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[[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. | [[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. | ||
Revision as of 11:11, 4 September 2014
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 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
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
- Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014)
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy (2014)
- The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney (2014)
- The Voice of Women in American Poetry (2014)
- Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Schockley (2014)
- Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning (2014)
- Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III (2014)
- Not Just Another Day Off (2014)
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Peter Gizzi (2013)
- Before & After: Poets respond to Romeo and Juliet (2013)
- Mortally Beautiful: C.K. Williams and Stanley Plumly (2013)
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Shelley Puhak
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013)
- Billy Collins (2013)
- Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013)
- B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013)
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012)
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012)
- Red White and Blue: Nikky Finney & Brian Turner (2012)
- Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012)
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012)
- Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012)
- Eavan Boland (2012)
- Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012)
- Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011)
- Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011)
- Robert Pinsky (2011)
- Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011)
- Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011)
- Namoi Shihab Nye (2011)
- Mary Karr Lyrae Van Clieff-Stefanon (2011)
- Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011)
- Kevin Young (2011)
- Lucia Perillo (2010)
- Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010)
- Edward Hirsch (2010)
- Vera Pavlova (2010)
- Wendy Wall (2010)
- Natalie Merchant (2010)
- Charles Wright (2010)
- Richard Wilbur (2010)
- Jane Hirshfield (2010)
- Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010)
- Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010)
- W.S. Merwin (2010)
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
- 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