Poet Pamela Laskin will be the featured guest poet for the 52nd annual City College Poetry Festival held at the Marian Anderson Theater at Aaron Davis Hall. Upwards of 150 students from as many as 50 schools are expected to recite their poems at this year’s festival. The event commences with readings by elementary school students, followed by poets from junior high schools. Beginning around noon, the winners of the festival's citywide high school poetry contest will recite their poems.
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| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Pinto, Jimin Seo, and Spencer Williams | Brookyln, NY | |
| Reading the Body: Premiere of Dance/Poetry Film and Panel Conversation on the Intersections of Health, Bodies, and Society | New York, NY | |
| 2024 Jackson Poetry Prize Reading | New York, NY | |
| Reading with Julia Bouwsma & Tess Taylor | Rockport, ME | |
| Poets Theater Variety Show | New York, NY | |
| PSA Reading Series: Hala Alyan & Carl Phillips | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Permanent Trespass (Beirut of the Balkans and the American Century) | New York, NY | |
| let me hold your hand when I say this [the words are just words] | New York, NY | |
| Marianne Chan: Leaving Biddle City | Charlottesville, VA | |
| REHEARSAL ABYSS / ENSAYO ABISMAL | New York, NY |