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CELEBRATE THE 5TH ANNUAL DPRD LOCALLY FROM  FRIDAY 10/4-SUNDAY 10/12


Dead Poets Remembrance Day (DPRD) is a national literary holiday dedicated to remembering our past poets. This is meant to be a celebration from the "ground up." Meaning, the holiday has taken hold among people in local communities who honor poets that lived in their areas.

While some past events have been planned in conjunction with State Arts Agencies, most events take place in conjunction with poetry associations and individuals.

So plan your own events:- Meet at a poet's grave;

                                           - Meet in a bookstore or library;

                                           - Meet in a public park or space and invite people
                                             to read poetry aloud;

                                           - Make the holiday part of a regularly scheduled
                                             poetry or literary day;

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OHIO
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In celebration of Dead Poets Remembrance Day:

The LET'S TALK POETRY group will have a reading of select poems from  Ohio's own Paul Laurence Dunbar on  Saturday 10/4 at 7 pm at the amphitheater in John Bishop Memorial Park on Langley Avenue in Whitehall, Ohio.

 Other readings*** scheduled to take place during the week: Monday 10/6-Walt Whitman (NY) and Emily Dickinson (Mass); Tuesday 10/7- Amiri Baraka (NJ) and Gwendolyn Brooks (Kan); Saturday 10/11- Lucille Clifton (NY) and Maya Angelou (MZ)

***Readings are subject to change. Log on to site for updates.
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NEW YORK CITY
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On Thursday, 10/9 @7 pm join The Poetry Society of America  as they celebrate the 80th birthday of legendary poet Mark Strand with readings and tributes by the 20th U.S. Poet Laureate, Charles Wright, Edward Hirsch,  and others.

This program is co-sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, the New School Writing Program, and the Poetry Foundation.

The event will be held at the New School Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street.

ADMISSION IS FREE 

For a full list of attendees long on to poetrysociety.org