DodgePoetryFestival

La palabra hablada en todas sus formas se celebra en el Dodge Poetry Festival del 15 al 17 de octubre de 2026 en el centro de Newark.

Conozca a sus poetas favoritos, entre ellos Elizabeth Acevedo, Tyehimba Jess, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Aja Monet, Danez Smith, Jive Poetic, Mayde del Valle, José Olivarez y más. Descubra nuevas voces, exprese lo que piensa, llame al cambio y mezcle rima con ritmo.

Los eventos incluyen:

  • 7 escenarios simultáneos de eventos en la comunidad caminable en el centro de Newark
  • Establezca contactos y socialice en la noche de micrófono abierto y encuentro del jueves por la noche organizado por EvoluCulture.
  • Perfeccione su arte el jueves, un día para escritores creado en colaboración con la Academy of American Poets
  • Librería temporal y sesiones de firma de libros organizadas y presentadas por Source of Knowledge
  • Lecturas especiales de Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Lampblack y Kundiman y el equipo New Jeru Slam
  • Y el sábado, un día de diversión familiar gratuito y al aire libre en Chambers Plaza

Los pases del festival NO incluyen eventos especiales con boletos que deben adquirirse por separado: Patti Smith, Is Brooklyn in the House? y Def Poetry Reunion.

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 Programa 

TIEMPO EVENTO LOCATION
11:00-12:10 PM Academy of American Poets: What We Do With Grief with Kimiko Hahn, Ilya Kaminsky, and Afaa Michael Weaver NJPAC Victoria Theater
12:30-1:40 PM Academy of American Poets: The Art of Revision with Jericho Brown, Cornelius Eady, and Patricia Smith NJPAC Victoria Theater
2:00-3:10 PM Academy of American Poets: Poetry Ancestors with Natalie Diaz and Ed Roberson NJPAC Victoria Theater
3:30-4:50 PM Making a Life in Poetry: Patricia Smith, Glenis Redmond, Diamond Forde, Peter E. Murphy NJPAC Victoria Theater
7:00-10:00 PM EvoluCulture Presents Catalyst Open Mic & Mixer NICO Kitchen + Bar

TIEMPO EVENTO LOCATION
9:30-10:40 AM What Happens to a Dream Deferred?: Stephanie Burt, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Diamond Forde, and Naomi Shihab Nye NJPAC Prudential Hall
9:30-10:40 AM New Jeru Slam Team featuring John Burke, Keynote, RADI, and SNC NJPAC Victoria Theater
9:30-10:40 AM Poetry and the Body: Quenton Baker, Meg Day, Dena Igusti, and Cindy Juyoung Ok
Robert Treat Hotel-New Jersey Room
9:30-10:40 AM Developing a Lexicon Toward Liberation: Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Tyehimba Jess, and Frank X Walker
Robert Treat Hotel-New York Room
9:30-10:40 AM Finding Our Ancestors in the Stars: Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Barbara Fant, Adrian Matejka, and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Trinity-St. Philips
9:30-10:40 AM Poetry & the Sacred: Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Jessica Jacobs, Nick Martino, and Alysha Wise First Peddie Baptist
9:30-10:40 AM Story, Sound, Synergy, Light: The Interdisciplinary Poetic Experience: Jose Gonzalez, Cara Hagan, Martha Mooke, and Melida Rodas, moderated by I. Buenaventura
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
9:30-10:40 AM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Jive Poetic, Gabriel Ramirez, and Ebony Stewart NJPAC Prudential Hall
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Terrance Hayes, Rickey Laurentiis, and Glenis Redmond NJPAC Victoria Theater
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Rajiv Mohabir, Peter E. Murphy, and Evie Shockley
Robert Treat Hotel-New Jersey Room
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Noah Arhm Choi, Malcolm Friend, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Robert Treat Hotel-New York Room
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Leslie McIntosh, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Noel Quiñones Trinity-St. Philips
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Anthony Cody, Roberto Carlos Garcia, and Aja Monet First Peddie Baptist
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Sarah Browning, Marina Carreira, and José Olivarez
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
11:00-12:10 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
12:40-1:50 PM Writing Our Story, Preventing Erasure: Quenton Baker, Amanda Johnston, Adrian Matejka, and Danez Smith NJPAC Prudential Hall
12:40-1:50 PM We Are Not Your Labels: Dena Igusti, walela Nehanda, and Cindy Juyoung Ok NJPAC Victoria Theater
12:40-1:50 PM Radical Love & Liberation: Mayda del Valle, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, and Aja Monet
Robert Treat Hotel-New Jersey Room
12:40-1:50 PM Africana Institute’s 14th State of Black Writers Symposium: Tehsuan Glover, Rashida Nakia, and Mia x (assign only 150 kids & chaperones)
Robert Treat Hotel-New York Room
12:40-1:50 PM Writing Home: Brent Ameneyro, Ana Portnoy Brimmer, Anthony Cody, and Nick Martino Trinity-St. Philips
12:40-1:50 PM Taking Off the Mask: On Vulnerability in Poetry: Diamond Forde, Jessica Jacobs, and Alysha Wise First Peddie Baptist
12:40-1:50 PM Writing Speculative Futures: Stephanie Burt, Len Lawson, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, and Julian Randall
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
12:40-1:50 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
2:10-3:20 PM Let Me Show You How It’s Done: Poetry & Performance: Sarah Browning, Jive Poetic, Noel Quiñones, and Ebony Stewart NJPAC Victoria Theater
2:10-3:20 PM Where’s Jersey At? Fostering Community in our Neighborhoods: Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Marina Carreira, and Peter E. Murphy Trinity-St. Philips
2:10-3:20 PM To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Barbara Fant, Malcolm Friend, and Gabriel Ramirez First Peddie Baptist
2:10-3:20 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
4:00-5:40 PM Redemption Time [70-minute movie with 25-minute talkback] NJPAC Victoria Theater
8 p. m. Patti Smith: Songs and Stories NJPAC Prudential Hall

TIEMPO EVENTO LOCATION
9:30-10:40 AM Praise & Reclamation: Meg Day, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Rickey Laurentiis, Rajiv Mohabir, Naomi Shihab Nye, José Olivarez, and Danez Smith NJPAC Victoria Theater
11:00-4:00 PM Family Fun Day (11-4 PM) Plaza de las Cámaras
11:00-12:10 PM The Future is Female: Elizabeth Acevedo, Diamond Forde, Aja Monet, and Patricia Smith NJPAC Victoria Theater
11:00-12:10 PM Writing Workshop: Alysha Wise Sala de la Comunidad
11:00-12:10 PM Transient Worlds: Poetry & Translation: Carol Moldaw, Arthur Sze, and Michael Wiegers
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
11:00-12:10 PM The Body, a Love Song: Claudia Cortese, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Terrance Hayes, and Julian Randall
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
11:00-12:10 PM Historical Legend & Poetry: Tyehimba Jess, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Frank X Walker Trinity-St. Philips
11:00-12:10 PM Finding Our Ancestors in the Stars: Mayda del Valle, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Gabriel Ramirez, and Evie Shockley First Peddie Baptist
11:00-12:10 PM Dodge Poetry Youth Anthology Release (featuring Ms. Betty Neals and Darius Parker) (11-1) Newark Public Library
11:00-12:10 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
12:30-1:40 PM
Cave Canem’s 30th Anniversary: Hayes Davis, Major Jackson, Suzanne Jackson, and Valerie Jean
 NJPAC Victoria Theater
12:30-1:40 PM Writing Workshop: Amanda Johnston Sala de la Comunidad
12:30-1:40 PM When Memory Speaks: A Dodge Poetry Festival Reading with CantoMundo: Jay Aja, María Fernanda Chamorro, and Noel Quiñones
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
12:30-1:40 PM Queering the Poem: Marina Carreira, Noah Arhm Choi, Rickey Laurentiis, and Leslie McIntosh
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
12:30-1:40 PM Writing Radical Joy: Stephanie Burt, Malcolm Friend, José Olivarez, and Glenis Redmond Trinity-St. Philips
12:30-1:40 PM Writing Our Land: Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Sarah Browning, Anthony Cody, Jessica Jacobs, and Peter E. Murphy First Peddie Baptist
12:30-1:40 PM Mental Wellness & Poetry: Len Lawson, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Ebony Stewart
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
12:30-1:40 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
2:00-3:10 PM Writing Workshop: Brent Ameneyro Sala de la Comunidad
2:00-3:10 PM Diaspora and Liberation: A Dodge Poetry Festival Reading with Lampblack Lit: Attorious Renée Augustin, Kailah Hodge, and Mya Matteo Alexice
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
2:00-3:10 PM
Embodied Connection: A Dodge Poetry Festival Reading with Kundiman: Fatimah Asghar, Sanam Sheriff, R. A. Villanueva
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
2:00-3:10 PM Poetry as Time Capsule: Dena Igusti, Adrian Matejka, Danez Smith, and Frank X Walker Trinity-St. Philips
2:00-3:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Mayda del Valle, Tyehimba Jess, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Patricia Smith, and Alysha Wise First Peddie Baptist
2:00-3:10 PM Developing a Lexicon Toward Liberation: Meg Day, Rajiv Mohabir, Noel Quiñones, and Evie Shockley
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
2:00-3:10 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
3:30-4:40 PM Writing Workshop: Barbara Fant Sala de la Comunidad
3:30-4:40 PM The Fusion of Form & Feeling: Quenton Baker, Terrance Hayes, Amanda Johnston, and E. Ethelbert Miller
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
3:30-4:40 PM Writing Our Story, Preventing Erasure: Tongo Eisen-Martin, Nick Martino, Carol Moldaw, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
3:30-4:40 PM Saying What We Must: Ana Portnoy Brimmer, Roberto Carlos Garcia, and Naomi Shihab Nye Trinity-St. Philips
3:30-4:40 PM Poetry & Survival: Antoinette Ellis-Williams, walela Nehanda, Jive Poetic, and Julian Randall First Peddie Baptist
3:30-4:40 PM Poetry Foundation presents the 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows: xochi quetzali cartland, Fatima Jafar, Shaina Jones, Noel Munguia-Moreno, and Tariq Thompson
Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
3:30-4:40 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
17:00 Reunión de Def Poetry NJPAC Victoria Theater
8 p. m. Do the Write Thing NJPAC Prudential Hall

 artistas 

included in your experience

Noche de micrófono abierto/encuentro

Thursday, October 15, 2026 @ 7PM
NICO Kitchen + Bar

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Young Artist Day

Viernes 16 de octubre de 2026 a las 9 a. m.
NJPAC

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Family Fun Day

Sábado 17 de octubre de 2026 a las 11 a. m.
Chambers Plaza

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ADD-ONs

Los espectáculos enumerados a continuación NO están incluidos en ninguno de los pases del festival. Estas presentaciones requieren de la compra de boletos por separado.

Patti Smith

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 8PM
Prudential Hall

Compre boletos para

def poetry reunion

Sábado 17 de octubre de 2026 a las 5 p. m.
Victoria Theater

Compre boletos para

do the write thing

Sábado 17 de octubre de 2026 a las 8 p. m.
Prudential Hall

Compre boletos para

La interpretación ASL está disponible a pedido para ciertas presentaciones con dos semanas o más de anticipación (solo se proporciona en Prudential Hall y Victoria Theater). Llame al 973-297-5843 de lunes a viernes de 9 a. m. a 5 p. m., o envíe un correo electrónico a ticketservices@njpac.org.