Dodge Poetry Festival

The 2016 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, the largest poetry event in North America with audiences of more than 16,000 for four days of readings, performances and conversations, returns to Newark for a fourth time. Called “Wordstock” by The New York Times, the Festival’s audiences at NJPAC and throughout Newark’s Downtown Arts District will hear performances from and interact with dozens of the world’s foremost poets with an extraordinarily wide range of backgrounds and styles, from Poets Laureate to slam champions. During the Festival multiple poetry events occur simultaneously throughout each day and feature more than five dozen poets, musicians and storytellers, including four U.S. Poets Laureate: the current Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, as well as past laureates Billy Collins, Robert Hass and Kay Ryan.With our Festival app, you can:-Explore the full Festival schedule-Create your own personalized schedule and to-do List-Get to know each poet with bios and photos-Use interactive maps to guide your way-Find places to eat, transportation and other local activities-Interact with other Festival-goers through Twitter and Facebook-much more!