One of the highlights of the festival is the great lineup of poets. Readings are given throughout the festival. Here's the list of this year's featured poets:
Kim Addonizio • Lucie Brock-Broido • Rafael Campo • Carol Ann Duffy •
Oliver de la Paz • Cornelius Eady • Rhina Espaillat • Forrest Gander • David Ferry •
Ilya Kaminsky • Li-Young Lee • Philip Levine • Susan Rich •
Marge Piercy • Vivian Shipley • C.D. Wright
In addition to readings by these featured poets, there will be a generous selection of panels and group presentations. There will also be a number of workshops which you can sign up for. Although the cost of admission has not yet been posted, it has been incredibly reasonable in the past. There is a minimal additional fee for workshops—last year it was $5.
Called "The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop Group Reading," my presentation will bring together several of the poets in the book. I expect this to be a terrific and varied group. A few of these poets contributed model poems, a few contributed Craft Tips, and one contributed a Q&A poem to the book. We will have a mixture of poems and craft chatter. We hope to send our audience home nicely nourished by wonderful poems and fired up to write some new ones.
I don't yet know which date or time slot my presentation will be assigned, but I plan to be in Salem for the entire festival. I've already booked my hotel room for four nights. If you come to the festival, I hope to see you there.
Be sure to frequently check the festival website for updates and the schedule and sign-up information which will soon be posted.
What a great lineup of poets! Congratulations on acceptance of your workshop proposal.
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