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.

Current season

Upcoming reason

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.

O.B. Hardison poetry series previous readings

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
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
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
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
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
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 Forche, 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 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
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 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
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
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
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