{"id":32212263706,"date":"2012-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/fall-poetry-festival-at-monmouth-u-on-november-17\/"},"modified":"2012-11-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T05:00:00","slug":"fall-poetry-festival-at-monmouth-u-on-november-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/fall-poetry-festival-at-monmouth-u-on-november-17\/","title":{"rendered":"FALL POETRY FESTIVAL AT MONMOUTH U ON NOVEMBER 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monmouth University and the Long Branch Arts Council will co-sponsor the Fall Poetry Festival on Saturday, November 17 from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. in Monmouth University&#8217;s Bey Hall. The day will consist of readings by nationally known poets, some of whom will conduct poetry workshops for participants.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote readers will be Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn and Cave Canem Fellow Rachel Eliza Griffiths.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Dunn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for <em>Different Hours<\/em>. His many other books include <em>New and Selected Poems, 1974-1994, What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009<\/em>\u00a0and, most recently, <em>Here and Now<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Eliza Griffiths is the author of <em>Miracle Arrhythmia, The Requited Distance<\/em>\u00a0and, most recently, <em>Mule &amp; Pear<\/em>. A photographer and painter as well as a poet, she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a dozen nationally-known local poets will give brief readings: Gabe Barabas, Michael Broek, Prescott Evarts, Laura McCullough, Yesenia Montilla, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Suzanne Parker, Lauren Schmidt, Michael Paul Thomas, Michael Waters, BJ Ward, and Daniel Weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will culminate with a reading by registered participants.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the readings is free and open to the public. The workshops, also free, will be open to registrants only: to register, email Dr. Michael Waters no later than Wednesday, November 7, at <a href=\"mailto:mgwaters@monmouth.edu\">mgwaters@monmouth.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the schedule below for reading and workshop times. This event is co-sponsored by the Long Branch Arts Council, the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University, the Department of English at Monmouth University, and <em>The Monmouth Review.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 9 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; 10 a.m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sign-in for registrants in Bey Hall (refreshments), <em>The Monmouth Review<\/em>\u00a0distributed to participants<\/p>\n<p>10 &#8211; 11 a.m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 reading: Laura McCullough \/ BCC, Michael Broek \/ BCC, Suzanne Parker \/ BCC,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Barabas \/ NJ Repertory Company, Lauren Schmidt \/ MU, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BJ Ward \/ Warren CC<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. -12 p.m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 workshops<\/p>\n<p>12 &#8211; 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