/2019
- Tananarive Due, N.K. Jemisin, & Airea D. Matthews: What Was, What Is, and What Will Be: A Cross-Genre Look at Afrofuturism (2019) 2/12/2019
- Not Just Another Day Off (2019) 1/21/2019
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Jen Bervin and Martha Nell Smith (2018) 12/10/2018
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Sir Andrew Motion and Christopher Cessac (2018) 11/5/2018
- Eudora Welty Lecture: Richard Ford (2018) 10/9/2018
- Ghost Fishing: Eco-Justice Poetry: Melissa Tuckey and Brenda Cárdenas (2018) 10/5/2018
- Won't You Celebrate with Me?: Linda Pastan, Marilyn Chin, and Ellen Bass (2018) 9/17/2018
- Silence and Breath: Kazim Ali and Kaveh Akbar (2018) 5/21/2018
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Poetry of Witness: Carolyn Forché (2018) 4/30/2018
- 10 Artists After Paul Klee at the Phillips Collection: Sherwin Bitsui and Paisley Rekdal (2018) 3/22/2018
- Natural Mystic: A Poetic Celebration of Reggae: Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair (2018) 2/5/2018
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Sandra Gilbert (2017) 12/11/2017
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Gjertrud Schnakenberg and Mike White (2017) 11/6/2017
- Words Wanting to be Said: John Burnside and Phillis Levin (2017) 10/23/2017
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Jane Hirshfield (2017) 4/17/2017
- Manuel Gonzales, Yona Harvey, and Gary Jackson; We Wear the Masks: Poetry and Fiction inspired by Comic Books (2017) 3/13/2017
- Pablo Neruda Tribute: Forrest Gander and Javier Zamora (2017) 2/14/2017
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tracy K. Smith and Dr. David DeVorkin (2016) 12/12/2016
- Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series at The Phillips Collection: Tyehimba Jess and Robin Coste Lewis(2016)
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Eavan Boland and Austin Allen (2016) 10/24/2016
- Begin Again: Sharon Olds (2016) 10/17/2016
- Lineage: From the Black Arts Movement to Cave Canem: Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Toi Derricotte, Kyle Dargan, Gregory Pardlo, & Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2016) 6/13/2016
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Sir Andrew Motion (2016) 5/9/2016
- The New Sonneteers: Malachi Black, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and A. Van Jordan (2016) 4/11/2016
- Seeing Nature at The Phillips Collection: Mark Doty and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (2016)
- The Human Voice in Struggle: Reginald Dwayne Betts and William Archila (2016) 2/8/2016
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Linda Gregerson (2015) 12/7/2015
- Chapter and Verse: Julianna Baggott and Laura Kasischke (2015) 11/23/2015
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Anthony Thwaite and Jaimee Hills (2015) 10/26/2015
- The Night's Music: W.S. DiPiero and Rowan Ricardo Phillips (2015)
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Rita Dove (2015) 5/19/2015
- Mother Tongue: Poetry in Translation: Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh, Edward Hirsch (2015) 3/16/2015
- Human Equations at The Phillips Collection: Rae Armantrout (2015) 2/19/2015
- Drama & Verse: Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald (2015) 2/3/2015
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Rafael Campo (2014) 12/8/2014
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Geoffrey Brock and Heather McHugh (2014) 11/17/2014
- Writing From the Edge: 40th Anniversary of Graywolf: Matthea Harvey, Claudia Rankine, Vijay Seshadri, Stephanie Burt (2014) 10/20/2014
- Here and Now: Stephen Dunn (2014) 9/29/2014
- Poet Lore Celebrates 125 Years of Literary Discovery: Traci Brimhall, Cornelius Eady, Terrance Hayes, Linda Pastan (2014) 9/15/2014
- Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014) 5/9/2014
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy (2014), 5/5/2014
- The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney (2014), 4/7/2014
- The Voice of Women in American Poetry (2014), 3/24/2014
- Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Schockley (2014), 3/24/2014
- Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning (2014), 2/27/2014
- Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III (2014), 2/21/2014
- Not Just Another Day Off (2014), 1/20/2014
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Peter Gizzi (2013), 12/9/2013
- Before & After: Poets respond to Romeo and Juliet (2013), 11/6/2013
- Mortally Beautiful: C.K. Williams and Stanley Plumly (2013), 10/28/2013
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize:Charles Simic and Shelley Puhak (2013), 11/18/2013
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013) , 5/13/2013
- Billy Collins (2013), 4/29/2013
- Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013), 4/28/2013
- B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013), 2/11/2013
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012), 12/3/2012
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012) , 11/19/2012
- Red, White, and Blue: Nikky Finney, Brian Turner & Kwame Dawes (2012), 11/5/2012
- Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012) , 9/17/2012
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012), 5/14/2012
- Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012), 4/30/2012
- Eavan Boland (2012), 3/5/2012
- Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012), 2/9/2012
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011), 12/5/2011
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011), 11/8/2011
- Robert Pinsky (2011), 10/4/2011
- Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011), 9/19/2011
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011) 5/16/2011
- Wendy Wall, 4/25/2011
- Namoi Shihab Nye (2011), 4/11/2011
- Mary Karr & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2011), 3/21/2011
- Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011), 2/28/2011
- Kevin Young (2011), 1/6/2011
- Lucia Perillo (2010), 12/2010
- Vera Pavlova (2010), 11/8/2010
- Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010), 10/19/2010
- Edward Hirsch (2010), 9/8/2010
- Richard Wilbur (2010), 5/18/2010
- W.S. Merwin, 5/3/2010
- Natalie Merchant (2010), 4/30/2010
- Jane Hirshfield (2010), 4/8/2010
- Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010), 3/1/2010
- Charles Wright (2010), 2/22/2010
- Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010), 1/11/2010
2000s
- Lucie Brock-Broido, 12/14/2009
- Afaa Michael Weaver, 11/3/2009
- Juliana Spahr, 10/9/2009
- Arthur Sze, 11/3/2009
- Eamon Grennan, 5/18/2009
- Rita Dove, 5/4/2009
- A.B. Spellman, 4/6/2009
- Michael Harper, 4/6/2009
- Natasha Trethewey, 3/16/2009
- Claudia Emerson, 3/16/2009
- Marie Howe, 2/17/2009
- Bob Hicok, 2/17/2009
- Linda Pastan, 1/12/2009
- Tracy K. Smith, 1/12/2009
- Elizabeth Spires, 12/8/2008
- Rae Armantrout, 11/10/2008
- Frank Bidart, 11/10/2008
- Terrance Hayes, 9/29/2008
- Edwin Torres, 9/29/2008
- Nick Flynn, 9/29/2008
- Eileen Myles, 9/29/2008
- Mary Kinzie, 9/28/2008
- Lucille Clifton, 5/13/2008
- Mark Doty, 4/24/2008
- Tyehimba Jess, 4/7/2008
- Quincy Troupe, 4/7/2008
- Galway Kinnell, 3/24/2008
- Ross Gay, 2/11/2008
- Gerald Stern, 2/11/2008
- Kay Ryan, 1/22/2008
- Richard Howard, 12/10/2007
- John Ashbery, 11/5/2007
- David Wojahn, 10/26/2007
- Eavan Boland, 5/21/2007
- Molly Peacock, 4/2/2007
- Henri Cole, 4/2/2007
- Phillis Levin, 4/2/2007
- Derek Walcott, 3/12/2007
- Terrance Hayes, 2/12/2007
- Frank X. Walker, 2/12/2007
- Srikanth Reddy, 1/29/2007
- Tina Chang, 1/29/2007
- Victoria Chang, 1/29/2007
- Carolyn Forché, 12/11/2006
- Tess Gallagher, 11/20/2006
- David Rivard, 10/27/2007
- Charles Simic, 5/1/2006
- Ted Kooser, 4/25/2006
- Virgil Suarez, 3/13/2006
- Adrian Castro, 3/13/2006
- Sonia Sanchez, 2/13/2006
- Eve Grubin, 1/24/2006
- Kazim Ali, 1/24/2006
- Katie Ford, 1/24/2006
- Jorie Graham, 1/24/2006
- Rosmarie Waldrop, 12/17/2005
- Mark Halliday, 11/7/2005
- Campbell McGrath, 11/7/2005
- Sharon Olds, 10/25/2005
- Elizabeth Alexander, 10/25/2005
- Tony Hoagland, 9/23/2005
- Anne Waldman, 5/16/2005
- Philip Levine, 5/2/2005
- Taha Muhammad Ali, 3/1/2005
- Edward Hirsch, 3/1/2005
- C. K. Williams, 2/14/2005
- Peter Gizzi, 1/25/2005
- Eileen Myles, 1/25/2005
- Harryette Mullen, 12/6/2004
- Jimmy Santiago Baca, 11/22/2004
- Diane Middlebrook, 11/3/2004
- Reginald Gibbons, 10/22/2004
- Thomas Sayers Ellis, 9/21/2004
- Vijay Seshadri, 9/21/2004
- Fanny Howe, 9/21/2004
- Percival Everett, 9/21/2004
- Stanley Plumly, 5/3/2004
- Brad Gooch, 4/16/2004
- Diane Ackerman, 4/1/2004
- Eamon Grennan, 3/1/2004
- Vona Groarke, 3/1/2004
- David McCann, 2/2/2004
- Ko Un, 2/2/2004
- Katia Kapovich, 1/13/2004
- Rachel Blau Duplessis, 1/13/2004
- Linda Gregson, 1/13/2004
- Jean Valentine, 12/8/2003
- Tribute to Henry Taylor, 9/23/2003
- Cornelius Eady,10/24/2003
- Pattiann Rodgers, 5/15/2003
- Robert Bly, 4/14/2003
- George Schneeman, 3/15/2003
- Ron Padgett, 3/15/2003
- Steve Clay, 3/15/2003
- Paul Muldoon, 2/24/2003
- Dissenting Practices, 2/20/2003
- Linda Gregerson, 1/13/2003
- Li-Young Lee, 12/9/2002
- Naomi Shihab Nye, 11/13/2002
- Nathalie Handal, 11/13/2002
- Elmaz Abinader, 11/13/2002
- Ellen Bryant Voigt, 10/21/2002
- A. Van Jordan, 9/23/2002
- Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, 9/23/2002
- Shara McCallum, 9/23/2002
- W.D. Snodgrass, 5/13/2002
- Natasha Trethewey, 4/29/2002
- Dolores Kendrick, 4/29/2002
- Celebration of the Sonnet, 4/2/2002
- Alice Notley, 3/18/2002
- Yeats' Gallery, 2/25/2002
- Kenneth Koch, 1/14/2002
- Susan Howe, 12/11/2001
- Clarence Major, 11/26/2001
- Bruce Smith, 11/26/2001
- David St. John, 10/29/2001
- Galway Kinnell, 5/4/2001
- Billy Collins, 4/10/2001
- Carol Ann Duffy, 4/10/2001
- Les Murray, 3/26/2001
- Lucille Clifton, 2/26/2001
- Marie Howe, 1/29/2001
- Elizabeth Alexander, 1/29/2001
- Joy Harjo, 12/11/2000
- Afaa Michael Weaver, 11/20/2000
- Ahmos Zu-Bolton, 11/20/2000
- Rachel Hadas, 10/23/2000
- Louise Gluck, 5/2/2000
- Sandra Cisneros, 4/7/2000
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 3/13/2000
- Arthur Sze, 2/28/2000
- Vijay Seshadri, 2/28/2000
- Toi Derricotte, 1/24/2000
- Thomas Lux, 1/24/2000
1990s
- Elizabeth Spires, 12/6/1999
- Tracie Morris, 11/8/1999
- Yusef Komunyakaa, 11/8/1999
- Alan Shapiro, 10/19/1999
- Lannon Fellows, 10/4/1999
- Amy Hempel, 5/4/1999
- Steve Stern, 5/4/1999
- Cornelius Eady, 5/4/1999
- Carolyn Forché, 5/4/1999
- YMCA National Writer's Voice, 5/4/1999
- Stanley Kunitz, 4/16/1999
- Melanie Rae Thon, 4/8/1999
- Michael Martone, 4/8/1999
- Tom Sleigh, 3/23/1999
- Sandra Gilbert, 3/23/1999
- Donald Justice, 3/2/1999
- Brenda Marie Osbey, 2/16/1999
- C.D. Wright, 2/4/1999
- Mark McMorris, 2/4/1999
- Eavan Boland, 1/26/1999
- Jane Mead, 1/26/1999
- Mary Oliver, 12/8/1998
- Maggie Nelson, 12/3/1998
- Jennifer Barber, 12/3/1998
- Mark Bibbins, 12/3/1998
- Lawson Fusao Inada, 11/10/1998
- Jennifer Nelson, 11/10/1998
- Heather McHugh, 10/20/1998
- W.S. Merwin, 10/6/1998
- Michael Palmer, 10/1/1998
- Peter Brook, 9/9/1998
- Gary Snyder, 5/8/1998
- Robert Pinsky, 4/17/1998
- Ann Lauterbach, 4/16/1998
- Stanley Plumly, 3/19/1998
- Lucille Clifton, 3/19/1998
- Robert Creeley, 3/19/1998
- Denise Levertov, 3/19/1998
- Dava Sobel, 3/11/1998
- Richard Wilbur, 2/26/1998
- James Tate, 2/24/1998
- Brenda Hillman, 2/24/1998
- DJ Renegade, 2/16/1998
- Reuben Jackson, 1/27/1998
- Al Young, 1/27/1998
- Mary Karr, 12/7/1997
- Reetika Vazarani, 11/18/1997
- Zoe Anglesey, 11/18/1997
- Charles Wright, 11/13/1997
- Jay Parini, 11/13/1997
- Frank Bidart, 10/21/1997
- Leslie Scalapino, 10/16/1997
- Mark Rudman, 10/16/1997
- Rafael Campo, 9/18/1997
- Marilyn Hacker, 9/18/1997
- George Plimpton, 6/12/1997
- Christopher Buckley, 6/12/1997
- Nuala Ni Dhomhniall, 5/6/1997
- Eilean Ni Chuilleanan, 5/6/1997
- Gwendolyn Brooks, 4/4/1997
- Kamau Brathwaite, 3/25/1997
- Lannon Fellows, 2/24/1997
- John Ashbery, 2/4/1997
- Anne Carson, 2/4/1997
- Michael Ondaatje, 1/14/1997
- Anthony Hecht, 12/10/1996
- Patricia Smith, 11/19/1996
- Jesus Papoleto Melendez, 11/12/1996
- Pedro Pietri, 11/12/1996
- Jesus Melindez, 11/12/1996
- Jorie Graham, 10/29/1996
- Bei Dao, 5/7/1996
- Derek Walcott, 4/26/1996
- Anne Carson, 2/27/1996
- Christopher Merrill, 2/27/1996
- Henri Cole, 2/22/1996
- Lucie Brock-Broido, 2/17/1996
- Jay Wright, 1/23/1996
- Peter Sacks, 12/12/1995
- Patricia Smith, 11/14/1995
- Paul Beatty, 11/14/1995
- Laurie Anderson, 10/31/1995
- E. Ethelbert Miller, 10/24/1995
- Adrienne Rich, 10/10/1995
- Octavio Paz, 5/25/1995
- Sharon Olds, 5/12/1995
- W. S. Merwin, 4/20/1995
- Paul Muldoon, 3/7/1995
- Rosanna Warren, 3/7/1995
- Robert Creeley, 2/14/1995
- Linda Pastan, 2/14/1995
- Cyrus Cassells, 1/25/1995
- Carolyn Forché, 1/24/1995
- Hayden Carruth, 1994
- Jorie Graham, 12/13/1994
- Jane Miller, 11/17/1994
- Mark Doty, 11/17/1994
- Spalding Gray, 11/16/1994
- Cornelius Eady, 11/15/1994
- R.H.W. Dillard, 10/25/1994
- Lucille Clifton< 5/17/1994
- Rose Styron, 5/5/1994
- George Plimpton, 5/5/1994
- Robert Hass, 4/8/1994
- Czeslaw Milosz, 4/8/1994
- Olga Broumas, 3/29/1994
- Killarney Clary, 3/3/1994
- Agha Shahid Ali, 3/3/1994
- Sheryl St. Germain, 2/22/1994
- Galway Kinnell, 2/8/1994
- Peter Reading, 1/25/1994
- Rita Dove, 1/20/1994
- Frank Bidart, 12/9/1993
- Kenneth Carroll, 11/16/1993
- Wanda Coleman, 11/16/1993
- John Frederick Nims, 10/21/1993
- Denise Levertov, 9/21/1993
- Adrienne Rich, 5/4/1993
- Octavio Paz, 4/15/1993
- Alice Quinn, 3/2/1993
- Charles Simic, 3/2/1993
- Louise Gluck, 3/2/1993
- Beth Joselow, 2/9/1993
- E. Ethelbert Miller, 2/9/1993
- William Matthews, 1/21/1993
- Maxine Kumin, 12/8/1992
- Martin Espada, 11/17/1992
- Robert Creeley, 11/17/1992
- Marilyn Waniek (aka Marilyn Nelson), 11/17/1992
- Cynthia Macdonald, 10/22/1992
- John Updike, 4/6/1992
- Fred Chappell, 3/30/1992
- Richard Tillinghast, 3/30/1992
- Olga Broumas, 3/8/1992
- Carolyn Forché, 3/2/1992
- Jane Kenyon, 2/3/1992
- Jean Nordhaus, 2/3/1992
- Anne Becker, 1/13/1992
- Ai, 1/13/1992
- Mona Van Duyn, 1991
- Julie Agoos, 1991
- Charles Wright, 12/9/1991
- Gibbons Ruark, 11/25/1991
- Eamon Grennan, 11/25/1991
- Les Murray, 11/12/1991
- Brendan Galvin, 10/28/1991
- Miroslav Holub, 10/15/1991
- Belle Waring, 5/13/1991
- Donald Justice, 4/15/1991
- Seamus Heaney, 4/7/1991
- Li-Young Lee, 3/11/1991
- David Ignatow, 3/11/1991
- Ntozake Shange, 2/19/1991
- Jessica Hagedorn, 2/19/1991
- Gregory Orr, 1/28/1991
- Edward Kleinschmidt, 1/28/1991
- Linda Pastan, 1/14/1991
- Jean Valentine, 12/10/1990
- Thomas Lux, 11/19/1990
- Jorie Graham, 11/19/1990
- Toi Derricotte, 11/19/1990
- Anthony Hecht, 10/26/1990
- Dave Smith, 10/22/1990
- Roland Flint, 10/22/1990
- Sonia Sanchez, 9/17/1990
- Molly Peacock, 6/30/1990
- Minnie Bruce Pratt, 6/30/1990
- Adam Zagajewski, 4/2/1990
- Bernice Reagon, 3/2/1990
- June Jordan, 3/2/1990
- Jane Shore, 2/5/1990
- Carol Muske, 2/5/1990
- Bruce Weigl, 1/22/1990
- John Balaban, 1/22/1990
1980s
- Josephine Jacobsen, 12/12/1989
- Jean Valentine, 12/12/1989
- Saul Bellow, 12/1/1989
- Henry Taylor, 11/13/1989
- Michael Collier, 11/13/1989
- Peter Sacks, 4/12/1989
- Yehuda Amichai, 3/15/1989
- Philip Levine, 2/27/1989
- Thomas McGrath, 1/31/1989
- Reed Whittemore, 1/19/1989
- Roland Flint, 1/19/1989
- Eilean Ni Chuilleanan, 1/18/1989
- Marilyn Hacker, 12/14/1988
- Marge Piercy, 10/24/1988
- Octavio Paz, 10/18/1988
- Yehuda Amichai, 9/29/1988
- Octavio Paz, 9/29/1988
- Derek Walcott, 9/29/1988
- Les Murray, 9/29/1988
- Peter Sacks, 9/29/1988
- Jeffery Harrison, 5/6/1988
- Irina Ratushinskay, 4/4/1988
- Linda Pastan, 3/29/1988
- Myra Sklarew, 3/29/1988
- John Ashbery, 2/19/1988
- Patricia Willis, 1/15/1988
- June Jordan, 11/18/1987
- Anthony Hecht, 10/22/1987
- Stanley Kunitz, 5/12/1987
- Galway Kinnell, 4/9/1987
- Katha Pollitt, 3/9/1987
- Laura Jensen, 3/9/1987
- Stanley Plumly, 2/10/1987
- C. K. Williams, 2/10/1987
- Cynthia Macdonald, 12/12/1986
- Katherine Zadravec, 12/11/1986
- Frank Dorn, 12/11/1986
- James Merrill, 11/18/1986
- Diane Burns, 10/30/1986
- Gregory Tate, 10/30/1986
- Joseph Brodsky, 10/21/1986
- Michael Harper, 4/22/1986
- Rita Dove, 4/22/1986
- Tomas Transtromer, 4/1/1986
- William Pritchard, 3/3/1986
- Nicholas Christopher, 2/18/1986
- Jeffery Harrison, 2/18/1986
- Robert Hass, 2/18/1986
- Anthony Hecht, 1/13/1986
- Amy Clampitt, 1/12/1986
- Jorie Graham, 11/19/1985
- Lucille Clifton, 11/19/1985
- W.D. Snodgrass, 10/15/1985
- Donald Hall, 10/15/1985
- Seamus Heaney, 5/3/1985
- Denis Johnson, 4/2/1985
- Elizabeth Spires, 4/2/1985
- Edward Hirsch, 3/4/1985
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, 3/4/1985
- Mary Oliver, 2/4/1985
- Sharon Olds, 12/10/1984
- Sandra Esteves, 10/30/1984
- Rikki Lights, 10/30/1984
- Robert Pinsky, 10/24/1984
- Alison Lurie, 10/12/1984
- Shelby Hearon, 10/12/1984
- May Swenson, 10/2/1984
- Reed Whittemore, 5/9/1984
- Jordan Smith, 5/8/1984
- Douglas Crase, 5/8/1984
- Charles Simic, 4/2/1984
- Ellen Bryant Voigt, 4/2/1984
- Sonia Sanchez, 2/6/1984
- Jean Valentine, 12/12/1983
- Josephine Jacobsen, 12/9/1983
- Roland Flint, 12/6/1983
- W.S. Merwin, 11/16/1983
- James Dickey, 10/30/1983
- Garth Tate, 10/4/1983
- Kimiko Hahn, 10/4/1983
- Ivan Lalic, 9/7/1983
- Denise Levertov, 5/9/1983
- Jean Valentine, 4/18/1983
- Ursula LeGuin, 3/21/1983
- Samuel Hazo, 12/3/1982
- Frederick Morgan, 10/18/1982
- Myra Sklarew, 9/20/1982
- Veno Taufer, 5/17/1982
- Jerome Rothenberg, 5/11/1982
- Richard Wilbur, 4/22/1982
- Sterling Brown, 3/9/1982
- Tess Gallagher, 2/1/1982
- Steve Orlen, 1/4/1982
- Susan Wood, 1/4/1982
- Carole Oles, 12/7/1981
- Jane Flanders, 12/7/1981
- Pamela Stewart, 11/17/1981
- Carolyn Forché, 11/17/1981
- Fay Chiang, 10/6/1981
- Peter Harris, 10/6/1981
- Howard Nemerov, 9/21/1981
- Eilean Ni Chuilleanan, 9/21/1981
- Charles Simic, 5/2/1981
- Carolyn Kizer, 4/30-5/2/1981
- Josephine Miles, 4/13/1981
- Albert Goldbarth, 3/31/1981
- Dick Higgins, 3/2/1981
- Frank Bidart, 2/10/1981
- Louise Gluck, 1/5/1981
- Thomas Lux, 12/1/1980
- Robert Bly, 10/20/1980
- David Antin, 6/2/1980
- Ira Sadoff, 3/4/1980
- Mark Strand, 2/25/1980
- David McAleavey, 2/7/1980
- Charles Wright, 2/5/1980
- Audre Lorde, 1/21/1980
- Olga Broumas, 1/11/1980
1970s
- David St. John, 12/4/1979
- Heather McHugh, 11/19/1979
- W.S. Merwin, 11/16/1979
- Leslie Ullman, 5/29/1979
- John Ashbery, 3/12/1979
- James Wright, 3/8/1979
- James Liddy, 2/6/1979
- William Claire, 1/8/1979
- Gerald Stern, 12/11/1978
- Erica Jong, 12/7/1978
- Theodore Weiss, 11/6/1978
- Marvin Bell, 10/17/1978
- E. Ethelbert Miller, 10/9/1978
- June Jordan, 10/9/1978
- Murial Ruckheyser, 9/25/1978
- John Pauker, 6/5/1978
- Philip Levine, 5/30/1978
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 4/3/1978
- Linda Pastan, 2/7/1978
- Linda Sexton, 1/23/1978
- Howard Moss, 1/9/1978
- Alice Walker, 12/6/1977
- Frederick Morgan, 12/6/1977
- Ruth Whitman, 11/21/1977
- Myra Sklarew, 11/10/1977
- Maura Stanton, 5/2/1977
- Daniel Berrigan, S.J., 4/4/1977
- Charles David Wright, 3/31/1977
- Jean Nordhaus, 3/24/1977
- Allen Ginsberg, 3/7/1977
- Mary Abbott, 2/7/1977
- Barbara Guest, 2/7/1977
- Robert Hayden, 1/21/1977
- Reed Whittemore, 1/21/1977
- James Dickey, 1/19/1977
- Richard Eberhart, 1/18/1977
- Josephine Jacobsen, 1/17/1977
- May Miller, 1/17/1977
- John Engels, 1/3/1977
- Henry Taylor, 1/3/1977
- William Meredith, 12/6/1976
- Maxine Kumin, 12/6/1976
- James Merrill, 11/8/1976
- Marge Piercy, 10/18/1976
- Ralph Robin, 5/24/1976
- Rod Jellema, 5/24/1976
- Roland Flint, 5/24/1976
- Darcy Gottlieb, 4/8/1976
- X.J. Kennedy, 4/5/1976
- James Wright, 3/8/1976
- Jodi Braxton, 2/2/1976
- Grace Cavalieri, 2/2/1976
- Ahmos Zu-Bolton, 2/2/1976
- Clarence Major, 1/5/1976
- Doris Grumbach, 1/5/1976
- John Gardner, 12/1/1975
- Josephine Jacobsen, 11/10/1975
- Marilyn Hacker, 10/13/1975
- Reed Whittemore, 9/25/1975
- Katie Loucheim, 3/24/1975
- Arthur Gregor, 3/10/1975
- Charles David Wright, 3/10/1975
- Wayne Alexander, 2/24/1975
- Michael Lally, 2/24/1975
- David Slavitt, 2/17/1975
- Mona Van Duyn, 1/20/1975
- R.H.W. Dillard, 1/6/1975
- O.B. Hardison, 5/28/1974
- Ann Stanford, 4/1974
- James Dickey, 3/18/1974
- Shirley Kaufman, 2/1/1974
- Muriel Ruckheyser, 1/21/1974
- Michael Harper, 4/2/1973
- Peter Klappert, 3/12/1973
- John Hawkes, 1/22/1973
- Marin Sorescu, 5/17/1972
- Samuel Hazo, 3/26/1972
- Myra Sklarew, 3/26/1972
- Keith Wilson, 3/14/1972
- Holly Stevens, 2/27/1972
- Frank Scott, 1/30/1972
- Margaret Atwood, 1/30/1972
- Richard Murphy, 3/17/1971
- St. John Primus, 2/21/1971
- William Stafford, 1/17/1971
- George Garrett, 3/1/1970
- Roger Hecht, 2/12/1970
- John Pauker, 2/12/1970
- Lucille Clifton, 2/8/1970