Plenary address by:

    Lorenzo Thomas

Scheduled readers/speakers include:

    Elizabeth Alexander
    Jeff Allen
    Wanda Coleman
    C. S. Giscombe
    Terrance Hayes
    Kim Hunter
    Honoree Jeffers
    Nathaniel Mackey
    Tracie Morris
    Harryette Mullen
    Mendi Obadike-Lewis
    James Richardson
    Sonia Sanchez
    Timothy Seibles
    Reginald Shepherd
    Evie Shockley
    Lorenzo Thomas
    Natasha Trethewey
    Quincy Troupe
    Anthony Walton
    Crystal Williams
    Tyrone Williams