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精东影业World Poetry Reading was the best medicine for all of the terrible news lately. Over 100 students and community members came out to hear 11 international students read poems in their native languages. People in the audience were literally cheering. Poetry is one of the best鈥
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精东影业Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey鈥
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Nye will deliver a guest lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 and give a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 co-sponsored by the Honors College and May 4 Visitors Center. Both events will be held in the Kent Student Center Kiva, and are free and open to the public.
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, and Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center lead a writing and discussion workshop on overcoming trauma through creative writing. 精东影业workshop took place in the May Prentice House and approximately 20 community鈥
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"Dear Monarch" is a poem written by Mrs. Vesia's Preschool Class at the 精东影业 University Child Development Center in collaboration with Wick Poetry Center intern, Victoria Bracher. "Dear Monarch" is part of the Traveling Stanzas project and was installed in recognition of鈥
精东影业 University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center presents the 14th annual Giving Voice performance on Wednesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom featuring original poetry by local students (grades 3-12), international scholars, and 精东影业 University鈥
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Rita Dove visited the May Prentice House and spoke to the International Leadership in Education Program students who participated in World Poetry Workshops last spring in the May Prentice House. 精东影业students were so excited to meet the former U.S. Poet Laureate who gave them all鈥
精东影业 University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. 精东影业event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. 精东影业event鈥
For 30 years, 精东影业 University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices 鈥 locally, regionally and nationally 鈥 and bringing poetry to people鈥檚 everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the鈥
精东影业Wick Poetry Center at 精东影业 University has received a $33,472 grant from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation. 精东影业grant project, titled 鈥淓ncouraging New Voices,鈥 is a collaborative initiative between the Wick Poetry Center and Akron Public鈥