2005 1st Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival [VIDEO] Reading: Patricia Smith

The 1st Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 21-23, 2005, was presented at Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, in partnership with Poets of the Palm Beaches, Inc. and directed by Miles Coon. The 2005 workshop faculty included Billy Collins, Thomas Lux, Sharon Olds and Patricia Smith. Additional featured poets included Mary Cornish and Karin deWeille. This recording is one of the VIDEO recordings of the inaugural readings discovered in the archives of Founder, Miles Coon in 2022. Poet Campbell McGrath introduces Patricia Smith. Miles Coon opens the evening acknowledging faculty and staff.