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A&S Welcomes Distinguished Visiting Poet Nicole Sealey
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) welcomes renowned poet Nicole Sealey as the 2020-21 Distinguished Visiting Poet in the Department of English’s M.F.A. program in creative writing. This fall Sealey is teaching a graduate-level poetry forms class where students…
Point of Contact to Conclude Its Cruel April 2020 Series With Poet Erika Martínez on April 23
Point of Contact will host a livestream reading from Erika Martínez, Thursday, April 23, on the Point of Contact Gallery Facebook page. Martínez has a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from the University of Granada. She has published four books…
Point of Contact to Host Internationally Acclaimed Poet Ana Merino April 16
Point of Contact will host a livestream reading from Ana Merino, Thursday, April 16, at 6 p.m. on the Point of Contact Gallery Facebook page. Ana Merino is a professor of Hispanic studies and 2016 Collegiate Scholar at the University…
Cruel April 2020: Point of Contact to Host Livestream Poetry Reading From Raquel Salas Rivera on April 9
Point of Contact will host a livestream reading from Raquel Salas Rivera on Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. EDT on the Point of Contact Gallery Facebook page. Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet, translator and literary critic….
Verbal Blend Honors Endsley with 2019 Poetic Icon Award
Verbal Blend will honor Crystal Leigh Endsley, Ph.D. with the Poetic Icon Award as part of the Sixth Annual Spoken Word Poetry Institute, held Friday, Oct. 25 through Saturday, Oct. 26. Verbal Blend is recognizing Endsley for her contributions to…
Point of Contact Gallery Announces Halloween Poetry Event with Matt Hart and Jules Gibbs
Point of Contact Gallery is hosting a Halloween Poetry with Matt Hart and Jules Gibbs on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Free parking…
Poetry in Motion: ‘Inspiration Can Strike Anywhere,’ Says Pass Rusher, Poet Kendall Coleman ’20
Those hands. Meet senior Kendall Coleman, and they are hard to ignore—thick, muscular wrists, fleshy palms and slender fingers that exude confidence. Authority. They are hands that have mercilessly attacked hundreds of football jerseys, including that of West Virginia quarterback…
Point of Contact to Host Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet April 18
Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact (POC) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) celebrates National Poetry Month with a joint reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian and up-and-comer Lauren Sanderson. The duo will read and discuss their work…
Take the Mic Poetry Slam Celebrates Artistic Self-Expression
Take the Mic Poetry Slam, hosted annually by Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program within the Office of Multicultural Affairs, is Thursday, April 11, in the Schine Student Center Underground. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m., and the event will…
Lakota Poet to Reflect ‘Officiousness, Duplicity’ of Language
The Raymond Carver Reading Series continues with a program by poet Layli Long Solider on Wednesday, April 3. Long Solider will participate in a Q&A session from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m., followed by a reading of her original work from…