Across the US the new literary holiday Dead Poets Remembrance Day is going to be celebrated in early October. The official day of the holiday -- so timed because it is the date of Poe's death -- is October 7th.
In Indiana, the recent Poet Laureate, Norbert Krapf, is going to celebrate the new holiday at his October 7th Renssealer reading sponsored by the Prairie Writer's Guild, which the public is hearily welcomed to attend. Krapf is one of 20 current or former State Poets Laureate to endorse Dead Poets Remembrance Day.
Krapf will be reading from his collection, Sweet Sister Moon, and at the beginning he'll mark the holiday by reading poems by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and a song lyric by Billie Holiday—and songs from the book about them.
The Indiana event details are: Oct. 7, 7:00, Carnegie Art Center, 301 North Van Rensselaer St., Renssealer, IN
In Boston, California, Alabama, New Hampshire, Colorado, Kansas, and other states people will be gathering to celebrate their state's dead poets. Some will have day-long celebrations, while others will be at individual readings.