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.

Current season

Upcoming reason

Past seasons

2010s

  • Paul Muldoon, 5/13/2013
  • Billy Collins, 4/29/2013
  • Forrest Gander, 3/28/2013
  • Mary Jo Bang, 2/11/2013
  • B.H. Fairchild, 2/11/2013
  • Kay Ryan, 12/3/2012
  • Mark Strand, 11/19/2012
  • Chris Andrews, 11/19/2012
  • Nikky Finney, 10/30/2012
  • Brian Turner, 10/30/2012
  • Eduardo C. Corral, 9/17/2012
  • Carl Phillips, 9/17/2012
  • Gary Snyder, 5/14/2012
  • Sharan Strange, 4/30/2012
  • Thomas Sayers Ellis, 4/30/2012
  • Tracy K. Smith, 4/30/2012
  • Major Jackson, 4/30/2012
  • John Keene, 4/30/2012
  • Natasha Trethewey, 4/30/2012
  • Tisa Bryant, 4/30/2012
  • Kevin Young, 4/30/2012
  • Eavan Boland, 3/5/2012
  • Aracelis Girmay, 12/5/2011
  • Mark Kraushaar, 11/8/2011
  • James Fenton, 11/8/2011
  • Robert Pinsky, 10/4/2011
  • Theo Dorgan, 9/19/2011
  • Paula Meehan, 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
  • Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, 3/21/2011
  • Naomi Ayala, 2/28/2011
  • J. Michael Martinez, 2/28/2011
  • Valerie Martínez, 2/28/2011
  • Yusef Komunyakaa, 2/9/2012
  • Kevin Young, 1/6/2011
  • Lucia Perillo, 12/14/2010
  • Vera Pavlova, 11/8/2010
  • Matthew Ladd, 10/19/2010
  • Rosanna Warren, 10/19/2010
  • Edward Hirsch, 9/28/2010
  • Richard Wilbur, 5/18/2010
  • W.S. Merwin, 5/3/2010
    • W.S. Merwin, 5/3/2010 (???)
  • Jane Hirschfield, 4/8/2010
  • John Burnside, 3/1/2010
  • Patricia Smith, 3/1/2010
  • Kim Addonizio, 1/11/2010
  • Kyle Dargan, 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
  • Eammon 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 Rivard,10/27/2007
  • 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 Forche 12/11/2006

  • Tess Gallagher 1,1/20/2006
  • 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
    • Williams, C. K. 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
  • Eammon 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
  • George Schneeman, 3/15/2003
  • Robert Bly, 4/14/2003
  • 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
    • 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, 5/18/2002
  • 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 Forche, 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
  • Gary Snyder,5/6/1998
  • 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

Melindez, Jesus–11/12/1996 Jorie Graham 10/29/1996, Dao, Bei–5/7/1996 Walcott, Derek 4/26/1996, Carson, Anne–2/27/1996, Merrill, Christopher–2/27/1996 Cole, Henri–2/22/1996 Brock-Broido, Lucie–2/17/1996, Wright, Jay–1/23/1996 Sacks, Peter 12/12/1995 Patricia Smith 11/14/1995 Beatty, Paul–11/14/1995 Anderson, Laurie–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, Muldoon, Paul–3/7/1995, Warren, Rosanna–3/7/1995, Robert Creeley 2/14/1995 Linda Pastan 2/14/1995, Cassells, Cyrus–1/25/1995 Carolyn Forche 1/24/1995, Carruth, Hayden–1994 Jorie Graham 12/13/1994 Miller, Jane–11/17/1994 Doty, Mark–11/17/1994 Gray, Spalding–11/16/1994 Cornelius Eady–11/15/1994 R.H.W. Dillard 10/25/1994 Lucille Clifton 5/17/1994, Styron, Rose–5/5/1994 George Plimpton 5/5/1994, Robert Hass 4/8/1994 Milosz, Czeslaw–4/8/1994 Broumas, Olga 3/29/1994 Clary, Killarney–3/3/1994 Ali, Agha Shahid–3/3/1994 St. Germain, Sheryl–2/22/1994 Galway Kinnell 2/8/1994 Reading, Peter–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 Forche, 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 Eammon 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
  • 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

Kunitz, Stanley–5/12/1987 Kinnell, Galway–4/9/1987 Pollitt, Katha–3/9/1987 Jensen, Laura–3/9/1987 Plumly, Stanley–2/10/1987

  • C. K. Williams, 2/10/1987

Macdonald, Cynthia–12/12/1986 Zadravec, Katherine–12/11/1986 Dorn, Frank–12/11/1986 James Merrill, 11/18/1986 Burns, Diane–10/30/1986 Tate, Gregory–10/30/1986 Brodsky, Joseph–10/21/1986 Michael Harper 4/22/1986, Dove, Rita–4/22/1986, Transtromer, Tomas–4/1/1986 Pritchard, William–3/3/1986 Christopher, Nicholas–2/18/1986 Jeffery Harrison 2/18/1986 Hass, Robert–2/18/1986, Hecht, Anthony–1/13/1986, Clampitt, Amy–1/12/1986 Graham, Jorie–11/19/1985, Lucille Clifton 11/19/1985, Snodgrass, W.D.–10/15/1985, Hall, Donald–10/15/1985

  • Seamus Heaney, 5/3/1985

Johnson, Denis–4/2/1985 Spires, Elizabeth–4/2/1985, Hirsch, Edward–3/4/1985, Schnackenberg, Gjertrud–3/4/1985 Oliver, Mary –2/4/1985,

Olds,Sharon–12/10/1984, Esteves, Sandra–10/30/1984

  • Rikki Lights, 10/30/1984

Pinsky, Robert–10/24/1984, Alison Lurie, 10/12/1984 Hearon, Shelby–10/12/1984 Swenson, May–10/2/1984 Whittemore, Reed 5/9/1984, Smith, Jordan–5/8/1984 Crase, Douglas–5/8/1984 Charles Simic, 4/2/1984 Voigt, Ellen Bryant–4/2/1984, Sanchez, Sonia–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 Forche, 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 Bly, Robert–10/20/1980 Antin, David–6/2/1980 Sadoff, Ira–3/4/1980 Strand, Mark–2/25/1980 McAleavey, David–2/7/1980 Wright, Charles–2/5/1980 Lorde, Audre–1/21/1980 Broumas, Olga–1/11/1980

1970s

  • David St. John, 12/4/1979
  • Heather McHugh, 11/19/1979
  • W.S. Merwin, 11/16/1979
  • William Claire, 8/1979
  • Leslie Ullman, 5/29/1979
  • John Ashbery, 3/12/1979
  • James Wright, 3/8/1979
  • James Liddy, 2/6/1979
  • Gerald Stern, 12/11/1978
  • Erika 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
  • Mary Abbott, 1977
  • Alice Walker, 12/6/1977
  • Frederick Morgan, 12/6/1977
  • Ruth Whitman, 11/21/1977
  • Myra Sklarew, 11/10/1977
  • Barbara Guest, 7/1977
  • 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
  • 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, 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