Idra Novey

Idra Novey is the author of Exit, Civilian, selected by Patricia Smith for the 2011 National Poetry Series, and The Next Country, a finalist for the Foreword Book of the Year Award in poetry.  Her translations of Brazilian poetry include Paulo Henriques Britto’s The Clean Shirt of It and Manoel de Barros’ Birds for a Demolition. Novey has received awards from the Poetry Society of America, Poets & Writers Magazine, the NEA, and the PEN Translation Fund.  She’s taught in the Bard College Prison Initiative, at NYU, and in Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

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Schedule

THURSDAY

11:00-12:15
Conversation: The Riches of Daily Life
Sharon Dolin, Thomas Lux, Idra Novey
First Peddie Baptist Memorial Church

2:00-3:15pm
Reading and Conversation
Ada Limón, Thomas Lux, Idra Novey
Prudential Hall

7:30-10:00
POETRY SAMPLER
Richard Blanco, Eavan Boland, Henri Cole, Sharon Dolin, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Juan Felipe Herrera, Jane Hirshfield, Fanny Howe, Kurtis Lamkin, Dorianne Laux, Ada Limón, Thomas Lux, Rachel McKibbens, Taylor Mali, Joseph Millar, Idra Novey, Gregory Orr, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Patricia Smith, Arthur Sze, Larissa Szporluk, Natasha Trethewey, C.K. Williams, Raúl Zurita
Prudential Hall
 

FRIDAY

9:30-10:30am
Conversation: On the Life of the Poet
Nicky Beer, Idra Novey, Arthur Sze
North Star Academy Gym

12:10-1:10pm
Festival Poet Readings
Dan Bellm, Terrance Hayes, Fanny Howe, Idra Novey, Gregory Pardlo
North Star Academy Great Room                                                                                                                 

1:30-2:30pm
Poets on Poetry
Richard Blanco, Idra Novey
North Star Academy Multi-Purpose Room
 

SATURDAY

10:30-11:40
Conversation: Tell All the Truth, But Tell it Slant
Ada Limón, Thomas Lux, Idra Novey, Arthur Sze
North Star Academy Gym

12:00-1:10
Festival Poets Reading
Lamar Hill, Idra Novey, Benjamin Alire Sáenz
CAE Auditorium

1:30-2:40
Conversation: Crossing Boundaries
Ada Limón, Idra Novey, Gregory Orr, Benjamin Alire Sáenz
First Peddie Baptist Memorial Church
 

SUNDAY

10:30-11:40
Conversation: Going Public with Private Feelings
Nicky Beer, Thomas Lux, Idra Novey, Gregory Orr
North Star Academy Gym

12:00-1:10
Festival Poet Readings
Nicky Beer, Idra Novey, Gregory Pardlo, Arthur Sze
CAE Auditorium