"I have all these open-ended questions and by December I'm supposed to have them answered!" When you come to the open-ended end of things--the degree, the course, the relationship--how much can be planned, how much can be known? In this workshop as the year ends, Writers' Co-op will explore the …
Jonathan C. Creasy (editor of BLACK MOUNTAIN POEMS/New Directions, 2019) explores two remarkable artistic and educational experiments of the 20th century: Black Mountain College and the Cambridge-based Poets' Theatre. Distinct as they were, both reveal continuing concerns in art, poetry, performance & politics. The event culminates in the screening of …
With the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie recitation contests, students choose classic and contemporary poems from the junior anthology for grades 6-8. Then they learn them deeply, commit them to memory, hone their recitation skills, and compete for over $75,000 in travel and prizes. Learn more …
The 2019-2020 Writers Read Concordia season emphasizes the local, the influencers, the activist, the transformative, the conversation and the collaborative impulses. Writers Read Concordia hosts a feminist writing panel featuring Sue Sinclair, Sue Goyette and Larissa Lai in conversation with Sina Queyras as part of Writing Lives. Learn more here.
The Scottish Poetry Library is proud to present its Christmas event, Die Bard, a poetic rendering of the classic action-slash-Christmas movie Die Hard. Last year, they transformed It’s A Wonderful Life into a sequence of newly commissioned poems, and this year they’re repeating the trick with Bruce Willis’ finest moment. …
The University of Arizona Poetry Center presents Dean Young, who will read from his work. Learn more here.