Poems Not Fit for the White House

The Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience presents Poems Not Fit for the White House.
On the evening of President’s Day, many of the country’s
greatest poets will gather at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln
Center, New York City to read poems in protest of the war. The event features Poet Laureates and Pulitzer-prize winners, along with beloved poets from the hip hop and slam poetry scenes.

Scheduled to appear: Ammiel Alcalay, Lee Ann Brown, Steve Colman, Robert Creeley, Martin Espada, Jorie Graham, Andre Gregory, Sam Hamill, Suheir Hammad, Marie Howe, Galway Kinnell, Youseff Komanukaa, Stanley Kunitz, Ann Lauterbach,
Mos Def, Odetta, Sharon Olds, Willie Perdomo, Robert Pinsky
Peter Sacks, Sapphire, Wallace Shawn, Mark Strand, Anne Waldman, C.K. Williams, and Saul Williams.