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===2010s===
===2010s===
*[[Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014)|''Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona'' (2014)]]
*Folger Poetry Board Reading: Rita Dove (2015)
* Mother Tongue: Poetry in Translation: Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh, Edward Hirsch (2015)
* Human Equations at The Phillips Collection: Rae Armantrout (2015)
* Drama & Verse: Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald (2015)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Rafael Campo (2014)
* Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Geoffrey Brock and Heather McHugh (2014)
* Writing From the Edge: 40th Anniversary of Graywolf: Matthea Harvey, Claudia Rankine, Vijay Seshadri, Stephen Burt (2014)
* Here and Now: Stephen Dunn (2014)
* ''Poet Lore ''Celebrates 125 Years of Literary Discovery: Traci Brimhall, Cornelius Eady, Terrance Hayes, Linda Pastan (2014)
* [[Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014)|''Before & After: Poets respond to Two Gentlemen of Verona'' (2014)]]
*[[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy (2014)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy'' (2014)]]
*[[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy (2014)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Carol Ann Duffy'' (2014)]]
*[[The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney (2014)|''The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney'' (2014)]]
*[[The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney (2014)|''The Literary Legacy of Seamus Heaney'' (2014)]]
*[[The Voice of Women in American Poetry (2014)|''The Voice of Women in American Poetry'' (2014)]]
*[[The Voice of Women in American Poetry (2014)|''The Voice of Women in American Poetry'' (2014)]]
*[[Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Schockley (2014)|''Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Shockley'' (2014)]]
*[[Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Schockley (2014)|''Making Your Own Map: Joy Harjo and Evie Shockley'' (2014)]]
*[[Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning (2014)|''Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning'' (2014)]]
*[[Made in the USA: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning (2014)|''Made in the USA:  American Masters from The Phillips Collection: Tina Chang and Maurice Manning'' (2014)]]
*[[Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III (2014)|''Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III'' (2014)]]
*[[Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III (2014)|''Before & After: Poets respond to Richard III'' (2014)]]
*[[Not Just Another Day Off (2014)|''Not Just Another Day Off'' (2014)]]
*[[Not Just Another Day Off (2014)|''Not Just Another Day Off'' (2014)]]
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*''[[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Shelley Puhak (2013)|''Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Shelley Puhak'']]
*''[[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Shelley Puhak (2013)|''Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Shelley Puhak'']]
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013)'']]
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Paul Muldoon (2013)'']]
* [[Billy Collins (2013)|''Billy Collins (2013)'']]
* [[Billy Collins (2013)|''All the Worlds That Are: Billy Collins (2013)'']]
* [[Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013)|''Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013)'']]
* [[Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013)|''Forrest Gander on Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, and Dubuffet (2013)'']]
* [[B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013)|''B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013)'']]
* [[B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013)|''The Weaving of Words: B.H. Fairchild & Mary Jo Bang (2013)'']]
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012)|''Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012)'']]
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012)|''Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Kay Ryan (2012)'']]
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012)|''Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012)'']]
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012)|''Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Mark Strand & Chris Andrews (2012)'']]
* [[Red White and Blue: Nikky Finney, Brian Turner & Kwame Dawes (2012)|''Red White and Blue: Nikky Finney & Brian Turner (2012)'']]
* [[Red White and Blue: Nikky Finney, Brian Turner & Kwame Dawes (2012)|''Red White and Blue: Poets on Politics: Nikky Finney & Brian Turner (2012)'']]
* [[Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012)|''Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012)'']]
* [[Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012)|''Yale Younger Series: Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral (2012)'']]
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012)'']]
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Gary Snyder (2012)'']]
* [[Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012)|''Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012)'']]
* [[Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012)|''Dark Room Collective: Bryant, Ellis, Jackson, Keene, Smith, Strange, Trethewey, and Young (2012)'']]
* [[Eavan Boland (2012)|''Eavan Boland (2012)'']]
* [[Eavan Boland (2012)|''Becoming a Woman Poet: Eavan Boland (2012)'']]
* [[Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012)|''Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012)'']]
* [[Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012)|''Yusef Komunyakaa at The Phillips Collection (2012)'']]
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011)|''Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011)'']]
* [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011)|''Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Aracelis Girmay (2011)'']]
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011)|''Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011)'']]
* [[Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011)|''Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar (2011)'']]
* [[Robert Pinsky (2011)|''Robert Pinsky (2011)'']]
* [[Robert Pinsky (2011)|''A Public Poet: Robert Pinsky (2011)'']]
* [[Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011)|''Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011)'']]
* [[Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011)|''Contemporary Poetry From Ireland: Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan (2011)'']]
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011)'']]
* [[Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Robert Hass (2011)'']]
* [[Namoi Shihab Nye (2011)|''Naomi Shihab Nye (2011)'']]
* [[Namoi Shihab Nye (2011)|''The Quiet Rise of Joy: Naomi Shihab Nye (2011)'']]
* [[Mary Karr & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2011)|''Mary Karr & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2011)'']]
* [[Mary Karr & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2011)|''Splintered Beauty: Mary Karr & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (2011)'']]
* [[Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011)|''Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011)'']]
* [[Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011)|''Letras Latina: Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez, J. Michael Martinez (2011)'']]
* [[Kevin Young (2011)|''Kevin Young (2011)'']]
* [[Kevin Young (2011)|''Truth Beauty at The Phillips Collection: Kevin Young (2011)'']]
* [[Lucia Perillo (2010)|''Lucia Perillo (2010)'']]
* [[Lucia Perillo (2010)|''Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Lucia Perillo (2010)'']]
* [[Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010)|''Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010)'']]
* An Economy of Language: Vera Pavolva (2010)
* [[Edward Hirsch (2010)|''Edward Hirsch (2010)'']]
* [[Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010)|''The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Roseanna Warren and Matthew Ladd (2010)'']]
* [[Edward Hirsch (2010)|''The Case for Poetry: Edward Hirsch (2010)'']]
* [[Vera Pavlova (2010)|''Vera Pavlova (2010)'']]
* [[Vera Pavlova (2010)|''Vera Pavlova (2010)'']]
* [[Wendy Wall|''Wendy Wall (2010)'']]
* [[Wendy Wall|''Wendy Wall (2010)'']]
* [[Natalie Merchant (2010)|''Natalie Merchant (2010)'']]
* [[Natalie Merchant (2010)|''Natalie Merchant (2010)'']]
* [[Charles Wright (2010)|''Charles Wright (2010)'']]
* Breath and Intuition: ''[[Charles Wright (2010)|Charles Wright (2010)]]''
* [[Richard Wilbur (2010)|''Richard Wilbur (2010)'']]
* [[Richard Wilbur (2010)|''Folger Poetry Board Reading: Richard Wilbur (2010)'']]
* [[Jane Hirshfield (2010)|''Jane Hirshfield (2010)'']]
* [[Jane Hirshfield (2010)|''Abstraction: Folger Poetry at The Phillips Collection: Jane Hirshfield (2010)'']]
* [[Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010)|''Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010)'']]
* [[Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010)|''Kim Addonizio & Kyle Dargan (2010)'']]
* [[Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010)|''Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010)'']]
* [[Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010)|''Patricia Smith & John Burnside (2010)'']]
* [[W.S. Merwin|''W.S. Merwin  (2010)'']]
* [[W.S. Merwin|''A View of the World: W.S. Merwin  (2010)'']]
* Resonance: Patricia Smith and John Burnside (2010)
* Celebrating ''Poet Lore ''and ''Beltway Poetry Quarterly'': Kim Addonizio and Kyle Dargan (2010)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Lucie Brock-Broido (2009)
* On The Creative Path: Arthur Sze and Afaa Michael Weaver (2009)
* O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize: Juliana Spahr (2009)
* Folger Poetry Board Meeting: Eamon Grennan (2009)
* Singing the Body: Rita Dove (2009)
* Meditations: Michael Harper and A.B. Spellman (2009)
* The Act of Memory: Claudia Emerson and Natasha Trethewey (2009)
* Beauty in Ordinary Life: Marie Howe and Bob Hicok (2009)
* Duende: Linda Pastan and Tracy K. Smith (2009)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Elizabeth Spires (2008)
* Dark Radiance: Frank Bidart and Rae Armantrout (2008)
* O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize: Mary Kinzie (2008)
* State of the Union: 50 Political Poems: Nick Flynn, Terrance Hayes, Eileen Myles and Edwin Torres (2008)
* Folger Poetry Board Reading: Lucille Clifton (2008)
* Under a Spell: Jazz and Blues in Poetry: Quincy Troupe and Tyehimba Jess (2008)
* The Natural World: Galway Kinnell and Mark Doty (2008)
* Of Light and Darkness: Gerald Stern and Ross Gay (2008)
* The Most Mysterious Clarity: Kay Ryan (2008)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Richard Howard (2007)
* Celebrating John Ashbery (2007)
* O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize: David Wojahn (2007)
* Folger Poetry Board Reading: Eavan Boland (2007)
* Celebrating the Sonnet: Phillis Levin, Henri Cole and Molly Peacock (2007)
* The Art of Poetry: Derek Walcott (2007)
* On Black Male Poetics: Terrance Hayes and Frank X Walker (2007)
* Emerging Asian American Poets: Tina Chang, Srikanth Reddy and Victoria Chang (2007)
* Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Carolyn Forché (2006)
* Poetry and Verse: Tess Gallagher (2006)
* O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize: David Rivard (2006)


==Special poetry events at the Folger==
==Special poetry events at the Folger==
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*Anne Harding Woodworth
*Anne Harding Woodworth


[[Category: Public programs]]
[Category: Public programs ]
[[Category: O.B. Hardison Poetry Series]]
[Category: O.B. Hardison Poetry Series ]
[[Category: Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute]]
[Category: Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute ]
[[Category: Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture]]
[Category: Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture ]

Revision as of 14:05, 14 August 2015

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

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
  • 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

[Category: Public programs ] [Category: O.B. Hardison Poetry Series ] [Category: Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute ] [Category: Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture ]