Sea Change: The Wave Poetry Bus Tour, with Notes toward Survival of the Species

Published in June 14th, 2009
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by Dan Brady “Evolution favours what is good at replicating itself, rather than what is good.” Culture and Prosperity by John Kay Natural selection tells us that organisms will choose their mates based on traits favorable to the success of the species. In theory, each consecutive generation is better adapted to the environment than the [...]

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Seeing the Scene (The State of the Arts in D.C.): An Interview with Jose Dominguez [audio]

Published in October 21st, 2008
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What constitutes the metro D.C. arts scene or what makes a D.C. artist, and does it matter if there are no distinctive characteristics? Though you may not hear these two questions raised publicly, they are—as the demographics of D.C. and surrounding environs continute to shift—questions on the minds of many arts administrators and artists. JOSE [...]

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Brick and Metaphor: Three Conversations with Literary and Writing Center Directors (Part 3)

Published in October 8th, 2008
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Conversation Three: Jon West-Bey, Founder and Executive Director of the American Poetry Museum in Washington, D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood [link]. The American Poetry Museum’s programming strategy could be characterized as stick-and-move or guerrilla, even. Either way, its collaborative movable feast of poetry readings and forums concerning the “intersections” of art and social issues is creating [...]

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Brick and Metaphor: Three Conversations with Literary and Writing Center Directors (Part 2)

Published in September 15th, 2008
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Conversation Two: Shara McCallum, Director of Bucknell University’s Stadler Poetry Center in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania [link]. . The Stadler Poetry Center is home to the Stadler Center Writers Series, Sandra & Gary Sojka Visitng Poet, Poet-in-Residence, Stadler Fellowship, Stadler Emerging Writer Fellowship, Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing, the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets and the [...]

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Brick and Metaphor: Three Conversations with Literary and Writing Center Directors (Part 1)

Published in September 7th, 2008
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Conversation One: Charles Jensen, Director of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland [link]. . Former POET LORE Assistant Editor Alexis Katchuk chats with Charles Jensen—new Director of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland—upon his assuming leadership of one of the longer-standing literary institutions in the D.C. area.

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What Poets May Come: Five Questions for Teri Cross Davis

Published in August 20th, 2008
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The Folger Shakespeare Library houses a rare and almost inexhaustible collection of manuscripts, books, artwork, and other items related to the life and writings of William Shakespeare. But you would be  remiss to overlook the collection of contemporary poetry books lining the walls (and ceilings in some cases) of Folger Poetry and Lectures Coordinator Teri [...]

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