Archive | October, 2011

Poets can support Occupy Boston

Poets can support occupyboston by registering to read at a week-long series to be held on Dewey Plaza, Boston, starting Monday, October 24, to conclude Friday October 28.   The daily one-hour readings will begin at 2 p.m.   You must sign up to get on the program. Please do so by emailing Peter Desmond at [...]

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Nicole Rodriguez Wins Award for Spoken Word Volunteer Work

  Nicole L Rodriguez dazzles when she speaks. She was recently recognized with the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her work as a spoken word poet in Citizen Schools. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is an honor given to those individuals, families or groups for volunteer work over the course of either a twelve month [...]

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Woodberry Poetry Room Online

On the occasion of  its 80th anniversary, the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University announces the creation of a new website that offers scholars and poetry-readers worldwide the opportunity to encounter rare and heretofore inaccessible recordings from its historic archive. The WPR is home to an unparalleled collection of 20th and 21st century  English-language poetry materials. It [...]

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