🎤 New York City Poetry Festival on Governors Island

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Every year on the last week­end of July, The Poet­ry Soci­ety of New York (PSNY) invites poet­ry orga­ni­za­tions and col­lec­tives of all shapes and sizes to bring their unique for­mats, aes­thet­ics, and per­son­al­i­ties to beau­ti­ful Gov­er­nors Island for The New York City Poet­ry Fes­ti­val, a free week­end of read­ings, work­shops, open mics, instal­la­tions, per­for­mances, writ­ing activ­i­ties, book­selling, chil­dren’s pro­gram­ming, a beer gar­den, deli­cious food, and a whole lot of lying around in the grass lis­ten­ing to poetry. 

By unit­ing the largest com­mu­ni­ty of poets in the coun­try and offer­ing a unique set­ting for lit­er­ary activ­i­ty, the New York City Poet­ry Fes­ti­val elec­tri­fies arts and lit­er­a­ture and brings poet­ry to new light in the pub­lic eye. To par­tic­i­pate, sub­mit your appli­ca­tion at newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com/get-involved. Fol­low @poetrysocietyny on Insta­gram for updates and reg­is­tra­tion information.

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