Additional Info Sometimes someone comes into your life and quickly has a major impact on you. And you're not sure why or how, all you know is that who they simply were was enough to inspire you to be so much better. Video Edited By: @jordan.creative (IG) Information courtesy, YouTube
Blackacre By Monica Youn (Graywolf) In this collection, titled after the legal term for a hypothetical piece of land, Youn, a former lawyer, constructs subtle arguments about desire and loss, including her own inability to have a child. What readers might notice first is the sparseness of her opening section, in which every word is … Continue reading Best poetry collections of 2016 (via Washington Post)
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The 11th annual Southampton African-American Film Festival at the Southampton Arts Center will wrap up a day of short and feature films on Saturday, November 19, with a night of spoken word headlined by Dominique Fishback, a rising star of stage and screen. A native of East New York, Brooklyn, Ms. Fishback said during a … Continue reading Dominique Fishback To Perform Spoken Word At Southampton African American Film Festival (via 27east)
Additional Info Every first Monday at CAMP Bar in downtown Saint Paul. Performing at Button Poetry Live, April 2016. Button Facebook: http://facebook.com/buttonpoetry Button Twitter: http://twitter.com/buttonpoetry Button Instagram: http://instagram.com/buttonpoetry Button tumblr: http://buttonpoetry.tumblr.com Information courtesy, YouTube
Full Title: Poetry off the page: New Orleans artist intertwines spoken word, activism In school, poems usually come bound up in books, printed on pages. Students read Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, all the regulars. Mwende Katwiwa hated it. It wasn't until she heard spoken word poetry, performed by a group of young people, that she … Continue reading New Orleans artist intertwines spoken word, activism (via NOLA)
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Boston Masconomet senior Alanna Cahill will have her poetry entry in the National High School Poetry Contest published this fall. There's just one problem: She’s not crazy about the poem. "I was surprised because I didn't really like that poem," the 17-year-old Boxford resident said. "I submitted it because it's not so personal. It was … Continue reading For Masconomet student, it’s JUST POETRY!!! (via Wicked Local)
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One poem lists American military operations: Beastmaster, Hickory View, Riverwalk, etc. Another lingers with dark, dry humor on “WARHEAD MATING” and “HEIGHT HOLES.” A third injects missile-technology lingo into the Book of Ecclesiastes: “For what is your life? It is even a THERMAL SHADOW.” The poet responsible for these verses is Solmaz Sharif, and when … Continue reading The Weird and Beautiful War Poetry of Solmaz Sharif (via Newsweek)
