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The New England Poetry Club, Friends of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters, and Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site are pleased to announce the 2020 Virtual Summer Poetry Festival. This year’s festival, which begins Sunday, June 14, will take place live online and connect poetry lovers across the country with remarkable poets who will read and discuss their work. This year’s festival, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, places special emphasis on women poets.
Events are free and open to all, but require advance registration. Please visit https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm for details on how to register. All events will take place at 3:00 PM.
The series begins on Sunday, June 14 with the presentation of the 2020 Golden Rose Poetry Award to Susan Howe, a preeminent poet known for innovative, genre-crossing verse. The Golden Rose, presented annually since 1919, is one of America’s oldest literary prizes.
On June 21, the 2020 Student Poetry Awards celebrates young local poets, grades 3-12, as well as the undergraduate Victor Howes Prize winner. This year, a record number of submissions were received from across the region. The ceremony is open to the public and will feature readings by the talented student poets receiving awards.
On June 28, the festival continues with Gray Jacobik reading from Eleanor, her book of poems written in the voice of Eleanor Roosevelt.
On July, 12, Rosebud Ben-Omi, winner of the 2019 Alice James Award, presents “Poet Wrestling in the Land of a Thousand Dances.”
On July 26, poet and Fulbright Scholar Afaa Michael Weaver reads from his 2017 book of poetry, Spirit Boxing.
On August 9, the series concludes with Peter Covino and María Luisa Arroyo – both poets and translators – presenting “Poetry in Translation.” Covino and Arroyo will read poems in translation as well as original work.
The 2020 Virtual Summer Poetry Festival is generously supported by Friends of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters.
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves the house that served as headquarters for General George Washington during the Siege of Boston and later home to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world’s foremost 19th century poets.
New England Poetry Club is an association of poets founded in 1915 by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and Conrad Aiken to foster the art of poetic expression
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Last updated: May 30, 2024