The 2021 Princeton Poetry Festival, organized by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, was held in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center and featured a full day of readings, panel discussions and a lecture by a roster of eight international, award-winning poets.
Princeton Poetry Festival poets Reginald Dwayne Betts, Victoria Chang, Polina Barskova, Daljit Nagra, Patricia Smith, Sasha Dugdale, Laura Kasischke, Javier Zamora with Princeton's Paul Muldoon on the Berlind Theatre stage. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Paul Muldoon kicks off the Princeton Poetry Festival at the Berlind Theatre. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Polina Barskova, a poet and scholar from Russia, reads an original work. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Poet Patricia Smith, winner of the 2021 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, reads an original work. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Sasha Dugdale reads an original work. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Reginald Dwayne Betts, an award-winning author, poet, lawyer, and advocate for criminal justice, recites his poetry. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Poet and novelist Laura Kasischke reads from her work during the Princeton Poetry Festival. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Poet Javier Zamora, who was born in El Salvador and migrated to the United States when he was nine, reads his poetry before the audience at Berlind. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Daljit Nagra, a poet of Sikh-Indian heritage, reads an original work as fellow poets listen on the Berlind Theatre stage. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Reginald Dwayne Betts participates in a panel discussion with Paul Muldoon as Victoria Chang listens. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Paul Muldoon moderates a panel discussion on "Poetry and Purpose" during the Princeton Poetry Festival. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Victoria Chang, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, participates in a panel discussion on "Poetry and Purpose" during the Princeton Poetry Festival. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
Javier Zamora and Daljit Nagra participate in a morning panel discussion. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney
