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; Karen Witherspoon, Vice President, Office of Government and Community Affairs; Dee Dee Mozeleski, Executive Director, Office of Institutional Advancement; Annika Luedke and Diana Ward, The Foundation for City College; Tony Liss, Provost; Elizabeth Mazzola, Head of English Department; MFA Director Michelle Valladares; Axe-Houghton Foundation; Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; David Covington and the Alumni Association; 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: Ilka Scobie, 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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