Category Archives: Tidbits
Ask a Poet: Marilyn Nelson
June 8, 2018Welcome back to our Ask a Poet blog series! Leading up to the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival, we will be putting the spotlight on poets you can see at #DPF18, October 18-21. Learn more about a new Festival Poet every Wednesday … Continue reading
Here’s a free, week-long online poetry retreat just for you
April 13, 2018Here in New Jersey, it finally feels like spring. The last bits of snow have melted, we’re shedding our winter coats, and buds are starting to pop up in the grass and on branches. What better day for us to open … Continue reading
Exciting Poet Line-Up for Whose Body? Celebration and Reclamation
March 9, 2018This week, we kicked off the Whose Body? Project with videos of Ada Limón and Jericho Brown reading their poems “The Vulture & the Body” and “I am a Virus.” We’ll be posting two videos each week for the rest of the month, by poets Aimee Nezhukumatathil, C. Bain, Rachel Wiley, Rigoberto González, Priscilla Orr, and Joseph Millar. … Continue reading
Whose Body? Celebration & Reclamation Event on March 24th
February 23, 2018As part of the National Poetry Coalition’s programming initiative, Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Dodge Poetry is launching the month-long Whose Body? Project next month. Whose Body? is a question that arose time and … Continue reading
Celebrating Poetry with Newark High Schools
October 27, 2017The Dodge Poetry team thought long and hard about how we could sustain the energy and excitement from the 2016 Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark this year, because of our deep commitment to and special fondness for the city. Having … Continue reading
Ask a Poet: Vincent Toro
October 20, 2017Since the end of the summer, we’ve been posting short Q&As on the Dodge Blog each Friday, featuring poets who participated in our Newark High School Mini Festival earlier this week. Through readings and performances, Q&As and discussions, these poets engaged with over … Continue reading
Ask a Poet: Jasmine Mans
October 13, 2017This fall, we’re hosting a High School Regional Mini-Festival at the Paul Robeson Center in Newark. Through readings and performances, Q&As and discussions, a group of poets will engage with hundreds of Newark high school students over the course of one school day in October. … Continue reading
Ask a Poet: Kyle Dargan
September 8, 2017This fall, we’re hosting a High School Regional Mini-Festival at the Paul Robeson Center in Newark. Through readings and performances, Q&As and discussions, a group of poets will engage with hundreds of Newark high school students over the course of one school day in October. … Continue reading
Carpe NPM
April 21, 2017There’s just about one week left in April; if you’re looking for ways to savor the end of National Poetry Month, check out the Academy of American Poets’ 30 ways to celebrate national poetry month. This list includes suggestions ranging … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: 15 sustainable solutions to community challenges
April 19, 2017As priorities change at the national level, it’s nice to live in a state with a strong municipal level of government — especially if sustainability is important to you. Whether you care about clean water, land use, climate change, … Continue reading
April is the Coolest Month
April 14, 2017Photo by Giulia van Pelt “Poetry…flexes muscles you don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.” –Ray Bradbury Celebrating … Continue reading
Arts Ed Now: Thank An Art Teacher!
November 8, 2016When I think back over my 30+ year career in the arts I wonder, “Who is responsible for jumpstarting my love of the arts?” I often credit a high school teacher, Edith Henig, for requiring her class to keep … Continue reading
