Blog, January 30 — Rhina P. Espaillat

Notes on Contributors The House of Seven Gables: Bringing Cultural Awareness Across Borders of Time and Place I’d like to mention another cultural organization whose aims go beyond the stewardship and preservation of a national landmark to include service to the community: The House of the Seven Gables, one of the historical and literary jewels [...]

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Report on a Student Day of Poetry: “Every single kid is engaged!”

Lisa Stott, who teaches at the Wetherbee School in Lawrence and organized a Student Day of Poetry, contributed the following story. Lately it seems that Lawrence has been in the news only to highlight the state’s designation of the Public School System’s “underperforming status” and announcement of its newly appointed receiver.  But on January 10, [...]

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Blog, January 29 — Jack Scully

Notes on Contributors SOUTH OF BOSTON POETRY TRAIL VOL 2 NO   16 February  2012   READINGS   WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, @6:30PM POETS PATHWAY COFFEE MILANO 58 CENTER ST MIDDLEBORO FEATURE TAMMI NICK/OPEN-MIC MORE INFO: GAERLLWYD@AOL.COM     SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, @ 1PM VISUAL INVERSE/ PAIRING POETRY AND ART 16 ORIGINAL PIECES OF ORIGINAL VISUAL ART [...]

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Blog, January 27 — Jacquelyn Malone

Notes on Contributors Spoken word — from child’s play to a permanent place in the mind   Remember that childishly perverse jingle from elementary school: “I see London, I see France, I see so-and-so’s underpants”? That frivolous little chime started ringing in my head recently, perhaps because of two movements in our society. First is [...]

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