The Guardian explores the International Poetry Festival of Medellín in Columbia:
The festival is now the largest of its kind in the world. Over eight days, free poetry recitals are held in public parks, university theatres, high-security prisons, and schools and libraries in poor, marginalised suburbs. To date, Medellín has hosted 820 poets from 142 countries, [...]
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Here are details on the Fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival, held April 20-22. From the Mass Poetry website: The fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 20–22, in historic Salem. The th... Read Post
The annual Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival kicked off yesterday in Newark, and while the largest city in Jersey doesn’t exactly scream capital of cultural to much of the outside world, it very well might soon be just that, sugges... Read Post
At the start of the 2010 International Poetry Festival, the Guardian looks back to the mood for poetry in 1967: The International Festival of Poetry on London’s South Bank brings to mind the fierce condemnation of the first festival... Read Post