annual report 2007-2008 INTRODUCTION

WITH A KEEN UNDERSTANDING of the importance of taking full advantage of digital media, last year Poets & Writers invested a great deal of energy in revamping our Web site and made the most extensive changes to Poets & Writers Online since it was launched in 1996. Over a period of many months, the site was completely overhauled; it relaunched in February 2008. The site now includes job listings, a literary events calendar, and searchable databases of literary magazines and small presses with useful tips to authors from editors and publishers on how to submit work.

Our online Directory of Writers, which includes information on over 7,500 writers and is maintained by our Information Services department, was upgraded to make it possible for authors listed in it to post photos, information on upcoming readings, and links to reviews of their work. Soon after the relaunch, we began to regularly post videos, podcasts, and slideshows, and visitors to the site began to take advantage of its new interactive capabilities by commenting on articles from Poets & Writers Magazine appearing on the site. Traffic to Poets & Writers Online has steadily increased since the relaunch; as of this writing we receive over 70,000 unique visitors each month.

With funds raised during our successful capital campaign, our signature Readings/Workshops program expanded to two new cities, New Orleans and Tucson. The R/W program distributed almost $250,000 to nearly 1,000 writers last year. We’re proud that Poets & Writers supports more writers each year than any organization in the country.

Poets & Writers Magazine launched a new feature, “Agents and Editors,” which has proven to be one of its most popular columns. Last year, the magazine also ran special sections on topics of great interest to writers: MFA programs, literary agents, conferences and retreats, and literary magazines.

In April 2008, we announced that Tony Hoagland had been chosen as the winner of the second annual Jackson Poetry Prize, which, at $50,000, is one of the nation’s largest awards for a poet. In addition to this prize, Poets & Writers also named fiction writer Shena McAuliffe and poet Andrès Rodriguez from Missouri as winners of the annual Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award.

All of our programs depend on our talented staff; our dedicated Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and volunteers; and our generous donors. We are deeply grateful to them, and we thank you for your interest in Poets & Writers.

Celia H. Currin Elliot Figman President Executive Director the mission Founded in 1970, Poets & Writers believes writers make indispensable contributions to our national culture. The organization’s mission is to foster the professional devel- ABC opment of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the U.S. literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction

3 Programs

3 Poets & Writers Magazine 4 Information Services 5 Poets & Writers Online 6 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award 6 California Programs Office 7 Readings/Workshops 11 Writers for Writers Awards 12 The Amy Awards 12 The Jackson Poetry Prize 13 Poets & Writers in the Field

15 Administration & Funding

15 Friends of Poets & Writers 16 Institutional Donors 16 Sponsorship 17 Board of Directors 17 Poets & Writers Staff 18 Treasurer’s Report

19 Appendices

19 Poets & Writers Magazine Contents 21 Readings/Workshops: Writers Funded 25 Readings/Workshops: Sponsoring Organizations 3

POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE

A profile of Edwidge Danticat from the September/October 2007 Issue.

his year Poets & Writers Magazine continued its ongoing section on literary magazines that included essential informa- T effort to be the most relevant publication creative writ- tion for writers about how and where to submit their work. ers turn to for inspiration and information as they forge their writing lives. In keeping with its aim to champion emerging authors, in the July/August 2007 issue, Poets & Writers Magazine published its Poets & Writers Magazine presented several special sections of seventh annual profile of fiction writers and their notable value to its readers. “The Great MFA Debate,” a collection of debuts. The November/December 2007 issue’s “The Poetry articles about the benefits of pursuing a creative writing of Beginning” introduced twelve poets with first books in degree, the growing diversity within programs, and new and 2007, and during the year the magazine published three innovative programs, appeared in the November/December installments of the column First, which reveals the process 2007 issue. The January/February 2008 issue focused on liter- behind a debut’s release. ary agents—how best to secure and manage a relationship with them, as well as contact information for twenty-one Poets & Writers’ commitment to highlighting the diverse agents open to new clients. This issue also included the launch voices of contemporary literature was reflected again this year of Agents & Editors, a series of in-depth interviews with in the range of authors profiled in our magazine pages: industry veterans geared toward offering writers expert advice Dominican novelist Junot Díaz, whose book went on to about the publishing process. The March/April 2008 issue win a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award returned to annual coverage of literary festivals, conferences, in 2008; Haitian author Edwidge Danticat, whose memoir and retreats, and the May/June 2008 issue featured a special won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2008;

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Press mentions of Poets & Writers Magazine appeared in sev- eral publications, including the Boston Globe, the Charlotte- Observer, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, the Writer’s Digest, as well as numerous Web sites including the Daily Record, Mediabistro, and Publisher’s Marketplace.

Poets & Writers Magazine also received two awards: Joe Woodward’s profile of Carol Muske-Dukes, “The Novelist’s Inner Poet,” won a Los Angeles Press Club Southern California Journalism Award, and the September/October 2007 issue, featuring Edwidge Danticat on the cover, earned a bronze Eddie Award, given for overall editorial excellence. A profile of Manil Suri from the January/February 2008 Issue. Poets & Writers Magazine continues to enjoy strong advertis- African American poet Afaa Michael Weaver; Asian American ing revenue, which this year totaled $1,184,191. novelist Susan Choi; mathematician Manil Suri; physicist Total circulation of the magazine is 60,000. Alan Lightman; genre-jumpers Carol Muske-Dukes and Tobias Wolff; as well as up-and-comers Frances Hwang, Major funding for Poets & Writers Magazine was provided by the Valzhyna Mort, Benjamin Percy, and Rishi Reddi. National Endowment for the Arts.

INFORMATION SERVICES

oets & Writers’ Information Services department contin- Pued to offer trustworthy answers to writers’ questions about publishing their work. Staff fielded an average of 10 to 15 questions each day from writers, via telephone and e-mail. They updated the Top Ten Topics for Writers section of the Web site, and distributed hundreds of copies of the print brochure to book festivals and writers’ conferences.

Information Services also created and now maintains the online databases of literary magazines, small presses, and grants and awards on Poets & Writers Online, as well as the Directory of Writers, which provides contact information and publication credits for over 7,500 writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Last year, more than 500 new writers joined the Directory. Poets & Writers also added new features that made it possible for listed authors to post a photo, a short bio, links to reviews of their work, and information on their upcoming readings. The Directory of Writers is used by writers to connect with one another and by organizers of reading series and conferences who are looking for writers to participate in Directory of Writers page at pw.org. their events.

Information Services was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.

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POETS & WRITERS ONLINE

Home page at pw.org.

aunched in 1996, Poets & Writers’ Web site has become and lists of the most popular and most e-mailed articles from La key destination for writers looking for information, Poets & Writers Magazine. guidance, and support to help further their work. The site attracts over 2,000 visitors daily. The site continues to feature online-only content from the magazine, daily news items, and the Speakeasy message P&W relaunched its redesigned Web site in February 2008. forum, which serves as a virtual community for hundreds Notable new features include searchable databases of literary of writers. magazines, small presses, and grants and awards; a national calendar of literary events; job listings; expanded listings in Poets & Writers Online and its redesign was supported in part by the the Directory of Writers; My P&W, which allows users to National Endowment for the Arts, the Robert Sterling Clark customize their experience on the site; multimedia content; Foundation, and an anonymous donor.

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MAUREEN EGEN WRITERS EXCHANGE AWARD

issouri fiction writer Shena McAuliffe and poet Andrès Andrès Rodriguez holds a PhD in literature from the MRodriguez were the 2007 Maureen Egen Writers University of California, Santa Cruz; an MA in creative Exchange award winners. writing from Stanford University; and a BA in English from the University of Iowa. His poems and essays have appeared The award, created in 1984, provides one poet and one fiction in Americas Review, Bilingual Review, Blue Mesa Review, Lucero, writer from one state an all-expenses-paid, weeklong trip to Sagetrieb, Wilderness, and other literary journals. He is the New York City. During their trip, the writers meet with liter- author of a collection of poetry, Night Song (Tia Chucha Press, ary agents, editors, publishers, and writers, and give a public 1994), and Book of the Heart: The Poetics, Letters and Life of John reading. The writers are selected based on manuscripts they Keats (Lindisfarne Press, 1993). He lives in Kansas City where submit to P&W. This year’s judges were poet Major Jackson he works as a teacher and tutor. and novelist Valerie Martin.

Many past winners have gone on to publish books, receive awards, or secure teaching positions. To date, 74 writers from 30 states have participated in P&W’s Writers Exchange. Past winners have included fiction writers Sue Monk Kidd, Fae Myenne Ng, Mona Simpson, and Susan Straight and poets Mike Chitwood, Roger Fanning, and David Mura.

Shena McAuliffe teaches fiction writing and works as the writ- ing program assistant at Washington University in St. Louis, where she received her MFA. Her stories have been published or are forthcoming in Conjunctions, CutBank, and Land-Grant College Review. She received her BA in English at Colorado From left to right: Major Jackson, poetry judge; Shena McAuliffe, winner for State University. fiction; Andrès Rodriguez, winner for poetry. Photo: Christopher Smith

CALIFORNIA PROGRAMS OFFICE

&W’s California office supported the western literary Oregon. The participating poets, fiction writers, and creative Pcommunity by convening regional roundtable meetings in nonfiction writers reached a total of 900 audience members at Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, Riverside, San Diego, 14 events, which took place at libraries, community colleges, and San Francisco. The meetings brought together writers, and cultural centers. presenters, independent publishers, and others to discuss issues At a craft lecture at Montana State University Billings, fiction such as funding, publicity, and building an audience. writer Larry Watson connected with audience members P&W again partnered with the Mountain Writers Center in regarding the particular sensibility of the West. “My charac- Portland, Oregon, and the YMCA Writer’s Voice in Billings, ters are imaginary, but informed by the landscape, observa- Montana, to present Carried Voices: Writers in the West, an tions, memories, and the populations of the West,” he NEA-sponsored consortium project that aimed to increase explained. “Memory traps and holds on to what is most mean- access to literature in the rural West. The project toured six ingful.” He also advised aspiring writers to “write as much as award-winning writers to five small towns in Montana and you can. Look critically at what you’ve done. And read.”

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS

hrough its Readings/Workshops program, Poets & These writing workshops provide them with tools for self- T Writers offers direct support to writers who give read- expression and by extension, self-empowerment.” ings or conduct workshops in a variety of venues, including libraries, universities, homeless shelters, senior and youth cen- ters, and museums. Last year, with funds raised during P&W’s capital campaign, the program expanded to two new cities, New Orleans and Tucson. In total, 967 writers received $247,450 from Poets & Writers. These writers participated in 2,086 events that were hosted by 472 organizations, and reached an audience of 104,687 people. P&W’s fees to writers were more than matched by the presenting organizations, which provided an additional $307,633 to writers.

>> Readings/Workshops East

NEW YORK In June 2008, Poets & Writers held its 7th Annual Intergenerational Reading at In New York State, where the Readings/Workshops program the Barnes & Noble Bookstore near Lincoln Center where more than fifty senior began in 1970, P&W cosponsored literary events in all 62 citizens and teenagers from P&W-sponsored writing workshops came together to read their work. Photo: Christopher Smith counties. P&W also supported writing workshops for special populations in New York City, including prison inmates, home- In July 2008, P&W supported poet Baruch Israel’s performance less individuals, at-risk youth, and senior citizens. with Sacred Slam, a nonprofit based in New York City whose mission promotes respect for diversity and the peaceful resolu- tion of conflict through arts and education. According to project director and founder Ian Koebner: “The diversity of performers, ranging from spoken-word poets to Julliard-trained flutists, matched the diversity of the audience: from native New Yorkers to over 60 youth from Israel, Northern Ireland, Palestine and South Africa….Baruch Israel brought together the best of conventional wordsmithing with the improvisational skills of the jazz greats. His positive messages, which were grounded in urban reality, resonated with everyone in the audience.”

At a reading by Roger Bonair Agard at Irene’s Coffee and Jazz House in Geneva, NY, in February 2008, host Lauren K. Alleyne reported, “The crowd was a mix of seniors, high school Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil reading at the Asian Pacific American Studies students in groups with their parents, and some college students Program at New York University in New York City in February 2008. Photo: Dustin Parsons from the nearby Hobart and William Smith Campus. After I introduced Roger, he stepped up, turned off the mike and At writing workshops held at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House began weaving through the crowd and reciting his first poem. in Manhattan, writer Corie Feiner worked with seniors dealing Geneva had not seen anything like it, and loved it! Afterwards, with cognitive memory loss and physical impairment. Lindsay a woman grabbed my hand and said, ‘Thank you for bringing Goldman, the director of the adult day program, wrote: “Our him—this was good for my soul!’” partnership with Poets & Writers is one of our strongest pro- grammatic assets. The weekly writing session is a designated ATLANTA time for introspection, reflection, and processing, even for Writer Anne Bucey read at an International Women’s Day Poetry those who are unable to write or speak without assistance. event that P&W supported in March 2008, which was cospon- Though our clients may be physically and cognitively impaired, sored by the Louise Runyan Performance Company. She report- they maintain the potential for great growth and achievement. ed, “it took place in a packed photography gallery in an uptown

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Atlanta neighborhood. The audience of men and women, old and Institute on May 14, 2008, with writer Christine Wiltz. She young, black and white was warm and responsive. The endorse- wrote, “During a tornado watch, undaunted by the Katrina ment of P&W was significant. Not only did it affirm and experience, the audience, composed of 30 men and women compensate the performing artists, but it drew more people who ranging in age from their early 20’s to their 60’s, came out in know of P&W’s reputation for recognizing writing talent.” their rain gear and proved a lively group. In our post–Katrina times, we need these kinds of events more than ever to show CHICAGO that this aspect of the city is alive and not just well, but thriving Daniel Godston from the Borderbend Arts Collective writes with people eager to share their love of books and writing.” about Ed Roberson’s performance at the Velvet Lounge as part of the Second Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival in October 2007, “Roberson did an amazing job performing with musicians Douglas Ewart [rainsticks, saxophones, invented instruments] Zimbabwe Nkenya [upright bass], Gary Sykes [drums] and Mike Nelson [conch shells and trumpet]. Roberson’s poetry is suffused with an acute awareness of language play, race politics, jazz, and other dynamics. His poetry meshed well with the musicians’ approaches.”

DETROIT P&W supported three workshops at the Blushing Sky Writers Playground at the Detroit International Academy for Young Women with poet Quraysh Ali Lansana. Cheri L. R. Taylor, project director, wrote, “After reading and studying Quraysh’s book, They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems, my students were Split This Rock Festival in Washington, D.C. in March 2008. Photo: Bonnie bursting with questions and requests for Quraysh to read and Marcus discuss several poems from the book. It was inspirational and the students were highly engaged. The day ended with students read- WASHINGTON, D.C. ing their own poems on the theme: Can one woman make a differ- Sarah Browning, founder of Split This Rock Festival: Poems of ence in the world? My students are still talking about the event.” Provocation and Witness, described Poets & Writers’ support as “adding incalculable luster and legitimacy” to this first-time NEW ORLEANS event which drew hundreds of poets to Washington, D.C. on P&W’s first funded event in New Orleans was a writing March 2008 to speak out about the Iraq War and other social workshop sponsored by James Nolan of the Loyola Writing issues. Poets & Writers supported five of the festival’s feature poets: Stephen Kuusisto, Alix Olson, Alicia Ostriker, Ishle Park, and Patricia Smith. “There were forces holding us close, braiding the personal and the political, the joy of creating and sharing poems that matter,” said Browning. Each of the six readings attracted audiences of 250 to 400.

Mark Yakich reading at Attenna Gallery/Press Street Press in New Orleans in June 2008.

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS SUMMARY

California New York Atlanta Chicago Detroit Houston Writers funded 412 385 37 16 23 20

Events sponsored 736 1,050 59 23 36 34

Audience reached 56,351 32,544 3,492 1,412 1,544 1,278

Writers’ fees paid by P&W $61,550 $153,250 $6,000 $3,500 $4,500 $4,500

Writers’ fees paid by cosponsors $162,221 $96,856 $4,150 $4,400 $4,256 $5,650

Cosponsoring organizations 155 236 16 9 9 10

Organizations participating 48 72 7 5 5 5 for the first time

Counties in which events took place 42 62 1 1 1 1

>> Readings/Workshops West

CALIFORNIA P&W continued its outreach to rural and underserved communities in California, supporting readings and workshops in 42 counties. After the Pan Valley Institute’s Tamejavi Festival in Fresno in September 2007, project director Myrna Martinez Nateras said, “The grant allowed us to support poets who come from communities—such as the Hmong and African American communities—that we work with on a daily basis. These communities usually do not get support for their artistic development and are often overlooked when it comes to other funding opportunities.” Poet A. K. Toney leads a workshop for teens at Stella Middle Charter Academy in Los Angeles in February 2008. Photo: Cheryl Klein

As part of an ongoing partnership with the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, P&W cosponsored a seven-session poetry workshop for teenagers at Stella Middle Charter Academy. The students studied the La Brea Tar Pits (where prehistoric mammals were trapped and preserved) and wrote poems about their own feelings of entrapment and freedom under the guidance of poet A. K. Toney. “The teens learned about poetry as a medi- um for telling the truth. While peer pressure, school structure, and family and neighborhood dynamics can, at times, feel like entrapment, poetry is an option of free- Dorothy Allison and her fiction students at Lambda Literary Foundation's first dom,” Toney reported. annual Writers Retreat, held at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, CA in August 2007. Photo: Morgan Gwenwald

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New Orleans Seattle Tucson Washington, D.C. Total 934922967

18 72 11 47 2,086

578 4,687 633 2,168 104,687

$2,750 $5,050 $2,450 $3,900 $247,450

$550 $20,450 $6,100 $3,000 $307,633

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1111112 Indram Amirthanayagam reading at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City in May 2008. Photo: Nicole Sealey

SEATTLE Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Zara Houshmand, and Mary Ruefle. In In Seattle, P&W supported 72 literary events, working with June 2008, after a reading and workshop with Nuestra Palabra: organizations including the Richard Hugo House, Seattle Latino Writers Having Their Say, poet Gwendolyn Zepeda Poetry Slam, Youth Speaks Seattle, and the Pagdiriwang said, “This is my second event made possible by P&W…. Every Philippine Festival. In June 2008, After poet Deborah Turner reading and event I do increases my exposure to audiences and read with Voices Rising, an arts organization serving LGBTQ improves my reputation as an artist.” people of color, project director Storme Webber said, TUSCSON “Community involvement is key to the success of Voices Rising. Poets & Writers provides powerful support and affirmation of In January, P&W began funding readings and workshops in our work.” Tucson, Arizona, a midsize city that is home to a large writing community. R/W West director Cheryl Klein traveled to Tucson, where she hosted a well-attended informational meet- ing about the program at Casa Libre, a local writers center, and met with representatives from the Tucson-Pima Arts Council and the University of Arizona’s acclaimed Poetry Center and Native Voices Symposium. P&W supported events with a num- ber of literary organizations, including Antigone Books, Kore Press, and POG: Poetry in Action. Poet Lynne Thompson signs books after a reading at the Seattle Public Library, The Readings/Workshops program was made possible with support Douglass-Truth Branch in from the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Axe-Houghton March 2008, an event sponsored by the Washington Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Cowles Charitable Center for the Book. Trust, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, James Irvine Photo: Mayumi Tsutakawa Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Times Company HOUSTON Foundation, Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust, an anonymous donor, In the first full year of programming in Houston, P&W and the Friends of Poets & Writers. supported 34 readings and workshops, featuring writers like

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WRITERS FOR WRITERS AWARDS

ach year since 1996, P&W has presented the Barnes & A. M. Homes chairs the PEN Emergency Writers Fund, which ENoble Writers for Writers Award, which honors writers assists writers in need. She also serves on the Boards of PEN who have volunteered time or donated money to writers’ caus- American Center, The Writers Room, and Yaddo, and the advi- es, advocated on behalf of writers, or made an exceptional con- sory board of Poets & Writers. Homes has published several tribution affecting the lives of writers. The 2008 recipients were novels and short story collections. Her book The Safety of Objects Toi Derricotte, A. M. Homes, and Peter Straub. The awards (HarperCollins, 1999) was released as a feature film in 2003. were presented to the honorees at P&W’s benefit dinner in Her most recent book, The Mistress’s Daughter, was published in New York City on March 19, 2008, by Susan Isaacs, chairman 2007 by Viking. of P&W’s Board of Directors. More than 350 guests attended the gala dinner, which raised more than $355,000 to support Peter Straub is a longtime supporter of many small literary P&W’s programs. The writer John Hodgman served as the organizations dedicated to helping emerging writers. He is a evening’s master of ceremonies. prolific author and his fiction has received numerous awards, including the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award. His latest book, 5 Stories, will be published by Borderlands Press in August 2008.

Generous underwriting of Poets & Writers’ 2008 annual dinner was provided by:

From left to right: John Hodgman, master of ceremonies; Toi Derricotte, honoree; Peter Straub, honoree; A. M. Homes, honoree; and Elliot Figman, P&W execu- tive director. Photo: Carolina Kroon

Toi Derricotte cofounded the nonprofit organization Cave Canem in 1996 to counter the underrepresentation of African HEODORE OGERS American poets in writers’ workshops and literary programs. T C. R She has published four books of poems, and her memoir, The Black Notebooks (Norton, 1997), was a recipient of the 1998 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

2008 ANNUAL DINNER LITERARY TABLE HOSTS

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER CAROL HIGGINS CLARK NICK FLYNN NAHID RACHLIN JONATHAN AMES MARY HIGGINS CLARK SHIRLEY HAZZARD ROGER ROSENBLATT KEVIN BAKER MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM SUSAN ISAACS MICHAEL THOMAS MELISSA BANK ALICE ELLIOTT DARK MAJOR JACKSON PATRICIA VOLK ANDY BOROWITZ NELSON DEMILLE ERICA JONG AFAA MICHAEL WEAVER DA CHEN CORNELIUS EADY CAROL MUSKE-DUKES HILMA WOLITZER SUSAN CHOI JANET FITCH FRANCINE PROSE MEG WOLITZER

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THE AMY AWARDS

n 2005, P&W began sponsoring an annual poetry contest open to women age thirty and under who live in the New York City I metropolitan area and on Long Island. Paula Trachtman and Edward Butscher established the award in memory of Amy Rothholz, Ms. Trachtman’s daughter. The 2008 winners were Shabnam Piryaei, Mrigaa Sethi, and Jessica Max Stein. The winners will be awarded a cash prize and will give a public reading at the New York Society Library in September 2008.

THE JACKSON POETRY PRIZE

n April 2008, Poets & Writers announced Tony Hoagland as Tony Hoagland is the author of three volumes of poetry: What I the recipient of the second annual Jackson Poetry Prize. The Narcissism Means to Me (Graywolf, 2003); Donkey Gospel $50,000 prize honors an American poet of exceptional talent (Graywolf, 1998), winner of the James Laughlin Award of The who has published at least one book of recognized literary merit Academy of American Poets; and Sweet Ruin (University of but has not yet received major national acclaim. The award is Wisconsin Press, 1993), winner of the Brittingham Prize in designed to provide what all poets need—time and the encour- Poetry; as well as a collection of essays about poetry, Real agement to write. Sofistakashun (Graywolf, 2006). His poems and critical essays have appeared widely in journals and anthologies such as Tony Hoagland was selected by three esteemed judges: the American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, and Ploughshares. poets Philip Levine, Robert Pinsky, and Ellen Bryant Voigt. He is the winner of the 2005 O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize. Poets were nominated by a panel of their peers who remain Awarded by the Folger Shakespeare Library, this is the only anonymous. The prize received thousands of national and national prize to recognize a poet's teaching as well as his art. international press mentions in print and online. Hoagland also received the 2005 Mark Twain Award, given by the Poetry Foundation in recognition of a poet's contribution On May 21, 2008, Tony Hoagland gave a reading at the Nabi to humor in American poetry. Hoagland currently teaches in Gallery in New York City to celebrate the prize. A video of the the poetry program at the University of Houston. He is also on occasion was posted on YouTube and on P&W’s Web site. the faculty of the Warren Wilson low-residency MFA program.

The prize was made possible by a significant donation from the Liana Foundation and is named for the John and Susan Jackson family.

From left to right: Robert Pinsky, Jackson Poetry Prize judge; Tony Hoagland, win- ner of the second annual Jackson Poetry Prize; Philip Levine, Jackson Poetry Prize judge; Elliot Figman, P&W executive director. Photo: Christopher Smith

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POETS & WRITERS IN THE FIELD

ach year, Poets & Writers distributes thousands of compli- E mentary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine and other materials to literary festivals, conferences, and organizations around the country. In addition, P&W staff attended several of these events where they had the chance to interact with the writers we serve every day. In 2007-2008, P&W staff attended the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in New York City, the Brooklyn Book Festival, the Decatur Book Festival, the Harlem Book Fair, the Latino Book and Family Festival, the Los Angeles Times Book Fair, the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, and the Queens Arts Connection.

A generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts supported staff travel to out-of-state events.

R/W East staff members Francheska Melendez and Maren Vespia at the Harlem Book Fair in July 2007. Photo: Jennifer Benka

P&W distributed approximately 10,500 complimentary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine and other materials to literary festivals, conferences, and organizations, including (alphabetical by state):

READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL SIMMONS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES WORKSHOPS Decatur, GA Boston, MA Little Rock, AR GWENDOLYN BROOKS WRITER’S CAPE COD WRITERS’ CENTER SUMMER THE ALAMEDA LITERATI BOOK FAIR CONFERENCE FOR BLACK LITERATURE CONFERENCE Alameda, CA AND CREATIVE WRITING Osterville, MA Chicago, IL LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK FESTIVAL FREE EXPRESSIONS: WRITING THE Los Angeles, CA READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS BREAKOUT NOVEL Chicago, IL Westminster, MA SAN DIEGO BOOK FAIR San Diego, CA IOWA SUMMER WRITING FESTIVAL OAKLAND UNIVERSITY/ABSINTHE FESTIVAL Iowa City, IA OF NEW EUROPEAN FILM AND WRITING SANTA BARBARA BOOK FESTIVAL Rochester, MI Santa Barbara, CA MARYDALE RETREAT CENTER Erlanger, KY BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL SANTA BARBARA WRITERS CONFERENCE Brooklyn, NY Santa Barbara, CA NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS New Orleans, LA MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE, SOUTH PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE South Pasadena, CA TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW ORLEANS Brooklyn, NY LITERARY FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE New Orleans, LA TOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE St. Helena, CA Dryden, NY GULF OF MAINE BOOKS RISE ABOVE BARRIERS INTO Brunswick, ME ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS AND WRITING DISCOVERY CONFERENCE PROGRAMS CONFERENCE Boulder, CO CITYLIT FESTIVAL New York, NY Baltimore, MD EMERALD COAST WRITERS’ CONFERENCE BARUCH COLLEGE Fort Walton Beach, FL THE WRITER’S CENTER New York, NY Bethesda, MD MARGARET MITCHELL HOUSE AND MUSEUM CAVE CANEM Atlanta, GA ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA, New York, NY WASHINGTON CHAPTER Potomac, MD programs 14

R/W East staff members Bram Hsieh and Nicole Sealey at the Decatur Book In September 2007, R/W West staff members Cheryl Klein and Jamie FitzGerald Festival in Atlanta, Georgia in August 2007. Photo: Bonnie Marcus visited Houston to meet with writers and presenters and to host a booth at the Latino Book and Family Festival, where they gave away over 200 copies of Poets & Writers Magazine.

COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR THE ROBIN’S BOOK STORE AND PRESSES ADVANCMENT OF TEACHING Philadelphia, PA New York, NY Cullowhee, NC SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS WORKSHOP GIRLS WRITE NOW, INC. PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL CONFERENCE New York, NY Portsmouth, NH Myrtle Beach, SC

HARLEM BOOK FAIR COLUMBUS WRITERS CONFERENCE LATINO BOOK AND FAMILY FESTIVAL New York, NY Columbus, OH Houston, TX

NEW YORK CENTER FOR FREE EXPRESSIONS: WRITING THE NEW ENGLAND YOUNG WRITERS’ CONFERENCE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING BREAKOUT NOVEL Middlebury, VT INDEPENDENT AND SMALL Portland, OR WASHINGTON POETS ASSOCIATION’S PRESS BOOK FAIR GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP, BURNING WORD: THE FESTIVAL OF POETIC FIRE New York, NY THE WRITE STUFF WRITERS’ CONFERENCE Whidbey Island, WA NEW YORK ROUND TABLE WRITERS’ Allentown, PA GALLERY 409 CONFERENCE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY Point Pleasant, WV New York, NY COLLEGE WRITERS CONFERENCE WEST VIRGINIA WRITERS, INC. CONFERENCE THE POETRY OUTREACH CENTER Blue Bell, PA Ripley, WV CITY COLLEGE POETRY FESTIVAL READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS New York, NY GREEN LAKE WRITERS CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Green Lake, WI SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS Darby, PA AND ILLUSTRATORS CHRISTIAN WRITER’S FELLOWSHIP FALL ST. DAVIDS CHRISTIAN WRITERS’ New York, NY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE Edmonton, Alberta, Canada NYACK LIBRARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN New Brighton, PA AUTHOR CONFERENCE & BOOK FAIR ART SANCTUARY’S CELEBRATION Nyack, NY OF BLACK WRITING FESTIVAL QUEENS ARTS CONNECTION, Philadelphia, PA QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART Queens, NY

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FRIENDS OF POETS & WRITERS

Poets & Writers is grateful for every gift, but due to space limitations, listed here are donors who gave $500 or more between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, toward annual giving or the benefit dinner.

LAUREATES Elliot & Ella Figman Nelson DeMille ENDOWMENT DONORS ($5,000 OR MORE) Jonathan Franzen Anthony DeVito Poets & Writers is grateful for the Virginia Barber Johanna & Leslie Garfield Stephen R. Donaldson generosity of our Board of Directors Barbara Thompson Davis Amanda Gimble Weili Fan and the many individuals who Maureen Mahon Egen Beverly Jablons Heidi Fiske contributed to its Writers Matter John W. Holman Jr. Joan L. & Dr. Julius H. Jacobson II Karin Grafstrom endowment campaign. Listed below Susan & John Jackson Renée Klaperman Gail Hochman are those whose contributions were Ellen R. & Lawrence Joseph Amy Kristoff Catherine MacDonald received between July 1, 2007 Helen & Frank Macioce Dr. Melvin & Mrs. Marion Landew Robin Magowan & Juliet Mattila and June 30, 2008. Diana & Simon Raab Stephen O. Lesser Peter Mayer AT&T Theodore C. Rogers Dorothy Lichtenstein Ann McGovern Mr. and Mrs. C. Hunter Boll Laura Baudo Sillerman Susan D. McClanahan Stuart Peterfreund Elliot Figman Robin B. Smith Robert Miller Roxana Robinson Jonathan Franzen Nicholas J. & Joanna Vergoth Eunice Panetta Jena Salon Lynn C. Goldberg Anonymous Paul Robinson Peter Saunders Susan Isaacs Georgia Shreve Peter Straub UNDERWRITERS Susan and John Jackson Al Silverman Judith Nissman Taylor ($2,500 TO $4,999) Ellen R. Joseph Amy Tan Anonymous Leontina Kelly Gallagher Alan Kahn Paula Trachtman Barbara Lubin Goldsmith Sue Monk Kidd Lily Tuck Susan Isaacs Poets & Writers extends a special Stephen O. Lesser John & Eva Usdan Deborah Pease thank-you to these generous Daniel & Lucia Woods Lindley Fred Wistow Paul J. Vidich & Linda S. Stein individuals who have pledged to Helen & Frank Macioce Margaret V. B. Wurtele Ellen M. Violett remember Poets & Writers in Susan D. McClanahan PATRONS their wills. Robin B. Smith BENEFACTORS ($500 TO $999) Philip & Marjorie Appleman Paul J. Vidich & Linda S. Stein ($1,000 TO $2,499) Fran Alexander Carol J. Makovich Nicholas J. & Joanna Vergoth Carol Higgins Clark Russell Banks Robin B. Smith Anonymous Mary Higgins Clark Mary Sharp Cronson Paula Trachtman Celia H. Currin & Harvey Katz Allison J. Davis Scott Doyle

2008 INTERGENERATIONAL READING All Photographs taken by Christopher Smith

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INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

Poets & Writers is grateful to all foundations, corporations, and governmental organizations whose fiscal support helps make its programs and services accessible to writers. Below is a listing of all institutions contributing $1,000 or more between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.

UNDERWRITERS ($25,000 OR MORE) HarperCollins Publishers DONORS ($1,000 TO $4,999) Louis & Anne Abrons Foundation John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Axe-Houghton Foundation Barnes & Noble Booksellers LJK Literary Management Cowles Charitable Trust Carnegie Corporation of New York Nielsen BookScan/The Book Standard Hyperion Publishing Hachette Book Group USA Penguin Group (USA) Ingram Book Company The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Perseus Books Group Macmillan The James Irvine Foundation Random House, Inc. Midland Paper The Liana Foundation Simon & Schuster, Inc. The New York Times Company Foundation National Endowment for the Arts William Morris Agency Petrocelli Financial Services New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Writers House, LLC Phoenix Color Corp. New York State Council on the Arts Anonymous Publishers Weekly Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust Pustorino, Puglisi & Co., LLP PATRONS ($5,000 TO $9,999) Anonymous Rosenthal Family Foundation J.M.R. Barker Foundation The Schaffner Family Foundation BENEFACTORS ($10,000 TO $24,999) Doubleday–Broadway Publishing Group Workman Publishing Company Arvato Print USA Goldberg McDuffie Communications Worzalla The Bydale Foundation Kaye Scholer, LLP W. W. Norton & Company Command Web Offset Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. RR Donnelley Medallion Retail Fine Creative Media Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Grove/Atlantic Inc.

SPONSORSHIP

Poets & Writers continued its longtime partnership with Barnes & Noble Booksellers in 2008. With B&N’s support, Poets & Writers reached new audiences across the country and increased the organization’s visibility. In addition, Barnes & Noble contin- ued to underwrite the annual Writers for Writers Awards benefit dinner.

In June 2008, teens and senior citizens from P&W-sponsored writing workshops in NYC came together at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore near Lincoln Center to read their work. The event included 51 readers, who ranged in age from 12 to 91.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS as of June 30, 2008

Susan Isaacs, Chairman Maureen Mahon Egen Ellen R. Joseph Galen Williams Writer Former Deputy Chairman & Partner (Retired) Founder Publisher (Retired) Kaye Scholer, LLP Poets & Writers, Inc. Celia H. Currin, President Hachette Book Group USA Landscape Gardener Principal J. Alan Kahn Galen Williams Elliot Figman BenchStrength Marketing, Inc. President Landscape Design, Inc. Executive Director Barnes & Noble Publishing Group Karin Grafstrom, Treasurer Poets & Writers, Inc. Market Research Manager Joanne Leedom-Ackerman ADVISORY BOARD Metropolitan Museum of Art Jay Fine Writer James A. Autry Cofounder Russell Banks Helen Macioce, Secretary One Call Support Services, LLC Susan D. McClanahan Billy Collins President (Retired) Entrepreneur & Education Specialist E. L. Doctorow Jane Friedman Merrill Lynch Bank & Cornelius Eady Trust Company Former President & CEO Theodore C. Rogers HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide General Partner, A. M. Homes Virginia Barber Private Equity Investments Beverly Jablons Consultant Amanda Gimble American Industrial Partners Sue Monk Kidd William Morris Agency Former First VP and Cohead, Corporate Galway Kinnell Strategy and Planning (retired) Robin B. Smith Joanna S. Rose Amy Berkower Merrill Lynch & Co. Chairman Timothy Seldes President & CEO Publishers Clearing House Gail Sheehy Writers House, LLC Lynn C. Goldberg CEO Nicholas J. Vergoth Peter Straub Allison J. Davis Goldberg McDuffie Senior Vice President, Consultant Communications Sales & Marketing VOLUNTEERS The Jackie Robinson Foundation Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. Dan Arnheim John W. Holman Jr. Ray Cave Partner Barbara Thompson Davis Paul J. Vidich Kim Chisholm Writer/Literary Executor Hintz, Holman & Robillard Inc. Senior Adviser Vikram Malkani America Online Susan Jackson Pat Ryan Poet Shen Tong

POETS & WRITERS STAFF as of June 30, 2008

ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE 2007–2008 INTERNS Elliot Figman, Executive Director Mary Gannon, Editor Accounting Jennifer Benka, Managing Director Kevin Larimer, Senior Editor Nelcina Tesheira William F. Hayes, Controller Suzanne Pettypiece, Managing Editor Suyan Lin Alexanne Pemberton, Full-charge Bookkeeper Jean Hartig, Editorial Assistant Administration & Timothy Cartin Gyves, Development & Marketing Manager Joshua Mandelbaum, Advertising Director Readings/Workshops (East) Chris Reichheld, Development & Marketing Associate Marien Vespia, Advertising Associate Stephanie Rael D. Sulaitis, Administrative Coordinator Jane Kim, Advertising Assistant California Office Jason Chapman, IT Administrator Shannon David READINGS/WORKSHOPS PROGRAM (EAST) Julia Guest READINGS/WORKSHOPS PROGRAM (WEST) & WRITERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM Marcus Omari & CALIFORNIA OFFICE Bonnie Rose Marcus, Director Information Services Cheryl Klein, Director Nicole Sealey, Program Coordinator Lauren Roberts Jamie FitzGerald, Programs Coordinator Poets & Writers Magazine INFORMATION SERVICES Venessa Strachan, Bram Hsieh, Director Sidney Harman Francheska Melendez, Program Assistant Writers-In-Residence Program Intern from Baruch College administration & funding 18

TREASURER’S REPORT 2007–2008

Poets & Writers closed the fiscal year with a strong fiscal 2008 SOURCES OF INCOME report. Although the organization reported an operating deficit of $121,085, this was due to a relocation to new offices. Earned income remained healthy and accounted for 61% of Publications 60% the organization’s revenue. Advertising revenue from Poets & Foundations 17% Special Events 8% Writers Magazine increased 4.1% over the prior year, and the Government 8% annual dinner was a great success, raising $355,280. Individual 4% Corporate Sponsorship & Support 2% Expenditure for programs represented 75% of total expenses Other Earned Revenue 1% of $3,524,233.

The accounting firm of Pustorino, Puglisi & Co., LLP, 2008 ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES performed an audit of Poets & Writers’ financial statements and offered an unqualified opinion that the statements fairly represent its financial position as of June 30, 2008. Following are summaries of the statements of operations and functional expenses from that audit, a complete copy of which is Program Services 75% Management & General 17% available upon request by writing Poets & Writers’ develop- Fundraising 8% ment office.

INCOME 2008 2007 Public Support $1,301,599 $1,272,818 Earned Revenue 2,058,731 2,076,204 Other Income 43,170 62,254

Total $3,403,500 $3,411,276

EXPENSES Program Services $2,655,483 $2,540,700 Management & General 594,563 603,837 Fundraising 274,187 230,898

Total $3,524,233 $3,375,435

Revenue Over/Under Expenditures ($120,733) $35,841 Unrealized & Realized Gains 25,242 22,319 Board-Designated Endowment Gift 0 3,000 Change in Unrestricted Net Assets ($95,491) $61,160

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POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE CONTENTS

JULY/AUGUST 2007 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 Volume 35, Number 4 Volume 35, Number 5 Volume 35, Number 6

FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES • A Novelist's Inner Poet: • The Most Important Story of Her Life: • The Path of Creation: A Profile of Carol Muske-Dukes A Profile of Edwidge Danticat A Profile of Afaa Michael Weaver • Little Miracles: A Profile of Lydia Davis • Spinning Through the Possibilities: • The Sadness They Carry on Their Backs: • Skywriter: A Profile of Ron Carlson A Profile of Stephen Dixon A Profile of Benjamin Percy • Truth, Lies, and Outsider Art: • Chasing the Whale: A Profile of Junot Díaz • Questions With Answers and Questions A Profile of Greg Bottoms • Noble Rider: A Profile of Bin Ramke Without: A Profile of Alan Lightman • First-Fiction Annual • The Poetry of Beginning NEWS AND TRENDS NEWS AND TRENDS • On the Road, Again NEWS AND TRENDS • Not a Bird, Nor a Plane • Page One • Killing Them Softly • Page One • Literary MagNet • Page One • Pulling the Plug on a Labor of Love • Editors Who Can Handle the Truth • The Democratic Approach to Slush • Q&A: Leibowitz Bids Parnassus Farewell • Poets Resort to Guerilla Marketing • Editor Offers a Contest Alternative • Literary MagNet • Small Press Points • Small Press Points • Small Press Points • Q&A: Teresa Weaver’s View of Reviews • Literary MagNet • The Written Image: The Writer’s Brush • The Written Image SPECIAL SECTION: OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS • Q&A: Nicole Cooley and the New MFA THE LITERARY LIFE • Eight Great and New: Literary Start-Ups Looking for You SPECIAL SECTION: THE GREAT MFA DEBATE • A Writer’s Bed: The Center of • Lightning Strikes Thrice: When Small • In Defense of MFA Programs All Good Things Presses Win Big Awards • Growing Diversity in Graduate School • Free to Read: A Writer’s First Time • San Antonio’s Wings Press: • Six New Programs in the Library Flying High for More Than Thirty Years • Confessions of a Teaching Assistant THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Nine Distinctive Programs THE LITERARY LIFE • Will Write for Free: Why Is Asking • Imperative: The Creative Nonfiction Crisis THE LITERARY LIFE to Get Paid So Difficult? • A Short History of Everything: • Literary Laryngitis: How One Writer The End Is Nothing, The Road Is All Found Her Voice • The Art of Reading Cormac McCarthy: • The Art of Reading John Ashbery: The Darkness and the Light Driven to Poetic Distraction

THE PRACTICAL WRITER THE PRACTICAL WRITER • The Big Cover-Up: A Writer’s Role in • Extreme Research: Out of the Library Book Jacket Design and Into the World • Workshop: Pimp My Writing • And the Winner Is: Tips From a Pushcart Prize Editor • Blurb My Book, Please!: One Author’s Humble Request

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July/August 2007 (Vol. 35, No. 4) through May/June 2008 (Vol. 36, No. 3)

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008 MARCH/APRIL 2008 MAY/JUNE 2008 Volume 36, Number 1 Volume 36, Number 2 Volume 36, Number 3

FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES • The Moment of Origin: • The Gun on the Table: • You Cannot Tell This to Anybody: A Profile of Susan Choi A Profile of Tobias Wolff A Profile of Valzhyna Mort • Finding the Centers: • Spring Essence: Celebration of • Where the Real World Lies: A Profile of Manil Suri National Poetry Month A Profile of Lee Martin • Agents & Editors: Pat Strachan • Agents & Editors: Nat Sobel NEWS AND TRENDS • California Complex NEWS AND TRENDS NEWS AND TRENDS • Page One: Where Books Begin • The Grim Reader • Such Sweet Sorrow • Venture Capital for the Literary Set • Page One: Where Books Begin • Page One: Where Books Begin • U.S. Postal Rates Up, Editors Down • I Google Myself, Therefore I Am • Way, Way Too Much Information • Small Press Points • DailyLit Sends E-mail Worth Reading • Small Press Points • Literary MagNet • Small Press Points • Literary MagNet • Literary MagNet • The Written Image: Men of Letters… • Memoir? What Memoir? Frey’s Novel • The Written Image: Jellyfish • Q&A: Alice Quinn’s Poetic Providence • Q&A: Rebecca Wolff’s Fence Turns Ten • Q&A: Director Quang Bao Steps Down SPECIAL SECTION: TALENT SEARCH SPECIAL SECTION: PROJECT LIT MAT SPECIAL SECTION: WRITERS RETREAT ANNUAL • Calling All Agents: How to Attract • Saving the Short Story • Rising in the West: The Festival Circuit Their Attention • Five Tips for Submitting Your Work in Washington, Montana, and Oregon • California Dreaming: Are New York • Through the Eyes of the Editors • The Frost Place Celebrates Anniversaries Agents Really Better? • Twenty New Journals Ready • The Mary Anderson Center: • Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: When to to Read Your Work Art and Spirit in the Midwest End the Author-Agent Relationship • Our Own Private Conference: THE LITERARY LIFE • Twenty-one Agents You Should Know From Cyberspace to Meeting Place • Chinese Characters: • Agents & Editors: Lynn Nesbit • Literary Nonprofits Establish Retreats Report From Literary Beijing

THE LITERARY LIFE THE LITERARY LIFE THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Imperative: The Pitfalls of • The Rilke Trail: Traversing the Poet’s • Putting Your Poetry in Order: Historical Fiction Lonely Ground The Mix-Tape Strategy • To Make Me Who I Am: Poetry • The Importance of Place: • First: Melissa J. Delbridge’s Family Bible as a Way Out Where Writers Write and Why • Bridge in Beige: A Poet’s Approach THE PRACTICAL WRITER to Memoir • Paperback Writer: Do I Want to Be One? • First: Tahmima Anam’s A Golden Age THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Workshop: A Rant Against Creative Writing Classes • First: Alan Drew’s Gardens of Water

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS: WRITERS FUNDED (EAST)

> East Dutchess Siri Hustvedt Michael Carter Anne Liu Kellor Tomaz Salamun Charles Bernstein Phillip Lopate Marie Carter Kevin Killian Mary Jo Salter NEW YORK (by county) Peter Gizzi Bernadette Mayer Nina Cassian Lola Koundakjian Sonia Sanchez Albany Reginald Shepherd Trevy A. McDonald Gabriella C. Cauender Jennifer Kwon Dobbs Paula Santiago Randall Horton Donna Steiner Gloria Naylor Jennifer Chang Joseph Legaspi Tom Savage Allegany Susan Stewart Carole Parker Ching-In Chen Stacey Levine Thomas Sayers Ellis Wendy Lindstrom Cole Swenson Marie Ponsot Lisa Chen Ada Limon Andrew Schelling Bronx Erie C. E. Putnam Ira Cohen Aaron Raz Link Grace Schulman Paola Corso Peter Johnson Julie Reid Barbara Cole R. Zamora Linmark Chris Slaughter Ellen Aug Lytle Essex Clara Sala Steve Dalachinsky Frances Madison Thomas R. Sleigh Vivek Narayanan Jack Gantos Hal Sirowitz Delana Dameron Taylor Mali Ann Snodgrass Nikki Williams Roger Mitchell George E. Tait Bei Dao Patricia Marte Susan Southard Broome Franklin Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Ann Darby Natasha Marin O'Brien Martha Southgate Chimamanda Ngozi Michael Czarnecki Eisa Nefertari Ulen Oliver de la Paz Michael Martone Jamaal St. John Adichie Fulton Megan Volpert Erica DeLaRosa Carole Maso Mel Stokes Jo Ann Beard Louis Fagan Lewis Seren Divine Ayana Mathis Laurie Stone Denise Duhamel Suzanne Rancourt Kimberly A. Cavanagh Gregory Djanikian Nathan McCall Alix Strauss Mary Gaitskill Genesee Livingston Tony D'Souza Martha McConnell George E. Tait Andrei Guruianu Michael Czarnecki Anne Panning Jamba Dunn Rachel McKibbens Jackson Taylor Rachel Kadish Greene Liza Jesse Peterson Jaime Emeric Jesus Papoleto Melendez Fiona Templeton Bobbie Ann Mason Peter Kane Dufault Patricia Roth Schwartz Shelley Ettinger Dinaw Mengestu Jalal Toufic Aafa Michael Weaver Jeanne Heiberg Madison Antonio Faretta Rashida Merritt Ella Turenne Vijay Seshadri Nina Shengold Steven Coffman Corie Feiner Mark Jay Mirsky Eugene Turk Cattaraugus Neil Smith Peter Conners Maria Fernandez Michael Montlack George Wallace Michael Czarnecki Hamilton Christine Gelineau Dorothy Friedman Tom Morgan Estha Weiner Thomas Krampf Steven Coffman Thom Ward August Dominique Morisseau Joshua Weiner Cayuga Michael Czarnecki Manhattan Margaret Gibson Tracie Morris Nikki Williams Karla Merrifield Herkimer Elena Alexander Veronica Golos Vivek Narayanan Sholeh Wolpe Patricia Roth Schwartz Steven Coffman Will Alexander Bobby Gonzalez Ghassan Nasr Chavisa Woods Michelle Wildgen Michael Czarnecki John Amen Melinda Gonzalez Arthur Nersesian Richard Zenith Chautauqua Andrew Devitt Indran Amirthanayagam Rigoberto Gonzalez Aimee Nezhukumatathil Monroe Michael Czarnecki James Fahy Bruce Andrews Hattie Gossett Vaimoana L. Niumeitolu Jim Cohn Chemung Jefferey Kelly Sinan Antoon Jennifer Grotz Alice Notley Sean Thomas Dougherty Mary Jo Mahoney Alan Steinberg Rick Barot Eve Grubin Maggie O'Sullivan Lou Faber Rhonda Morton Jefferson J. Malaika Beckford Naomi Guttman Yuko Otomo Steve Fellner Chenango Michael Czarnecki Esther Belin Morgan Gwenwald Amy Ouzoonian Reenah Golden Joan Murray Kings Christa Bell Ellen Hagan Maureen Owens Dane Gordon Clinton Chris Abani Dodie Bellamy Daniel Hahn Shin Yu Pai Elaine Heveron Chris Abani Paul Auster Naomi Benaron Joy Harjo Eric Pankey M. J. Iuppa Jimmy Santiago Roger Bonair-Agard Rick Benjamin Saidiya Hartman Willie Perdomo Sal Parlato, Jr. Kimiko Hahn Cheryl Boyce Taylor Mike Bertram Brian Henry Frank Perez Alex Sanchez Judith Kroll Ainsley Burrows Sherwin Bitsui Edward Hirsch Jon Pineda Patricia Roth Schwartz Jay Leeming Staceyann Chin Deborah Bogen Jane Hirshfield Khadijah Queen Paulette Schwartzfager Roger Mitchell Michael Cirelli Cheryl Boyce Taylor Bob Holman Gregory Rabassa Terry Trueman Ken Waldman R. Erica Doyle Christine Boyka Kluge John Hoppenthaler Gus Ramos Ian VanHeusen Columbia Andy Duncan Renee Michele Breeden Sarah Husain Rochelle Ratner Jes Wright Michael Czarnecki Heidi Durrow Lisa Marie Bronson Protius Indiginous Wendy Rawlings Montgomery Matthew Lippman Janice Erlbaum David Brookshaw Ashaki Jackson Victoria Redel Bob Cudmore Laurie Stone Brett Evans Mary Brown Major Jackson Robyn Reed Maureen Hand Cortland Edward Field Ellen Bryant Voigt Brenda Janowitz Susan Ribner Billy Johnson Joan Murray Paula Fox Ainsley Burrows Doug Jones Flavia Rocha Suzanne Rancourt Delaware Patrice Gaine Susan Buttenwieser Janet Jun Eugene Rodriguez Susannah Risley Susannah Risley Kathryn Harrison Regie Cabico Mohammed Kazim Ali Carol Rosenfeld Nassau Bertha Rogers Donna Hill Brent Calderwood Dasha Keley Clara Sala Susan Astor appendicesprograms 22

All of the writers listed below received support from Poets & Writers to give readings and workshops. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment to provide support for a diverse group of writers at all stages in their careers.

David B. Axelrod Gary Lawless Seneca Carol Graser Kodac Harrison Quraysh Ali Lansana Annie Boutelle Putnam Tricia Asklar Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi Warren E. Hawk M. L. Liebler Ainsley Burrows Lou Orfanella Ellen Clark Joan Murray Patricia Henritze Herbert Woodward Paula Camacho Frank Ortega Michael Czarnecki Mary Sanders Shartle Edward Hirsh Martin Yolanda Coulaz Pamela Manche Pearce Maureen Owens Bibi Wein James Iredell Tim Parrish Paula Curci Queens Colleen Powderley Nancy White Karla Jennings Major Ragain Thomas M. Disch Tisa Bryant St. Lawrence Eliza Williamson Dylon Killian Steven Schreiner Peter V. Dugan Tina Chang Michael Czarnecki Jaqueline Woodson Hilary King Larry Smith Robert Dunn Rigoberto Gonzalez Maurice Kenny Washington Jamel Latimore Keith Taylor Rachel Hadas Sarah Husain Ira Sukrungruang Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Kelly Link Eric Torgerson Walter E. Harris III Nancy Kline Staten Island Wayne Ann Lynn Diane Wakoski Andrew Hudgins Emily Lacy Ellen Aug Lytle Michael Czarnecki Trina Meade Ken Waldman Jacqueline Jones LaMon Eleanor Lerman Steuben Westchester Khadijah Queen G. C. Waldrep X. Joseph Kennedy Cate Marvin Susan Deer Cloud Kurt Brown Betsheba Rem Tyrone Williams Beverly E. Kotch Claire Messud Craig Czury Laure Anne Bosselaar Shawn K. Robertson Kate Light Myra Mniewski Gary Lehmann Suzanne Cleary Dorian Rogers NEW ORLEANS Charles Martin Eileen Myles David Michael Nixon Paola Corso Malik Salaam Lee Meitzen Grue Meghan O'Rourke Edna O'Brien Tanya Rice Suzanne Gardinier Kween Stanley Danella P. Hero Elaine Preston Caryl Phillips John Roche Tony Hoagland Samantha Thornhill Tim Miller Nahid Rachlin Chana Pollack Charles Rossiter John Hoppenthaler Megan Volpert Julia Reed Christina M. Rau Clara Sala Dan Waber Kate Light Nikki Wade Brad Watson Paula Rodenas Thomas Sayers Ellis Suffolk Alex Quinyonia Whatley Elizabeth Whitney Andrea Rowen Vijay Seshadri David Axelrod Lindquist-Greenwood Cecilia Woloch Christine Wiltz Barbara Southard George E. Tait Marek Bartelik Dennis Nurkse Geoff Wyss Patti Tana Marian Yalini Pat Falk Charles Lou Orfanella CHICAGO Mark Yakich Michael Thomas Thambynayagam Desmond Egan Nahid Rachlin Roger Bonair-Agard Pramila Venkateswaran Rensselaer Graham Everett Rochelle Ratner Ainsley Burrows WASHINGTON, D.C. Barry Wallenstein Russell Banks Ades Fishman Karen Rippstein Carla Harryman Sandra Beasley Niagara Marilyn Chin Honoree Fannone Natalie Safir David Harrison Horton Melissa Princess Best Douglas Goetsch Amy Halloran Jeffers Karen Sirabian Elizabteth Marino Sarah Browning Oneida Suzanne Rancourt Alicia Ostriker David Tucker Helen Mirra Elizabeth Bruce Steven Coffman Rockland Wanda Phipps Eisa Nefertari Ulen Bayo Ojikutu Ainsley Burrows Michael Czarnecki Paola Corso Allen Planz Wyoming Iyeoka Okoawo Regie Cabico Jackie Warren-Moore Sally Lipton Derringer Jennifer Rose Nikki Williams Lauren Pretnar Kwame Dawes Onondaga Judith Rose Vivian Shipley Yates Joe Rearty Martin Espada Roger Bonair-Agard Saratoga Jesse Arthur Stone Steven Coffman Ed Roberson Sabrina Gilbert Naomi Guttman Judi Beach Patti Tana Michael Czarnecki Patrick Somerville Randall Horton AJ Krivak Cara Benson Virginia Walker Anna Jenner Chuck Stebelton Tayari Jones Margaret Lloyd Carol Graser Maxwell Wheat Jeanne Towns Stephen Kuusisto Rachel McKibbens Judith Prest Sullivan ATLANTA Eisa Nefertari Ulen Ian Sydney March Jennifer Pashley Susannah Risley Michael Czarnecki L. Ward Abel Chavisa Woods Sage Morgan-Hubbard Ontario Schenectady Tioga Ellis Allums Courttia Newland Roger Bonair-Agard Suzanne Rancourt Joan Murray John Amen DETROIT Alix Olson Steven Coffman Susannah Risley Tompkins Nicole Brown Elizabeth Atkins Alicia Ostriker Orange Schoharie Michael Brown Christopher Bundy Derick Burleson Ishle Park Robert Milby Susannah Risley Katherine Geenberg Ainsley Burrows Gabrielle Calvocoressi Lisa Pegram Orleans Susan Spivak Ulster Mike Dockins Jennifer Chang Michelle Sewell Michael Czarnecki Schuyler Kirpal Gordon Melanie Edwards Peter Conners Patricia Smith John Maier Steven Coffman Phillip Levine Claudia Emerson Jim Daniels Anu Yadav Oswego Michael Czarnecki Warren Katrina Finney Sean Thomas Michael Czarnecki Andy Doyle Margaret Bartley Lakara Foster Dougherty Otsego Karla Merrifield Mickey Clement Jon Goode Francine J. Harris Ainsley Burrows Patricia Roth Schwartz Rob Faivre Sarah Gorham Ilya Kaminsky Janette Turner Hospital Jess Wright Elisabeth Folwell Mary Grabar Susan Kelly-DeWitt

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS: WRITERS FUNDED (WEST)

> West J.T. Bymaster Cai Emmons Eloise Klein Healy David Lehman Eileen Myles Reginald Cabico Bob Ernst Dianna Henning Rachel Leibrock Gina Nahai CALIFORNIA Leslie Kirk Campbell Brian Evenson Tim Z. Hernandez Carol Lem Kerry Yo Nakagawa Kim Addonizio Tshaka M. Campbell Gil Fagiani Leticia Rose Lerma Gerardo Navarro Ekiwah Adler-Belendez Katerina K. Canyon Joel Fallon Hernandez-Linares Ben Lerner Monica Navarro Ellery Akers Helene Cardona Nestor Fantini Juan Felipe Herrera John Lescroart Johnnierenee Nelson Marcy Alancraig Terri Carrion Phil Finkel Tim Herrera Wendy Lichtman Hoa Nguyen Francisco X. Alarcón Nona Caspers David P. Fisher Lee Herrick Ali Liebegott Katharine Noel Sandra Alcosser Hernan Castellano Giron Jessica Fisher Elizabeth Carrothers Shirley Geok-Lin Lim Linda Noel Malin Alegria Irene Castruita John FitzGerald Herron Carmen Linares-Kalo Ruth Nolan Elizabeth Alexander Deshad Cato Molly Flanagan Jack Hirschman Beth Lisick nila northSun Samina Ali Tom Centolella Adelle Foley Jane Hirshfield Perie Longo Camille Norton Jan Allegretti Bladimin Cervantes Jack Foley Marlene A. Hitt Manuel Paul Lopez Jamie O'Halloran Dorothy Allison Justine Cervantes Michael C. Ford Jen Hofer Kimberly Lubina Chris Olander Gloria Enedina Alvarez Lorna Dee Cervantes Karen Joy Fowler Tess Uriza Holthe Rick Lupert Connie Owens John Amen Brandon Cesmat Kathleen Fraser Paul Hoover Susan E. Luzzaro Noelle Oxenhandler Maggie Anderson Victoria Chang Taaj Freeman Zara Houshmand Kathleen Lynch Judith Pacht Frank Andrick Neeli Cherkovski Ruebi Freyja Robert Houston Phoebe MacAdams Christina Pages Ralph Angel Marilyn Chin Laverne E. Frith Joshua Huerta Nathaniel Mackey Doris Pai Adrian Arancibia Jabez Churchill Peter Fromm Georgia Hughes Sarah Maclay Susan Parker William Archila Theresa Cianci Gloria Frym Daniela Hurezanu Seretta Martin Sunni Patterson Rae Armantrout Todd Cirillo Graham Fulton Elijah Imlay Rodrigo Martinez Cece Peri R. D. Armstrong Rod Clark Diane Gage Lynda Jackson Holaday Mason Margo Perin Kevin Arnold Jane Cleland William Gainer Scott James David Mas Masumoto Steve Petersen Sally Ashton Jeanette Clough Kate Gale Tara Jepsen Clive Matson Sam Pierstorff Lee Balan Barbara Cogswell Sarah Gambito Avotcja Jiltonilro Larry Maurice Joanna Planteen Meliza Banales Wanda Coleman Evangeline Ganaden Fenton Johnson Ellen Maybe Cati Porter Jennifer Barone Larry Colker Albert Garcia Brent Jones Ethel Mays Evelyn Posamentier Dan Barth Peter Collier Richard Garcia James D. Babwe Jones Carl Maysack Connie Post Ellen Bass Lee Collins Armando Garcia-Davila Maxima Kahn Lee McCarthy Douglas Powell Lory Bedikian Julia Connor Ken Gardner Mifanwy Kaiser Michael McClure Emily Raabe Robin Beeman Brendan Constantine Jody Gehrman Rachel Kann Shaunna Oteka McCovey Sarah Rabkin Marvin Bell John Cooper Jamey Genna Nicholas Karavatos George McDonald Emily Rapp Aimee Bender Dan Coshnear Daniel F. Gerber Rocco Kayiatos Robyn McGee Moniru Ravanipur Julio Benitez Elizabeth Crane Janice Gero Douglas Kearney Cameron McHenry Claudia March Reder Lisa Bernstein Marlene Cullen Dick Gibford Jamie Kennedy Paul McHugh Bushra Rehman Guy Biederman Carol V. Davis Ryan Gillenwater Susan Kennedy Joshua McKinney Paisley Rekdal Matt Biers-Ariel Janet DeBar Dorina Lazo Gilmore Stephen Kessler Kat Meads Rachel Naomi Remen Terry Bisson Monica de la Torre C. S. Giscombe Azim Khamisa Pablo Medina Pat Richardson Charles Curtis Blackwell Juan Delgado Terri Glass Maya Khosla Maria Melendez Michael Riedell Robert Bly Geri Digiorno Ron Glodeski Kevin Killian John Menaghan Tomas Riley Eavan Boland Chani di Prima Douglas Goetsch William Kittredge W. S. Merwin Dan Roberts Helen Bonner Diane di Prima Liz Gonzalez Deborah P. Kolodji Robert Mezey Gary Robertson Susan Bono Nguyen Do Tiana Goston Mary Norbert Korte Joseph Millar Katrina Rodabaugh Nixson Borah Delorus Dorantes Mary Lee Gowland Steve Kowit Harold Roy Miller Gilberto Rodriguez Adam Bowser Sharon Doubiago Rachel Gregg Kacey Kuebler Jim Miller Jose Manuel Rodriguez Kate Braverman Frankie Drayus Joel Grier Beatrice Lagos H. D. Moe Luis Rodriguez Duff Brenna Rikki Ducornet Meredith Hall Joseph Lake Nicole Mones Jordan Rosenfeld Leo Victor Briones Robert C. Dunnica Forrest Hamer Willis Lamm Jose Montoya Sarah Rosenthal Andrea Carter Brown Roberto Tinoco Duran Q. R. Hand Diane Lando Janell Moon Michael Rothenberg James Brown Sara Duran Michael Hannon Adair Lara Honor Moore Jasmine Roza-Perez Tisa Bryant Patrick Durgan Dorothy Lee Hansen Meredith Laskow Terry Moore Mary Rudge Christopher Buckley Tammy Durston Gerald Haslam Dorianne Laux Leroy Franklin Moore Jr. Beth Ruscio Les Buffham Quinton Duval Robert Hass Rebecca Lawton Jill Moses Carl Hancock Rux Ainsley Burrows Terry Ehret Katherine Hastings Lance Lee Jim Musgrave Kay Ryan appendices 24

All of the writers listed below received support from Poets & Writers to give readings and workshops. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment to provide support for a diverse group of writers at all stages in their careers.

Bryan Sanders Chris Vannoy SEATTLE Lisa Marie Sandoval Eldon Keith Van Vliet Daemond Arrindell Cathie Sandstrom Patrice Vecchione Toni Bajado Lucy Sanna Pramila Venkateswaran D. Blair Kiyo Sato Antonieta Villamil Soulchilde BlueSun Dennis Schmitz Julia Vinograd Nancy Calos-Nakano Andrea Selch Susan Vreeland Dakota Camacho Danzy Senna Sidney Wade Lucille Clifton Michael Shapiro D. R. Wagner Mike Daisey Billie Shields Ken Waldman Angela Martinez Dy Jack Shields Rebecca Walker Kelley Eskridge Lisa Shulman Pat Walsh Amber Flame Richard Silberg Scott Wannberg Michael C. Ford Ernie Sites Allison Warren Paul Harding Floyd Skloot Larry Watson Patrick Nielsen Hayden G. P. Skratz Ruth Weiss Lesley Hazleton Sourdough Slim Joe Wenderoth John Holbrook Tucker Smallwood Vicki Werkley Tess Uriza Holthe Devin Smith Naida West Graham Joyce David Smith-Ferri Jackson Wheeler Randall Kenan Gary Snyder Arisa A. White Li-Young Lee Alexandra Sokoloff Darryl Babe Wilson Rachel McKibbens Rebecca Solnit Jesse Dawson Wilson Donna Miscolta Gary Soto Rosemary Wilvert Jed Myers Gina Spadafori Christian Wiman Melissa Nolledo Thomas Spanbauer A. D. Winans Jaymi Priester Barbara Spicer Sholeh Wolpe Alexandria Red Will Staple Susan Wooldridge Rebecca Saxton David Starkey Gail Wronsky Zachary Schomburg Red Steagall Al Young Lynne Thompson Jan Steckel Dwight Young Eugenia Toledo-Keyser David St. John Mario Zapien Deborah Turner Rob Sturma Paul Zarzyski Marianne Villanueva Arthur Sze Koon Woon Michelle Tea HOUSTON Carolyne Wright Sylvia C. Telafaro Anita Bunkley Molly Tenenbaum Alicia Gaspar de Alba TUCSON G. Murray Thomas Zara Houshmand Lucy Corin Garland Thompson Lindsay Kayser Junot Díaz Lynne Thompson Tato Laviera Paul Klinger Daniel Tiffany Wendolyn Lozano-Tovar Tracie Morris Deborah Todd Raj Mankad Liza Porter Candace Toft Brie McCain Matt Rotando A. K. Toney Guadalupe M. Mendez Leslie Scalapino Alison Townsend Beverly Monestier Lewis Warsh Truong Tran Marcell Murphy Tiphanie Yanique George Tsongas Jason Nodler Brian Turner Maria Palacios Raymond Nat Turner Marlon Perla Denise Uyehara Jasminne Rosario Gabriela Anaya Mary Ruefle Valdepena Kangsen Feka Wakai Julie Valin Najem Wali O'Jay T. Vanegas Jerome Washington Burlee Vang Gwendolyn Zepeda

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS: SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

> East Fulton Cave Canem Foundation Inc. Rochester Peace, Action The Nyack Library Gloversville Senior Center CCNY Graduate English Dept. & Education Saratoga NEW YORK (by county) Lexington Center City College Poetry Rochester Poets Ballston Spa Public Library Albany Genesee Outreach Center Seymour Library Mt. McGregor Social Justice Center Woodward Memorial Library City College/ Webster Public Library Correctional Facility Allegany Greene The Simon H. Rifkind Center Montgomery Saratoga Homeschoolers Friends of the Cuba Catskill Mountain Cornelia Street Café Amsterdam Free Library Still Point Interfaith Circulating Library Foundation, Inc. Cypher Books Fort Plain Free Library Retreat Center Bronx Greene County Council Dance Theater Workshop Walter Elwood Museum WomanWords BCC/Language Program on the Arts Dirty Laundry Readings: Nassau Schenectady Bronx Community College Rivertown Housing Loads of Prose CW Post Poetry Center/LIU Schenectady County BEGIN Program Hamilton Genesis II Museum Great Neck Arts Center Public Library Bronx Museum of the Arts Indian Lake Public Library Goddard Riverside Locust Valley Library Washington Irving Schenectady County Enrico Fermi Herkimer Community Center Nassau Community College Schoharie Cultural Center Committee Frank J. Basloe Library Grand Street Settlement Creative Writing Sharon Springs Free Library Sarah Burke Houses/ Mohawk Valley Center BEST Program NCC/Creative Writing Project Tri-County Arts Council Sanctuary for Families for the Arts Harlem Tea Room Purple Sage Press Schuyler Broome Jefferson Harry Tankoos Books Sessions The ARTS of the Southern Binghamton State Henderson Free Library Hope Community Inc. Town of Hempstead Finger Lakes Center for Writers Hostelling International NY Department of Kings Watkins Glen Writer's Group Friends of the Vestal Julliard School Drama Division Senior Enrichment Annual Kwanza Seneca Public Library La Bodega de la Familia Niagra Celebration Committee ZuZu’s Café Writing by Degrees LAMBDA Literary Foundation Niagara County Audre Lorde Project Staten Island Cattaraugus Lenox Hill Community College Battle Hill Press Kings Arms Diner Mental Health Association Neighborhood House Oneida Brooklyn Book Festival NYPL/Port Richmond of Cattaraugus County Lincoln Square Erwin Library and Institute Brooklyn College, Branch Library, NYPL Neighborhood Center SUNY IT Cultural & Olean Art Space English Department NYPL/West New Brighton Lit Noire Publishing Performing Arts Cayuga Carter G. Woodson Branch Living Theater Onondago Auburn Public Theater Cultural Project Snug Harbor Cultural Center Le Moyne College Cayuga Community College Center for Black Lit at Lorraine Monroe Steuben Leadership Ins. (LMLI) Monday Night Poetry Chautauqua Medgar Evers College Foothills Publishing Louder Arts Collective Ontario Darwin R. Barker Date with a Book Poet’s Theater Irene's Coffee and Jazz House Library Association Fort Greene Park Conservancy Macaulay Honors College, St. Lawrence CUNY Wood Library Chemung Grand 275 Canton Free Library Mad Hatters Review Orange Friends of Steele JASA Sherefront Senior Center Potsdam College, Memorial Library Jobs for Youth National Multiple Florida Public Library English Department Steele Memorial Library Apprenticeship Program Sclerosis Society Orleans Potsdam Public Library Chenango K-dog and Dunebuggy Nicholas Roerich Museum Orleans Correctional Facility Suffolk Guernsey Memorial Library LIU/Voices of the NYPL/Hudson Park Branch Swan Library Emma S. Clark Clinton Rainbow Series NYU Graduate Creative Oswego Memorial Library SUNY/Plattsburgh MIPOESIAS Writing Program Fulton Public Library PeaceSmiths, Inc. Columbia NYC College of Technology Poetry Society of America Otsego Suffolk Community College Friends of Chatham Poetry Society of America Police Athletic League Black Oak Tavern/ SUNY/Farmingdale Public Library Real Poetry (Manhattan) Oneonta Poetry Slam The Live Poets Society Hudson Opera House Students Active for Ending Rape Praxis Housing Initiatives SUNY College at Oneonta, The North Sea Poetry Scene New Lebanon Library TSO Productions Rattapallax English Department Walt Whitman Birth Place Putnam Cortland Lewis Readings on the Bowery Windmill Village Readings on the Bowery/ Kent Public Library Cultural Council of Northern Regional Center Sullivan Four Way Books Cortland County for Independent Living The Plaza at Clover Lake Liberty Public Library Rubin Museum of Art Walden Place Assistance Livingston Word of Mouth Tioga School of Visual Arts Living Community Groveland Correctional Facility Queens Coburn Free Library Sisters Uptown Bookstore Delaware Lunahsea Café Andolan-Organizing Tompkins Soundbites Poetry Festival South Asian Workers Delaware County SUNY Geneseo Literary Forum Slam Tractor Stanley Isaacs Humanist Center of Cultures Historical Association Madison Ulster Neighborhood Center Langston Hughes Community Roxbury Library Association Canastota Public Library Deep Listening Institute, LTD St. Mark’s Poetry Project Library & Cultural Center Sidney Memorial Public Library Society for New Music Highland Residential Center Sunday Salon P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center Treadwell Community Manhattan Warren Sylvia's Place/ Queens College Fiction Among Friends Improvement Club African Folk Heritage Circle, Inc. Metropolitan Church NY Evening Readings The Writers Project at ACC William H. Adams ArteEast The Center for Book Arts Queens Community House Wiawaka Holiday House, Inc. Antiquarian Books Asian American Turning Point for Women Queens Museum of Art Washington Dutchess Writers’ Workshop & Families Selfhelp Community Bancroft Public Library Bard College Asian Pacific American Up South Inc. Services, Inc. Greenwich Free Library Bard College/Institute Studies @ NYU Urban Word NYC Rensselaer Wayne of Writing and Thinking Back Home Project: Words Without Borders Rensselaer Polytechnic Sodus Free Library Erie Caribbean Women Speak Yakity Yak Institute LL&C Westchester Williamsville Central Schools BELLADONNA* Yeshiva University Museum Russell Sage College Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Essex Bellevue YMCA/West Side Writer's Voice Troy Public Library John C. Hart Memorial Library North Country School Bellevue Inpatient Monroe YWCA of Tryo-Cohoes Katonah Poetry Series Wadhams Free Library Adolescent Unit Rochester Institute of Rockland Manhattanville College Franklin Black Lodge Press Technology, Language Rockland Reading Council Neighborhood House Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Bowery Arts & Sciences & Literature Suffern Free Library Senior Center appendicesprograms 26

These sponsors make important contributions to the literary life of their communities, and Poets & Writers salutes them.

Port Chester Public Library WASHINGTON, D.C. Friends of the Memorial Library Palm Springs Art Museum Siskiyou County Library, Yreka Sarah Lawrence College American Poetry Museum, Friends of the Sunland-Tujunga Riverside County Library Solano Somers Library Honfleur Gallery Branch Library Riverside Public Library Third Eye Collective The Village Bookstore American University Highways Performance Space Small Wonder Foundation Sonoma Westchester Meadows Arts Club of Washington Intercultural Community Center Trap Door Poetry Healdsburg Arts Council Westlake High School Beny Blaq Entertainment LLC Jefferson Community UC Riverside-Palm Desert Petaluma Arts Council Wyoming Bus Boys & Poets Adult School Sacramento Petaluma Poetry Walk CentroNia Cordelia A. Greene Library Lambda Literary Foundation American River College Redwood Writers DC Baptist Convention Yates Levantine Cultural Center Cosumnes River College Santa Rosa Junior College Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Los Angeles Poetry Festival CSU Sacramento Dundee Library Potomac Review Sebastopol Center for the Arts Dundee Public Library Mixed Roots Film & Ethel Hart Senior Center Stanislaus Poutre Literary Festival Penn Yan Public Library Luna’s Café Modesto Junior College Prince George's North Figueroa Association Yates County Arts Council Community College Malikspeaks Tehama PEN Center USA West NRP Productions ATLANTA Split This Rock Poetry Festival Tehama County Library Red Hen Press Poetry Unplugged AJC-Decatur Book Festival The Engaged University Trinity Ruskin Art Club Sacramento Poetry Center Atlanta Vet Center Washington Writers’ Trinity County Library Publishing House Smell Last Sunday Status Unknown Black on Black Rhyme Reading Series Tulare Young Women's The Saxophone Poets Composition Gallery Smiley's Books Cowboy Cultural Committee Drumming Project San Bernardino FFX Free Forum Xchange South Pasadena Public Library Hodges Community Center Upland Public Library Five Points Stella Middle Charter Academy Wittman Village > West San Diego Georgia State University Valley Contemporary Poets Community Center African American Writers Creative Writing Madera Ventura CALIFORNIA & Artists, Inc. Lasnyte Entertainment Friends of Oakhurst Arcade Poetry Project Alameda Barnes & Noble/ Louise Runyon Branch Library Moorpark College Alameda County Library Grossmont Center Performance Company Poetic Matrix Press Oxnard College Juvenile Hall Border Voices Poetry Project MJ of Poetry Entertainment Marin Solo Press Artifact Reading Series CSU San Marcos, Arts Ventura College Natural Reignz, Inc. Bay Area JazzPoetry Festival Enterprise Resource Center & Lectures Yolo One Mic Entertainment Berkeley Poetry Slam Marin County Free Library, Grossmont College Fairfax Davis Branch Library Organized Rhyme Century House Poetry Series Oceanside Public Library Marin Poetry Center UC Davis Poetry Atlanta, Inc. Community Works Red CalacArts Collective Marin Poetry Festival UC Davis Arboretum Working Title Playwrights, Inc. Poetry Flash San Diego Book Arts Mariposa Yesterday's Girl The Dancing Tree San Diego Public Library HOUSTON National Park Service CHICAGO UC Berkeley Lunch Poems San Diego Writers, Ink Arte Publico Press Mendocino Borderbend Arts Collective Watershed Poetry Festival Southwestern College Art Institute of Houston Friends of Coast Butte Reading Series Flamenco Poets Society Intercontinental Hotel/BIBR Community Library Bear Star Press Sushi Performance & Visual Art Gulf Coast Neighborhood Writing Alliance Grace Hudson Museum CSU Chico, Writer's Voice Olive Harvey Middle College & Sun House San Francisco Houston Public Library Flume Press, CSU Chico Quimby's Bookstore Mendocino Coast Writers California Poets in the Schools Literal, Latin American Voices Calaveras The 2nd Hand Conference Center for the Art of Translation Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Earth Day Calaveras The Nellie Prather Foundation Third Thursday Poets Galeria de la Raza Having Their Say Gold Rush Writers The Renaissance Society Writers Read Intersection for the Arts Spacetaker Del Norte at the University of Modoc Italian-American Political Texas Southern University Del Norte County Library Young Chicago Authors Modoc Forum Solidarity Club Voices Breaking Boundaries North Coast Redwoods Kearny Street Workshop DETROIT Monterey SEATTLE Writers’ Conference Modern Times Bookstore Blushing Sky Writers California Rodeo Salinas Bent Arts Fresno San Francisco Boys Home Playground Monterey Cowboy Poetry Central Area Senior Center Fresno Poets’ Association SF Center for the Book Christ the King R.C. Parish & Music Festival Chrysanthemum Press Inner Ear Poetry Jam Small Press Traffic Detroit Poetry Collective, Inc. Monterey Public Library Clarion West KFCF 88.1 FM The Beat Museum Detroit Public Library Napa Cranky Literary Journal Pan Valley Institute The Translation Project Friends Foundation Friends of the St. Helena Gallery 1412 Glenn Public Library University of San Francisco Equity in Partnership Pagdiriwang Inc. Orland Free Library Napa Valley San Luis Obispo Educational Services PEN Washington Humboldt Writers’ Conference San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival InsideOut Richard Hugo House Humboldt State University Nevada San Mateo Marick Press Multicultural Center Seattle Arts & Lectures Springfed Arts Nevada County Poetry Series Skyline College Inyo Santa Clara Seattle Poetry Slam The Scarab Club of Detroit R.L. Crow Publications Inyo County Free Library Orange De Anza College Voices Rising Wayne State University Kern Casa Romantica Reading Series MACLA WA Center for the Book NEW ORLEANS The Fort Preservation Society CSU Fullerton Poetry Center San Jose Washington State Chile Loyola Writing Institute Lake Tebot Bach, Inc. Santa Cruz Partners New Orleans Country Club Lake County Arts Council Placer Cabrillo College BELA Division Youth Speaks Seattle New Orleans Public Library/ Wild About Books Martha Riley Poetry Santa Cruz TUCSON Alvar Branch Los Angeles Community Library Santa Cruz Museum of Antigone Books Ogden Museum of Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. South Placer Natural History Inside the Writers’ Workshop Southern Art Benjamin Franklin Library Heritage Foundation UC Santa Cruz, Creative Writing Kore Press Press Street/Antenna California Federation of Plumas Shasta POG: Poetry in Action Chaparral Poets (Gallery Space) Plumas County Library, Quincy Central Valley High School University of Arizona, Tennessee Williams/ CSU Long Beach Sierra Valley Grange F.F.A. Booster Club Poetry Center New Orleans Lit Fest dA Center for the Arts Riverside Siskiyou University of Arizona, Woldenberg Village East Los Angeles Library Mt. San Jacinto College Mount Shasta Writers Series Prose Series

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