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People’s Poetry Gathering

Apr 9, 1999 | 12:00 am - Apr 11, 1999 | 12:00 am

April 9 – 11, 1999
This year, the Showcase provides a context for The People’s Poetry Gathering, a festival of over one hundred events celebrating our nation’s oral traditions. This ‘Woodstock for Words’ brings practitioners of a wide range of oral poetries––including cowboys, decimeros and griots––to explore the relationship between popular recitation traditions and contemporary poetry.

Location Various Locations Sponsored By Poets House, co-sponsored CityLore

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Start:
Apr 9, 1999 | 12:00 am
End:
Apr 11, 1999 | 12:00 am
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