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* Natural Mystic: A Poetic Celebration of Reggae: Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair (2018)
* Natural Mystic: A Poetic Celebration of Reggae: Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair (2018)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Sandra Gilbert (2017)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Sandra Gilbert (2017)
* Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Gjertrud Schnakenberg and Mike White (2017)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/anthony-hecht-prize Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Gjertrud Schnakenberg and Mike White (2017)]
* Words Wanting to be Said: John Burnside and Phillis Levin (2017)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/words-wanting-to-be-said Words Wanting to be Said: John Burnside and Phillis Levin (2017)]
* Folger Poetry Board Reading: Jane Hirshfield (2017)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/jane-hirshfield Folger Poetry Board Reading: Jane Hirshfield (2017)]
* We Wear The Masks-Poetry and Fiction inspired by Comic Books: Manuel Gonzales, Yona Harvey, and Gary Jackson (2017)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/manuel-gonzales-yona-harvey-and-gary-jackson We Wear The Masks-Poetry and Fiction inspired by Comic Books: Manuel Gonzales, Yona Harvey, and Gary Jackson (2017)]
* Pablo Neruda Tribute: Forrest Gander and Javier Zamora (2017)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/then-come-back-a-celebration-of-pablo-neruda Pablo Neruda Tribute: Forrest Gander and Javier Zamora (2017)]
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tracy K. Smith and Dr. David DeVorkin (2016)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/tracy-k-smith Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Tracy K. Smith and Dr. David DeVorkin (2016)]
* Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Eavan Boland and Austin Allen (2016)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/eavan-boland-and-austin-allen Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Eavan Boland and Austin Allen (2016)]
* Sharon Olds (2016)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/sharon-olds Sharon Olds (2016)]
* Lineage: From the Black Arts Movement to Cave Canem: Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Toi Derricotte, Kyle Dargan, Gregory Pardlo, & Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2016)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/lineage-the-black-arts-movement-cave-canem Lineage: From the Black Arts Movement to Cave Canem: Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Toi Derricotte, Kyle Dargan, Gregory Pardlo, & Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2016)]
* Folger Poetry Board Reading: Sir Andrew Motion (2016)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/sir-andrew-motion Folger Poetry Board Reading: Sir Andrew Motion (2016)]
* The New Sonneteers: Malachi Black, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and A. Van Jordan (2016)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/malachi-black-laurie-ann-guerrero-and-van-jordan The New Sonneteers: Malachi Black, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and A. Van Jordan (2016)]
* The Human Voice in Struggle: Reginald Dwyane Betts and William Archila (2016)  
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/reginald-dwayne-betts-and-william-archila The Human Voice in Struggle: Reginald Dwyane Betts and William Archila (2016)]
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Linda Gregerson (2015)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/linda-gregerson Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Linda Gregerson (2015)]
* Chapter and Verse: Julianna Baggott and Laura Kasischke (2015)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/julianna-baggott-and-laura-kasischke Chapter and Verse: Julianna Baggott and Laura Kasischke (2015)]
* Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Anthony Thwaite and Jaimee Hills (2015)  
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/anthony-thwaite-and-jaimee-hills Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Anthony Thwaite and Jaimee Hills (2015)]
* Before and After: Poets Respond to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead- Smith and O'Neil (2015)
* Before and After: Poets Respond to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead- Smith and O'Neil (2015)
* Folger Poetry Board Reading: Rita Dove (2015)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/rita-dove Folger Poetry Board Reading: Rita Dove (2015)]
* Mother Tongue: Poetry in Translation: Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh, Edward Hirsch (2015)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/adam-zagajewski-clare-cavanagh-and-edward-hirsch Mother Tongue: Poetry in Translation: Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh, Edward Hirsch (2015)]
* Human Equations at The Phillips Collection: Rae Armantrout (2015)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/human-equations-the-phillips-collection-rae-armantrout Human Equations at The Phillips Collection: Rae Armantrout (2015)]
* Drama & Verse: Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald (2015)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/simon-armitage-and-peter-oswald Drama & Verse: Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald (2015)]
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Rafael Campo (2014)
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/rafael-campo Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Rafael Campo (2014)]
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/geoffrey-brock-and-heather-mchughAnthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Geoffrey Brock and Heather McHugh (2014)]  
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/geoffrey-brock-and-heather-mchughAnthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Geoffrey Brock and Heather McHugh (2014)]  
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/the-40th-anniversary-graywolf-press Writing From the Edge: 40th Anniversary of Graywolf: Matthea Harvey, Claudia Rankine, Vijay Seshadri, Stephen Burt (2014)]
* [https://www.folger.edu/events/the-40th-anniversary-graywolf-press Writing From the Edge: 40th Anniversary of Graywolf: Matthea Harvey, Claudia Rankine, Vijay Seshadri, Stephen Burt (2014)]

Revision as of 13:44, 15 June 2020

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 O.B. Hardison, Jr. 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, 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.

Current season

To view the current season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series and purchase tickets to any of the events, please see the Folger's main website.

Upcoming season

Previous seasons

Previous poetry readings at the Folger

Previous poetry readings at the Folger offers a comprehensive list of poets who have read at the Folger, including additional biographies, audio recordings and further information when available.

2010s

Special poetry events at the Folger

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

Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute

Poetry-in-Schools

Shakespeare's Sisters: Five Centuries of Poetry by Women

Lannan Fellows Program

Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Contest

Before & After: Poets Responding to Shakespeare

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
  • Anne Harding Woodworth, Co-Chair
  • Edwin P. Conquest, Jr.
  • Christina Daub
  • Harriet Patsy Davis
  • Barbara Goldberg
  • Patricia Gray
  • Marifrancis Hardison
  • Joseph Hassett
  • Anita Herrick
  • Sherman E. Katz
  • Hiram Larew
  • Robert C. Liotta
  • Richard Lyon
  • Mary P. McElveen
  • Barbara Meade
  • Mary Muromcew
  • Jean Nordhaus
  • Jacqueline Quillen
  • Susan S. Rappaport
  • Heddy Reid
  • Edith Schafer
  • Dr. Marianne Schuelein
  • Amy Tercek
  • David Weisman
  • Mary-Sherman Willis