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 7, 2009
Poetry Readings by winners of
2009 Allen Ginsberg
Poetry Awards
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free

December 5, 2009
Poetry Reading by
Rafael Campo
Linda Pastan
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
Workshops - 10 AM to 12 Noon
$10 - Preregistration required


February 6, 2010
Poetry Reading by
2009 Paterson Poetry Prize Winner
Li-Young Lee
and Finalists
Jan Beatty
Jill Bialosky
Jericho Brown
Jill Divine
Sharon Doubiago
Alex Lemon
Jeffrey McDaniel
Molly Peacock
Luivette Resto
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free


March 6, 2010
Poetry Reading
Hilda Raz &Ruth Stone
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free
Workshops - 10 AM to 12 Noon
$10 - Preregistration required


April 10, 2010
Book Launch and
Poetry Reading by
Contributors to the Anthology
“The American Voice in Poetry:
The Legacy of Whitman, Williams and Ginsberg”
1PM - The Hamilton Club
Building, Paterson
Free


May 1, 2010
Poetry Reading
Mark Doty and Marie Howe
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