Since my letter in January, many of you have reached out to us in friendship and support, asking how you can help keep the Dodge Poetry Festival alive in 2010.  We deeply appreciate that response.

Simultaneously, representatives of several possible new venues for the Festival – mostly town centers with strong infrastructure in place – have contacted us, raising the possibility of our partnering with them to produce a Festival.

Encouraged by both of the above, we are reconsidering the idea of canceling the 2010 Festival cycle.  We cannot promise anything yet, but we wanted to give you a sense of what is happening.

We have written a “Request for Information from Prospective Partners,” which we have sent to a number of groups throughout New Jersey with whom we have had exploratory conversations...

Read the full text of David Grant's letter...