It’s the 40th anniversary of the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon!

We have a lot of bonuses in the works to commemorate the occasion: Sean Cole, independent producer for public radio, will emcee the 7-10pm hours of the event; there will be a raffle for desirable items from The Poetry Project’s collection; PLUS we’ll reveal a series of 3 special edition Project tote bags made by 3 different design students at Parsons. They did great work for this!

By popular demand, we are selling tickets in advance via Brown Paper Ticket! Stand in the cold no longer (or may be just not as long), show your support of the event, and pre-purchase your ticket to the best place to be in NYC on New Year’s Day!

To celebrate our foray into to the world of online ticketing: from now until December 6, at 11:59pm all online tickets for the Marathon will be available for a discounted price of $15. Enter 40NYDMR for your discount.