ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
 

 
The Poetry Outreach Center’s Annual Poetry Festival is supported by the following: City College’s Division of Humanities and the Arts, Dean Erec Koch; President Dr.Vince Boudreau; Dee Dee Mozeleski; Karen Witherspoon, Vice President, Office of Government and Community Affairs; Elizabeth Mazzola, Head of English Department; MFA Director Michelle Valladares; Axe-Houghton Foundation; Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation;  David Covington and the Alumni Association; The Foundation for City College; Gilda Barabino, Dean, Grove School of Engineering; Knopf Publisher; Peter Russell; Ralph E. Ogden Foundation; The City College of New York Office of  Support Services; The South Wind Foundation; David and Harianne Wallenstein; Poet’s House; The Poetry Society of America and Poets & Writers, Inc. 
 
The festival acknowledges the help of many people: Jada Gordon, Ilka Scobie, Megan Skelly, Elisabeth von Uhl, Stephanie Velazquez, Barry Wallenstein, Estha Weiner, Alyssa Yankwitt. Special thanks to Gregory Crosby, Coordinator; Amanda Reiser, Assistant; Michelle Valladares for her terrific efforts; Elizabeth Mazzola, Chair of the English Department; Yana and Jasmine for their support, always; Taki, for working tirelessly on flyers & posters; and to Barry Wallenstein, for founding The Poetry Outreach Center. 

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