[New York, NY]

First Annual New York Poetry Festival
July 30, 2011, 12:00 pm
at Governors Island

The free first annual New York Poetry Festival (NYPF) on Governors Island showcases the different formats, aesthetics, and personalities of New York's reading series and collectives. With over 30 reading series, 100 poets and tons of vendors on board, the festival connects disparate poetry communities by bringing poetry out of the dark bars and universities, to a place amongst sycamores on an island in the sun. For more information and directions to Governors Island, visit http://www.tpsny.org