This prize, given in memory of former Folger Shakespeare Library Director O. B. Hardison, Jr., who founded the Folger Poetry Series in 1970, honors a poet whose art and teaching demonstrate imagination and daring. Wojahn will give a free seminar at 5 p.m. preceding the poetry reading and award presentation. Friday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12—202.544.7077 or www.folger.edu/poetry.
Official Website: http://www.folger.edu/poetry
Added by Folger Shakespeare Library on September 24, 2007