The N.C. Museum of Art, which has a robust program for teens in the region and across the state, will hold teen poetry workshops next month. The programs are scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., March 7 and March 14. They are free. Registration is required by March 1 for the March 7 program. … Continue reading Art museum schedules teen poetry workshops (via WRAL)
How would you answer this question? This question originally appeared on Quora, the best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus. Answer by Stephanie Vardavas, student of human frailty: The main obstacle to understanding … Continue reading Why Is Poetry So Difficult to Understand? (via Slate)
Full title: "Poetry’s advocates don’t need to go on the defensive: it speaks for itself" ‘A man . . . innocently dabbles in words and rhymes and finds that it is his life . . .” That well-known remark of Patrick Kavanagh’s now strikes a particular note as I arrive at the publication of my … Continue reading Poetry’s advocates don’t need to go on the defensive (via Irish Times)
History and poetry will meet and combine during Wednesday’s Festival of Words program in Grand Coteau. The program, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Grand Coteau Ballroom, will feature spoken-word artist Clemonce Heard and Allen Charles and his sisters, who will share stories of growing up in the Grand Coteau area during the 1930s … Continue reading Local history and poetry connect Wednesday (via Opelousas Daily World)
Mid-Maine poets of all ages are invited to submit their original poems to Maine Poetry Express Waterville 2015. The division categories are grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, college and adult. The poem submission deadline is Monday, March 2. Three poets from each division will have poems selected by a blind review of independent judges to ensure … Continue reading Maine Poetry Express Waterville 2015 seeks original poems (via Central Maine)
Over four decades at two universities, Anne Hall has taught thousands of students, enough to know that they come to college for a variety of reasons, with a variety of attitudes. Many are concerned only with jobs. Some are concerned chiefly with beer. All would like A’s. And too many get them, she said, even … Continue reading College, Poetry and Purpose (via NY Times)
Great piece by our friends over at The Eternal Graffiti. Link to the full article, below. Jason Carney is a legend in the slam community. Three appearances on HBO’s Def Poetry, multiple poetry slam Final Stages, years of touring the country as one of the first generation of poets teaching and performing in higher education, … Continue reading Jason Carney | TEDX Talk | What America Needs Is An Honest Conversation (via Eternal Graffiti)
Subtitle: The Hillary Gravendyk Prize, whose deadline is April 30, aims to raise stature of Inland poets. Don't forget to check out the rest of the article by clicking the link, below! The nonprofit literary center, Inlandia Institute of Riverside, has launched a national poetry contest to raise the profile of Inland poets. The Hillary … Continue reading Literary center launches national poetry contest (via The Press Enterprise)
Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died on Saturday. He was 87. Levine, the US poet laureate in 2011 and 2012, died at his home in Fresno, California, of pancreatic and liver cancer, his wife said on Sunday. A native of … Continue reading Philip Levine, former US poet laureate and Pulitzer winner, dies at 87 (via Guardian)
Art can be used as a medium to deliver unheard messages to the masses. The documentary “778 Bullets” and the poem derived from it do just that regarding a piece of Carbondale history. The film was directed by Angela Aguayo, an assistant professor in cinema and digital culture, and inspired a poem written by B.Rael … Continue reading Black Panthers remembered through film and spoken word (via Daily Egyptian)
