Women Poets at Barnard
Women Poets at Barnard
is a distinguished event series that has offered free, public
readings at Barnard College by both emerging and established
poets for over twenty years. This year's guests include
Adrienne Rich, Antjie Krog, Katha Pollitt, Evie Shockley,
Rachel Wetzsteon, Meena Alexander, Mary Jo Bang, and
Mónica de la Torre.
In 2003,
Barnard College, in collaboration with W. W. Norton & Company,
established an award to publish a woman poet’s second collection
as part of the Women Poets at Barnard program. Now held
biennially, the next round of submissions are scheduled to be
accepted in the fall of 2010.
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Known for the strength of its writing program, Barnard's faculty
includes poet Saskia Hamilton, novelist Mary Gordon
'71, and playwright Ellen McLaughlin. Notable
literary alumnae include Zora Neale Hurston '28, Francine du
Plessix Gray '52, June Jordan '57, Erica Jong '63, Ntozake
Shange '70, Edwidge Dandicat '90, and Pulitzer Prize-winners
Anna Quindlen '74 and Jhumpa Lahiri '89.
