Lewis Center for the Arts’ is set to present the Biennial Princeton Poetry Festival on Fri and Sat, March 13 and 14 at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.
The festival will open with the New Jersey State Finals of Poetry Out Loud competition, a national poetry recitation competition for high school students.
International poets will be featured in readings and panel discussions organized by Princeton professor and poet Paul Muldoon. Poets include Ellen Bryant Voigt (U.S.), Kwame Dawes (Ghana), Paul Farley (U.K.), Major Jackson (U.S.), Kathleen Jamie (Scotland), Ada Limón, (U.S.), Maureen N. McLane (U.S.), Valzhyna Mort (Belarus), Michael Robbins (U.S.), Tomasz Różycki (Poland) with translator Mira Rosenthal (U.S.), Ocean Vuong (Vietnam) and Ray Young Bear (Meskwaki Nation).
Tickets are $15 per day or $25 for a two-day Festival Pass. Free for students. NJ State Finals of Poetry Out Loud is free.
For more information visit arts.princeton.edu/events/princeton-poetry-festival-2015/2015-03-13/.
