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Poetry program helps Lancaster students express themselves (via Lancaster Online)

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…Read more Poetry program helps Lancaster students express themselves (via Lancaster Online)

Poetry Is Making A Big Comeback In The U.S., Survey Results Reveal (via NPR)

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…Read more Poetry Is Making A Big Comeback In The U.S., Survey Results Reveal (via NPR)

Celebrating poetry ahead of 2018 Griffin Prize gala (via Globe and Mail)

Full Title: "Celebrating poetry in its mass-market moment ahead of 2018 Griffin Prize gala" “Poets are among the hardest working writers,” says Kevin Williams, who would know first-hand: As the publisher of Talonbooks, he’s worked with 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize-winner Jordan Abel and 2018 nominee Donato Mancini and is familiar with the challenges faced by…Read more Celebrating poetry ahead of 2018 Griffin Prize gala (via Globe and Mail)