Festival 2008 Poets

Pictured (l. to r.): Coleman Barks, Taha Muhammad Ali, Linda Pastan, Lucille Clifton, and Mark Doty

To date, the poets listed below have agreed to participate in the 2008 Dodge Poetry Festival.

Janet E. Aalfs	Joy Harjo	Brenda Shaughnessy
Chris Abani	Ken Hart	Vivian Shipley
Debra Allbery	Robert Hass	Evie Shockley
Simon Armitage	Brenda Hillman	Charles Simic
Renée Ashley	Edward Hirsch	Patricia Smith
Coleman Barks	Jane Hirshfield	Tracy K. Smith
Jan Beatty	Susan Jackson	Lisa Starr
Coral Bracho	Charles H. Johnson	Madeline Tiger
Lucille Clifton	Ted Kooser	J. C. Todd
Peter Cole	Maxine Kumin	Skye Van Saun
Billy Collins	Joseph O. Legaspi	Paul Violi
Mark Doty	Betty Bonham Lies	Peter Waldor
Thomas Sayers Ellis	Jeffrey McDaniel	BJ Ward
Martín Espada	Naomi Shihab Nye	Luke Warm Water
Beth Ann Fennelly	Sharon Olds	Joe Weil
Sarah Gambito	Linda Pastan	C. D. Wright
Forrest Gander	Patrick Phillips	Franz Wright
Aracelis Girmay	Robin Robertson	Kevin Young
Patricia Goodrich	Steve Sanfield	Nina Israel Zucker
Kate Greenstreet	Roger Sedarat
Luray Gross	Ravi Shankar

Please note: Taha Muhammad Ali who had been announced to read at the Festival will be unable to participate this year. We look forward to his return in the future.