1986 - Inaugural Festival
Featured Poets
| Amiri Baraka |
Alicia Ostriker |
| Gwendolyn Brooks |
Ricardo Pau-Llosa |
| Stephen Dunn |
Sonia Sanchez |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Ed Sanders |
| Galway Kinnell |
Gary Snyder |
| Carolyn Kizer |
Gerald Stern |
| Kenneth Koch |
Ruth Stone |
| Stanley Kunitz |
Diane Wakoski |
| Sharon Olds |
Derek Walcott |
| Mary Oliver |
Theodore Weiss |
Poets Among Us
| Miguel AlgarÃn |
Charlotte Mandel |
| Dina Coe |
Peter Murphy |
| Maria Mazziotti Gillan |
Nefretete Rasheed |
| Penny Harter |
Geraldine Saunders |
| David Herrstrom |
Penelope S. Schott |
| William J. Higginson |
Elizabeth Anne Socolow |
| Jean Hollander |
Carole Stone |
| David Keller |
Ruth Stone |
| Brigit Pegeen Kelly |
Madeline Tiger |
| Nicholas Kolumban |
Rod Tulloss |
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| Geraldine C. Little |
Herman Ward |
| Doughtry "Doc" Long |
Peter Wood |
