Sign Up!  Students & Poets for Action

Sign Up! Students & Poets for Action

Oct 12 – 18 The Poets By video: Will McInerney Kelli Russell Agodon Richard Blanco Enda Wyley Craig  Santos Perez Tess Barry In person: Romana Iorga Oliver Miltenberger* Phillip Border Oliver Spann Cathy Wittmeyer (host) *also a climate scientist The...
Word-To-Action

Word-To-Action

The following description is contingent upon allowable travel and health and safety guidelines in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. The Word -to-Action writing retreat will be a (1) weeklong poetry experience where poets and students will have the opportunity to...
Corona Did Not Displace Climate

Corona Did Not Displace Climate

The Word-to-Action retreat will proceed in October even though, sadly, our poet friends from the United States will most likely be unable to attend due to travel restrictions.  I understand the timing is poor, but the climate is going ahead with warming and the...
We Did It!  MFA.

We Did It! MFA.

On Thursday, June 11, Jaclyn Costik and I, defended our manuscripts, “And Otherwise Defective,” and “Kadenz,” respectively.  A few hours later, we held a virtual public reading. Well over 50 people attended the reading via Zoom and participated in the Q&A at...
Let’s Do This!

Let’s Do This!

It’s moving forward!  Upper-level students (16-17 years old) at the local high school will be getting the choice to participate in Word-to-Action for project week.  From September 28 through October 2, students choose to do project work instead of normal...