Tuesday, March 18, 2008

PAST: Split this Rock Poetry Festival, Featured Readings this THURS , MAR 20th - SUN, MAR 23rd! $8 per event

Split this Rock! Poetry Festival is happening this Thursday through Sunday! Below are the featured readings that are open to the public "a la carte" that you can attend. $8 admission, $5 students. Readings on Thursday at 8 pm, Friday at 5 and 8, Saturday at 5 and 8, and Sunday at noon. All readings, unless noted, are at Bell Multicultural High School, located at 16th and Irving St, NW, Close to the Columbia Heights Metro Yellow or Green line or accessible by metro bus S2 or S4 along 16th St.

Thursday, March 20th at 8:00pm

Featured Readings by:
Martín Espada
Sam Hamill
E. Ethelbert Miller
Naomi Shihab Nye
Alix Olson

Friday, March 21st at 5:00

Featured Readings by:
Grace Cavalieri
Stephen Kuusisto
Joel Dias Porter (DJ Renegade)
Ishle Yi Park
Winners of “The World & Me” Youth Poetry Contest

Friday, March 21st at 8:00

Featured Readings by:
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Brian Gilmore
Semezhdin Mehmedinovic
Patricia Smith
Jeffrey Thomson (Winner, STR Poetry Contest)
Susan Tichy

Saturday, March 22nd at 5:00

Featured Readings by:
Coleman Barks
Lucille Clifton
Pamela Uschuk
Belle Waring

Saturday, March 22nd at 8:00

Featured Readings by:
Dennis Brutus
Kenneth Carroll
Mark Doty
Carolyn Forche
Alicia Ostiker

Sunday, March 23rd at Noon

At The George Washington University
Cafritz Conference Center
800 21st Street, NW
Metro to Foggy Bottom, blue or orange line

Featured Readings by:
Galway Kinnell
Sharon Olds

For complete Bio's of readers and for more info:
http://www.splitthisrock.org/schedule.html

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