“What one cannot compute, one must poetize,” concludes a new interdisciplinary study of poetry, “Poetry and Mind: Tractatus Poetico-Philosophicus,” by Laurent Dubreuil, professor of comparative literature and Romance studies, and a member of the cognitive science program. While not a direct sequel to Dubreuil’s previous book, “The Intellective Space,” his new work shows how we … Continue reading New book analyzes poetry across the world (via Cornell Chronicle)
Additional Info: Spoken-word poet Kondwani Fidel was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, which USA Today recently ranked the most dangerous city in the nation. “Resilience is something that’s ingrained in you at a very young age growing up in Baltimore,” says Fidel in Jackson Tisi’s short documentary. “If you’re from or live in Baltimore, … Continue reading (Video) Kondwani Fidel | Poetry from Hummingbirds in the Trenches
Click here to watch the video for Hummingbirds in the Trenches. Society begs us to pull up our bootstraps and fly to Venus / But when you keep us padlocked to trenches / It ain’t easy to show our genius. That’s Kondwani Fidel, a celebrated spoken-word poet from Baltimore, rapping about his experience growing up … Continue reading The Poetry of America’s Most Dangerous City (via The Atlantic)
Additional Info: Written in response to a 2017 article questioning the sustainability of historically black colleges and universities in the UNC college system, "My HBCU" is a spoken word piece that highlights and promotes all of the pros of attending a historically black college or university. Shot by: Wleh Woyee Rika Pesos is a writer, … Continue reading (Video) Rika Pesos | My HBCU
Something curious has been happening in the world of books as of late: more and more people are reading poetry. There are a host of explanations as to why this might be happening, but among them is a kind of clarity. At a point in time when complex sociopolitical issues are omnipresent, the right poem might help … Continue reading 11 Books Where Poetry and Politics Overlap (via Signature)
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Poetry is boring. And difficult. At least that’s what Journie Rodriguez thought at the beginning of the just-completed school year. By the end of the school year, however, the King Elementary fifth-grader had changed her mind. Her English class took part in Poetry Paths, a program that teaches students in the School District of Lancaster … Continue reading Poetry program helps Lancaster students express themselves (via Lancaster Online)
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In half a decade, the number of U.S. adults who are reading poetry has nearly doubled. That's according to the results of a new survey by the National Endowment for the Arts, which announced Thursday that "as a share of the total U.S. adult population, this poetry readership is the highest on record over a … Continue reading Poetry Is Making A Big Comeback In The U.S., Survey Results Reveal (via NPR)
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