Heavyweights highlight the lineup at next year’s Palm Beach Poetry Festival, which released its list Friday of poets and writers scheduled to attend.
Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Haas is coming to the Palm Beach Poetry Festival in January. (Shoey Sindel)
“Fourteen of America’s most engaging and gifted poets are coming to Delray Beach to share their love of poetry and the written word,” said Susan R. Williamson, the festival director. “Once again, the Festival is presenting a very diverse group of poets, ethnically, demographically and aesthetically, but what they all have in common is extraordinary insight and the ability to express it so beautifully.”
The festival is more than an opportunity to hear some of the country’s foremost poets perform and lecture for free.
Aspiring writers can also sign up for lectures and workshops. Workshops are limited to 12 participants, who must apply for admission by the Nov. 9 deadline at www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org.
Workshops will be led by eight award-winning poets: Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Carl Dennis, Denise Duhamel, Carol Frost, Thomas Lux, Tom Sleigh, Mary Szybist and Kevin Young
