“The Poet’s List” is Now Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play CHARLOTTE, NC—September 7, 2023—The Poet’s List invites you to whisk away to the "virtual writing retreat of your dreams" with the launch of its official app, now live on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The robust experience incorporates many of … Continue reading THE POET’S LIST LAUNCHES A VIRTUAL WRITING RETREAT
As night fell upon a vibrant blue-and-yellow pop-up basketball court at the busy intersection of 63rd Street and Ashland, an intimate crowd of Englewood residents gathered across from the Green Line station to watch open mic performances from local poets, singers and featured rappers Shaundric and Mani Jurdan. The jubilant, soulful sound of Afrocentric music, … Continue reading Englewood open mic makes space for city’s best spoken word, hip-hop talent (via Chicago Sun Times)
Full Title: "Arts Council combines poetry, photography in upcoming exhibit; how to enter, view it (via Shelby Star)" Shelby, NC. In a joining of poetry and photos, the Cleveland County Arts Council will be hosting a unique exhibit and poetry reading next month and is seeking entries from the community. “Unseen and Overlooked, an aerial … Continue reading Arts Council combines poetry, photography in upcoming exhibit (via Shelby Star)
The first poetry collection from Chris Forrest is filled with insightful musings on what it means to be human. Accomplished musician and writer Chris Forrest, aka Exetera, has released his debut poetry collection, Destination Nowhere. The collection accompanies Chris’ third music project, Connected Disconnection, which is being released in November. Combined, these projects go to showcase Chris’ versatility … Continue reading Musician and poet Chris Forrest publishes bracing debut work of poetry, Destination Nowhere (via L.A. Weekly)
Full Title: "The Open Window, A New Poetry Book That Will Take On A Journey Of Self-Discovery, Faith, And Healing (via Benzinga)" Author and poet, Constantine Perantinides, announces the release of his latest poetry book, The Open Window. This book offers an extensive journey of poems that describe of self-discovery, healing, and transformation. The Open Window … Continue reading The Open Window: A New Poetry Book of Self-Discovery, Faith and Healing (via Benzinga)
This article details the event which took place on August 5, 2023. If Valduvino Gonçalves lived in his dream world and could change anything about Roxbury, he would add more ice cream shops. Okay, and more affordable housing and renovated school spaces. But the first thing that popped into Gonçalves’s mind was ice cream. Ice … Continue reading Roxbury Poetry Festival invites people to reimagine their neighborhood and embrace the written word (via The Boston Globe)
Petoskey, Michigan. After a successful four-week poetry intensive workshop in April, Sarah Snider of Poetess and Stranger in downtown Petoskey is expanding her offerings to reach even more people. “I truly believe that isolation and loneliness will tear a community apart as easily as anything else,” said Snider, who is a published poet herself. “Strong communities … Continue reading Poetess and Stranger seeks to create a poetry community in Petoskey (via Petoskey News-Review)
In alliance with Amazon Literary Partnership, the Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Poetry Fund grants, which are provided annually to poetry organizations and presses that are selected from among a pool of applicants. Amazon Literary Partnership originally launched the Poetry Fund with the Academy in 2019 to … Continue reading The Academy of American Poets Announces the 2023 Poetry Fund Grant Recipients (via Academy of American Poets)
In her 1977 essay “Poetry Is Not a Luxury,” the feminist poet and essayist Audre Lorde provided a profound reinterpretation of the literary form. “I speak here of poetry as a revelatory distillation of experience,” she writes, “not the sterile wordplay that, too often, the white fathers distorted the word ‘poetry’ to mean.” Here, Lorde argues … Continue reading Aja Monet’s: When the Poems Do What They Do (via Pitchfork)
Drake has a long history of being silly. Remember when he went viral for bringing a lint roller to his courtside seats at a Raptors’ game? And then invented the lint roller dance in the “Hotline Bling” video? Drake is at his most lovable when he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He contains multitudes, though, and right now one … Continue reading Award-Winning Poets React to Drake’s New Poetry Book (via Complex)
