Read, Write, Resist!
Split This Rock Poetry Festival (March 20-23) will bring poets and writers to Washington, D.C. on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, in the midst of the presidential election, for four days of collaboration, learning, andperformance. The festival will feature opportunities to build community and celebrate the many ways that poetry can act as an agent for change. Join us as we celebrate poetic diversity and the transformative power of the imagination.
Featured poets include: Chris August, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Dennis Brutus, Princess of Controversy, Kenneth Carroll, Grace Cavalieri, Lucille Clifton, Joel Dias Porter (aka DJ Renegade), Mark Doty, MartÃn Espada, Carolyn Forché, Brian Gilmore, Sam Hamill, Galway Kinnell, Stephen Kuusisto, Semezhdin Mehmedinovic, E. Ethelbert Miller, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Alix Olson, Alicia Ostriker, Ishle Yi Park, Sonia Sanchez, Patricia Smith, Susan Tichy, Pamela Uschuk, and Belle Waring.
The festival ends with a silent march to the White House, protesting war in Iraq, and poets will create a collaborative poem as part of our closing ceremony.
Our full schedule is now online. For a complete schedule of readings, workshops, and panel discussions go to: http://www.splitthisrock.org/schedule.html
Early registration discount ends March 15th. Sign up online today-- and help us get the word out.