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Richard Blanco Named 2015-2016 Westminster Poet

The Westminster School English Department has announced that Richard Blanco will be the 16th Westminster Poet and visit campus April 18-19.
 
The Westminster Poets series began in 2000 (there was no poet in 2001), and the previous Westminster Poets have been Linda Pastan, Billy Collins, David Huddle, Stephen Dunn, Marilyn Nelson, Ted Kooser, Naomi Shihab Nye, Li-Young Lee, Dorianne Laux, Tony Hoagland, Terrance Hayes, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Mark Doty, Naomi Shihab Nye in a return visit, and Jeffrey Harrison.
 
The entire school studies complete books of poems by the visiting poets, guaranteeing an especially knowledgeable audience. A generous grant from former trustee Maureen Ford-Goldfarb and her daughter Kirsten Ford ’00 funds the series.
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