Passaic County Community College
Distinguished Poets Series

 Celebration of our 30th Anniversary
Honoring the Literary Legacy of Whitman, Williams and Ginsberg
2009 - 2010 Poetry Reading Programs

November 6, 2010
Poetry Readings by winners of
2010 Allen Ginsberg
Poetry Awards
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
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December 4, 2010
Poetry Reading by
Kevin Clark and Jim Reese
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
Workshops - 10 AM to 12 Noon
$10 - Preregistration required
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February 5, 2011
Poetry Reading by
Jericho Brown and Gerald Stern
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
Workshops by
Jericho Brown and Joe Weil
10 AM to 12 Noon
$10 - Preregistration required
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March 5, 2011
Poetry Reading
Sharon Doubiago and Minrose Gwin
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
Workshops - 10 AM to 12 Noon
$10 - Preregistration required
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April 10, 2011
Poetry Reading by
2010 Paterson Poetry Prize Winner
Sherman Alexie
and Finalists
Nin Andrews
Gail Fishman Gerwin
Kevin A. González
Lowell Jaeger
Meg Kearney
January Gill O’Neil
Elizabeth Swados
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
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May 7, 2011
Poetry Reading
Taylor Mali and  Vivian Shipley
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
Workshops - 10 AM to 12 Noon
$10 - Preregistration required


 

DISTINGUISHED POETS SERIES

Stanley Kunitz, Poet Laureate of the United States; Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Executive Director of the Poetry Center

 

Gerald Stern, Poet Laureate of New Jersey; Sharon Ferraro, Sign Interpreter

 

Sharon Olds, Poet Laureate of New York

 

Readings are at 1:00 p.m. at the Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church Street, Downtown Paterson. Free. Open reading, except November 7, 2009, February 6, 2010 and April 10, 2010. 

ALL WORKSHOPS PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS. These credits will fulfill the requirements for professional development for teachers.

The Poetry Center strives to maintain a barrier-free facility including complete access for patrons using wheelchairs. Large print materials, FM listening systems, audio publications and Braille transcriptions of programing information are available on request. Please contact (973) 684-6555 for availability of services. 


The Poetry Center was named a Distinguished Arts Project and funded, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, and made possible, in part, by funds from the National Endowment of the Arts