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A Chronology of Lamont Poetry Readings
- Jorge Luis Borges -- April 27, 1983
- Denise Levertov -- December 2, 1983
- T. Alan Broughton -- February 10, 1984
- Michael S. Harper -- April 27, 1984
- Mary Oliver -- February 18, 1985
- Seamus Heaney -- May 15, 1985
- Howard Nemerov -- October 31, 1985
- Gwendolyn Brooks -- January 9, 1986
- Lucille Clifton -- February 25, 1987
- William E. Stafford -- May 6, 1987
- Henry Taylor -- February 17, 1988
- Verandah Porche -- November 9, 1988
- Robert Bly -- February 1, 1989
- Richard Wilbur -- May 10, 1989
- Galway Kinnell -- October 11, 1989
- Joy Harjo -- February 7, 1990
- Joseph Brodsky -- April 6, 1990
- Gary Snyder -- November 15, 1990
- Derek Walcott -- February 6, 1991
- Donald Hall -- April 24, 1991
- Maxine Kumin -- November 13, 1991
- Debra Allbery -- February 12, 1992
- Mark Strand -- April 22, 1992
- Allen Ginsberg -- October 21, 1992
- Amy Clampitt -- February 2, 1993
- Charles Simic -- October 13, 1993
- Sharon Olds -- February 16, 1994
- Charles Wright -- November 4, 1994
- Li-Young Lee -- February 15, 1995
- Mary Jo Salter -- November 17, 1995
- Ellen Bryant Voigt -- May 3, 1996
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- October 16, 1996
- Jorie Graham -- February 19, 1997
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly -- October 15, 1997
- Mark Doty -- April 24, 1998
- Philip Levine -- November 4, 1998
- Marie Howe -- April 28, 1999
- Robert Pinsky -- November 5, 1999
- Yusef Komunyakaa -- April 12, 2000
- Heather McHugh -- November 8, 2000
- Carolyn Forche -- April 11, 2001
- Paul Muldoon -- October 19, 2001
- Stephen Dunn -- May 7, 2001
- Cornelius Eady -- November 6, 2002
- Eavan Boland -- April 25, 2003
- Tony Hoaglan -- October 1, 2003
- Glyn Maxwell -- April 28, 2004
- Carl Phillips -- April 20, 2005
- Billy Collins -- May 4, 2005
- Rosanna Warren -- October 26, 2005
- C.K. Williams -- April 12, 2006
- Eamon Grennan -- February 21, 2007
- Louise Gluck -- May 17, 2007
- Dave Smith -- October 24, 2007
- David Ferry -- April 23, 2008
- Major Jackson -- November 5, 2008
- Patricia Smith -- April 22, 2009
- Naomi Shihab Nye -- October 22, 2009
- W.S. Merwin -- April 29, 2010
- Robert Hass -- November 4, 2010
- Kay Ryan -- April 27, 2011
- Jimmy Santiago Baca -- November 16, 2011
- Marilyn Chin -- May 9, 2012
- Natasha Trethewey -- October 17, 2012
- Frank Bidart -- April 24, 2013
- Michael Collier -- November 6, 2013
- W.S. Di Piero -- April 30, 2014
- Amy Nezhukumatathil -- November 5, 2014
- Simon Armitage -- February 2, 2015
- Vijay Seshadri -- October 7, 2015
- Phillis Levin -- April 13, 2016
- Gail Mazur -- November 2, 2016
- Afaa Michael Weaver -- February 15, 2016
- Tyehimba Jess -- October 18, 2017
- Gregory Pardlo -- February 21, 2018
- Julia Alvarez -- October 10, 2018
- Elizabeth Alexander -- April 17, 2019
- Arthur Sze -- November 6, 2019
- Jericho Brown -- January 15, 2020
- Illya Kaminsky -- October 14 & 15, 2020 (virtual)
- John Murillo -- 2021 (virtual)
- Maurice Manning -- October 20, 2021
- Terrance Hayes -- February 16, 2022
- A.E. Stallings -- November 9, 2022
- Rita Dove -- February 22, 2023
- Chard deNiord -- October 25, 2023
- Patrick Rosal -- January 24, 2024
- Marilyn Nelson -- October 16, 2024
- A. Van Jordan -- February 19, 2025
- Lisa Russ Spaar -- November 5, 2025
- Tim Seibles -- February 18, 2026