The Main Festival will begin with Poetry at 10:30 am (tickets) at the Beahive event space, courtesy of owner Scott Tillitt. Poets Ruth Danon, 2025 Dutchess Poet Laureate; John Yau, 2018 winner of the Jackson Prize in Poetry, among others and Gregory Pardlo, 2015 winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry will read and discuss their works in conversation with Andrea Talarico (Stanza Books).