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Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poetry of Provocation and Witness
Multi-Day Event, Four full days, from March 10-13, 2010
Wednesday, March 10th 2010
Washington, DC USA
Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness, March 10-13, 2010, invites poets, writers, artists, activists, dreamers, and all concerned world citizens to Washington, DC, for poetry, community building, and creative transformation as our country continues to grapple with two wars, a crippling economic crisis, and other social and environmental ills. The festival will feature readings, workshops, panel discussions, youth programming, film, parties, and activism - opportunities to speak out, make common cause, imagine a way forward, and celebrate the many ways that poetry can act as an agent for social change. Featuring these visionary voices and many others: Chris Abani, Lillian Allen, Sinan Antoon, Francisco Aragón, Jan Beatty, Martha Collins, Cornelius Eady, Martín Espada, Andrea Gibson, Allison Hedge Coke, Natalie Illum, Fady Joudah, Toni Asante Lightfoot, Richard McCann, Jeffrey McDaniel, Lenelle Moďse, Nancy Morejón, Mark Nowak, Wang Ping, Patricia Smith, Arthur Sze, Quincy Troupe, and Bruce Weigl.
Location:
Busboys & Poets 14th & V Streets NW
Bell Multicultural High School
Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage
True Reformer Building Washington DC
Contact:
Sarah Browning
info@splitthisrock.org
202-787-5210
Sponsored By:
Split This Rock
Institute for Policy Studies
Busboys & Poets
Teaching for Change http://www.splitthisrock.org
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