2020 National Beat Poetry Festival - September 4/5/6 - Online - Day One Schedule

I am thrilled to be part of the National Beat Poetry Festival again this year. It happens every Labor Day weekend and features poets from around the world, usually all meeting in person in Connecticut. But this year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival is happening online.

The legendary Anne Waldman and David Amram will be this year's special guests.

Our hosts will be Debbie Tosun Kilday and Shaw Israel Izikson.

Watch on the National Beat Poetry Foundation's YouTube channel and Facebook.

Here's just the first day's tentative schedule (I'll share the schedules for days two and three in a future post):

Day One - Friday 4 September 2020 - 1 to 4 pm Eastern
featuring 27 Past Awarded NBPF Beat Poets Laureate

1:00-1:05pm EST
• Debbie Tosun Kilday introduces the start of the festival
• Host Shaw Israel Izikson

1:05-1:10pm EST
• George Wallace, Long Island, 1st US National Beat Poet Laureate (2015-2016)

1:10-1:15pm EST
• Chryssa Velissariou, Greece Beat Poet Laureate (2019-Lifetime)
1st International Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2018) - Greece

1:15-1:20pm EST
• Bengt O. Björklund, Sweden Beat Poet Laureate (2018-Lifetime)

1:20-1:25pm EST
• Aprilia Zank, Germany Beat Poet Laureate (2018 - Lifetime)

1:25-1:30pm EST
• Daniela Voicu, Romania Beat Poet Laureate (2018-Lifetime)

1:30-1:35pm EST
• David K. Leff, New England Beat Poet Laureate (2018-Lifetime)

1:40-1:45pm EST
• Kate Lamberg, Long Island, NY Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

1:45-1:50pm EST
• William F. DeVault, US National Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2018)

1:50-1:55pm EST
• Chris Vannoy, US National Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2019)
San Diego, California Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

1:55-2:00pm EST
• Paul Richmond, US National Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2020)
Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate - 2017-2019

2:00-2:05 EST
• Donna Anne Allard, Canada, International Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2020)

2:05-2:10 EST
• Ernel Grant, Connecticut Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

2:10-2:15pm EST
• Carlo Parcelli, Maryland Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

2:15-2:20pm EST
• Daniel McTaggart, West Virginia Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

Intermission (5 Minutes)

2:25-2:30pm EST
• Debbie Tosun Kilday welcoming attendees to the 2nd half of the program.

2:30-2:35pm EST
• Annie Petrie Sauter, Colorado Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

2:35-2:40pm EST
• Viviana Duncan, New York City, NY Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

2:40-2:45pm EST
• Ngoma Hill, New York State Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

2:45-2:50pm EST
• Darlene Fernandez, (Dee TruePoetry) Connecticut Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

2:50-2:55pm EST
• Tammi Truax, Maine Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

2:55-3:00pm EST
• Richard Wayne Horton, Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

3:00-3:05pm EST
• Lori Desrosiers, US National Beat Poet Laureate (2016-2017)

3:05-3:10pm EST
• Ron Whitehead, Kentucky Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

3:10-3:15pm EST
• John Burroughs, Ohio Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

3:15-3:20pm EST
• Nordette N. Adams, Louisiana Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

3:20-3:25pm EST
• William David Sovern, Indiana Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

3:25-3:30pm EST
• Barry Graham, Michigan Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

3:30-3:35pm EST
• Larry Jaffe, Florida Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

More: http://nationalbeatpoetryfoundation.org