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SUMMARY:Outside LitMag Issue 8 Release
DESCRIPTION:The event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMade for and by Saint Louis Public School high school students\, Outside Literary Magazine is thrilled to release Issue 8. This special event will celebrate the talented young artists who have worked hard to make this magazine possible. Students will come together to share their work with the wider community. Many of the contributors will be performing their pieces for the first time! Copies of Issue 8 will be available for purchase at the event. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutside Literary Magazine would not be possible without the tireless efforts of the partnering schools and classroom teachers.  Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClub Sponsor:Margaret SchuhTeacher:Kelly Terry (Art)\n\n\n\n\n\nClub Sponsors:Chandra AlfordNicole HalamanTeacher:John Tevlin (Art)\n\n\n\n\n\nTeachers:Colette Morton (ELA)Logan Allgood (ELA)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPARTNERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWill Flores Fund
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/outside-litmag-issue-8-release/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:2024 SLPC Contests Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to celebrate the winners of the 2024 poetry contests\, including the Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students and the James H. Nash Poetry Contest. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending the awards ceremony in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hopkins Contest would not be possible without the efforts and support of volunteer contest coordinator and local poet Emily Koehn.  Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nash Contest would not be possible without the efforts and support of volunteer contest coordinator and local poet Ted Mathys.  Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd special thanks to our spring 2024 SLU Intern Aileen O’Connor for supporting both contests! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024 HOPKINS CONTEST WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTIONS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelected by 2024 contest judge Elijah Burrell \n\n\n\n\n\nFIRST PLACEPaul Thibodeau\, Saint Louis University High SchoolEtymology \n\n\n\nSECOND PLACEBrie Shelley-Piccinini\, Ladue Horton Watkins High SchoolTaper Off \n\n\n\nTHIRD PLACEAddison Farthing\, Gateway Science AcademySidewalk Poetry \n\n\n\n\n\nHONORABLE MENTIONSSimon Edgell\, Saint Louis University High SchoolWallflower \n\n\n\nMohini Mahajan\, Clayton High SchoolWhen My Parents Were Kids \n\n\n\nJelani Penny-Johnson\, Metro Academic & Classical High SchoolStreet Justice \n\n\n\nPaul Thibodeau\, Saint Louis University High SchoolLunation \n\n\n\nBrie Shelley-Piccinini\, Ladue Horton Watkins High SchoolBird Named Love \n\n\n\n\n\n2024 NASH CONTEST WINNER & FINALISTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelected by 2024 contest judge Hayan Charara \n\n\n\n\n\nFIRST PLACEAllison CundiffHop In \n\n\n\n\n\nFINALISTSMark W. KummingBreakfast \n\n\n\nJessica FreemanCuivre River
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/2024-slpc-contests-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Award Ceremony,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Hadara Bar-Nadav & Asha Futterman
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Saint Louis Poetry Center and Left Bank Books for a reading and celebration of poetry by Hadara Bar-Nadav & Asha Futterman. Copies of The Animal is Chemical will be available for purchase from Left Bank Books. Cash bar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending this reading in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHadara Bar-Nadav is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry\, the Lucille Medwick Award from the Poetry Society of America\, and other honors. Her books include The Animal Is Chemical (Four Way Books\, 2023)\, awarded the Levis Prize in Poetry; The New Nudity (Saturnalia Books\, 2017); Lullaby (with Exit Sign) (Saturnalia Books\, 2013)\, awarded the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize; The Frame Called Ruin (New Issues\, 2012)\, Editor’s Selection/Runner Up for the Green Rose Prize; and A Glass of Milk to Kiss Goodnight (Margie/Intuit House\, 2007)\, awarded the Margie Book Prize. In addition\, she is co-author with Michelle Boisseau of the best-selling textbook Writing Poems\, 8th ed. (Pearson\, 2011). Her poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, The Believer\, The Kenyon Review\, Ploughshares\, Poetry\, and elsewhere. She is a Professor of English and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAsha Futterman is a poet and an actor from Chicago. She has an MFA in poetry from Washington University in St. Louis\, and is now a teaching fellow at WashU. Her chapbook\, song of gray\, is forthcoming from The Song Cave. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Conduit Magazine\, Bennington Review\, The Journal\, and Interim Poetics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/hadara-bar-nadav-asha-futterman/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Melody S. Gee\, Carolina Hotchandani & Catherine Anderson
DESCRIPTION:A Perugia Press Showcase\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\nPerugia Press and Saint Louis Poetry Center present acclaimed poets Melody S. Gee\, Carolina Hotchandani and Catherine Anderson for a Perugia Press Showcase reading. \n\n\n\nDespite massive changes in the publishing industry over the last couple of decades\, the small press has remained critical as a home for poetry. This month’s reading will feature three established poets who’ve all shared a common home\, Perugia Press. After the poets read their work\, they will join in conversation about not only artistic craft but the process of taking a poem\, joining it with other poems\, and seeing it all the way through to becoming a book. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView the event flyer >>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelody S. Gee‘s first book of poetry\, Each Crumbling House\, was published by Perugia Press in 2010. Her other books are The Dead in Daylight (Cooper Dillon Books\, 2016) and The Convert’s Heart is Good to Eat (Driftwood Press\, 2022). Melody’s work has received support from the Sustainable Arts Foundation\, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis\, and Kundiman. A former English professor\, Melody now works in communications and marketing\, and lives with her family in St. Louis\, Missouri. Her first collection of memoir essays is forthcoming from the University of Iowa Press. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolina Hotchandani is a Latinx/South Asian poet born in Brazil and raised in various parts of the United States. Her debut poetry collection The Book Eaters won the 2023 Perugia Press Prize and was released in September 2023. Hotchandani holds degrees from Brown\, Texas State\, and Northwestern universities. Her honors include scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, Rona Jaffe Foundation\, Community of Writers\, Tin House Writers’ Workshop\, and Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Her poetry has appeared in AGNI\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, Blackbird\, Cincinnati Review\, Missouri Review\, Prairie Schooner\, and other journals. She is a Goodrich Assistant Professor of English in Omaha\, Nebraska\, where she lives with her husband and daughter. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Anderson‘s most recent book is a memoir\, My Brother Speaks in Dreams: Of Family\, Beauty & Belonging (Wising Up Press). She has published four collections of poetry\, including Everyone I Love Immortal (Woodley Press)\, Woman with a Gambling Mania (Mayapple Press)\, The Work of Hands (Perugia Press) and In the Mother Tongue (Alice James Books). She has received awards in poetry from the Massachusetts Artists’ Foundation (many years ago)\, and more recently\, I-70 Review and Crab Orchard Review. She lives in Kansas City where she works with new immigrants and refugees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-april-2024/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Spring Forward Series: Amie Whittemore & Travis Mossotti
DESCRIPTION:A Poetry in the Woods Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening of springing forward with a literary walk through Old Orchard in Webster Groves! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with Poetry in the Woods\, acclaimed poets Amie Whittemore & Travis Mossotti present a craft talk\, literary meet-and-greet\, and poetry reading and conversation. Presented in partnership with the Poetry in the Woods and The Novel Neighbor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCraft Talk: Poetry & Renewalat Webster University Pearson House 4:00pm – 5:00pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiterary Meet & Greetat Frisco Barroom5:00pm – 6:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry Reading: Amie Whittemore & Travis Mossottiat Novel Neighbor Bookstore7:00pm – 8:00pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm for the poetry readingSeating will be offered on a first come\, first served basis.Books available for purchase from The Novel Neighbor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeating is limited\, and registration through Poetry in the Woods events page is strongly encouraged: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNEST OF MATCHESAmie Whittemore \n\n\n\nNest of Matches is a lavish declaration of the beauty of the natural world\, queer identity\, and of the imagination set free. Whittemore’s third collection explores the complexities of love—romantic\, familial\, and love for place—and wonders at cycles of life\, finding that: “Every habit / even love—strangest / of them all—offers exhaustion / and renewal.” Moving seamlessly from meditations on the moon’s phases to explorations of dream spaces to searches for meaning through patterns of love and loss\, Whittemore’s work embodies the mysteries of dichotomies—grief and joy\, consciousness and unconsciousness\, habit and spontaneity—and how they coexist to create our identities. Throughout the collection\, Whittemore reveals how interior nature manifests into exterior habits and how physical landscapes shape the psyche. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPOCRYPHAL GENESISTravis Mossotti \n\n\n\nApocryphal Genesis comes as a reminder of how deeply personal an impersonal world can often feel. The failed promises of the previous centuries are mere preamble to the predicaments of the current one. Humanity’ s contentment to entertain the illusion of control over the world around us is also the source of our collective discontent. In Mossotti’s poems\, dark humor underpins every turn. His wit cuts through the bang and blab of what passes for polite discourse\, and his visions are jarring and delightful in equal measure. His poems cinematically zoom from the exceedingly distant vantages of “ telescopes scraping deeper into the womb / of the universe” to the microscopic “ space between the whirl of electrons.” While the ghost of Apollinaire guides the reader through these haunting poems\, it’ s the poet himself who’ s on display more often than not (like a moth pinned inside a glass case)\, naked and unadorned. Apocryphal Genesis is a book that’ s mature enough to be unimpressed with the trappings of maturity. It’ s the first glance the poet’ s after\, subtle movement of stirrings under the leaf litter\, and page after page\, Mossotti transforms the cosmically divine into something indelible. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAMIE WHITTEMORE (she/her) is the author of Glass Harvest (Autumn House Press)\, Star-Tent: A Triptych (Tolsun Books)\, and Nest of Matches (Autumn House Press\, 2024). She was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro\, Tennessee\, and was named a 2020 Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellow. Through her laureateship she partnered with Southern Word to offer Write with Pride\, a series of poetry workshops and open mics for LGBT+ teens in Rutherford and Davidson counties. She is Director of MTSU Write\, a from-home\, one-on-one creative writing certificate program and teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University. She holds degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.A.)\, Lewis & Clark College (M.A.T.)\, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale (M.F.A.). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Gettysburg Review\, Blackbird\, The Missouri Review Poem of the Week\, Cold Mountain Review\, Pleiades\, The Account\, and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRAVIS MOSSOTTI‘s previous collections are About the Dead\, Field Study\, Narcissus Americana\, and Racecar Jesus. He’ s been the recipient of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize\, the May Swenson Book Award\, the Christopher Smart – Joan Alice Poetry Prize\, the Alma Book Award\, and others. Mossotti’s fifth collection\, Apocryphal Genesis\, was just released with Saturnalia Books. He currently serves as a Biodiversity Fellow for the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University. He lives and works in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/spring-forward-series-april-2024/
LOCATION:Novel Neighbor\, 7905 Big Bend Blvd\, St Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Edgar Kunz & Reyes Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with our April Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Edgar Kunz and Reyes Ramirez for the April Sunday Workshop! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 12 participants.  Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by April 2\, 2024\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 2\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEDGAR KUNZ is the author of two poetry collections: Fixer\, published by Ecco in 2023 and named a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book\, and Tap Out\, published by Ecco in 2019. He has been a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow\, a MacDowell Fellow\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Recent poems appear in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Poetry\, American Poetry Review\, and Oxford American. He lives in Baltimore and teaches at Goucher College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREYES RAMIREZ (he/him) is a Houstonian\, writer\, educator\, curator\, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He authored the short story collection The Book of Wanderers (2022)\, a 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist\, from University of Arizona Press’ Camino del Sol series and the poetry collection El Rey of Gold Teeth (2023) from Hub City Press. His latest curatorial project\, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids\, explores the use of grids in contemporary Houston art\, literature\, history\, and politics. Reyes has been honored as a 2020 CantoMundo Fellow\, 2021 Interchange Artist Grant Fellow\, 2022 Crosstown Arts Writer in Residence\, 2023 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow\, 2023 Dobie Paisano Fellow\, 2024 Speculative Play and Just Futurities Fellow and awarded grants from the Houston Arts Alliance\, Poets & Writers\, and The Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-april-2024/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Edgar Kunz & Reyes Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Edgar Kunz and Reyes Ramirez for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEDGAR KUNZ is the author of two poetry collections: Fixer\, published by Ecco in 2023 and named a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book\, and Tap Out\, published by Ecco in 2019. He has been a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow\, a MacDowell Fellow\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Recent poems appear in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Poetry\, American Poetry Review\, and Oxford American. He lives in Baltimore and teaches at Goucher College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREYES RAMIREZ (he/him) is a Houstonian\, writer\, educator\, curator\, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He authored the short story collection The Book of Wanderers (2022)\, a 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist\, from University of Arizona Press’ Camino del Sol series and the poetry collection El Rey of Gold Teeth (2023) from Hub City Press. His latest curatorial project\, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids\, explores the use of grids in contemporary Houston art\, literature\, history\, and politics. Reyes has been honored as a 2020 CantoMundo Fellow\, 2021 Interchange Artist Grant Fellow\, 2022 Crosstown Arts Writer in Residence\, 2023 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow\, 2023 Dobie Paisano Fellow\, 2024 Speculative Play and Just Futurities Fellow and awarded grants from the Houston Arts Alliance\, Poets & Writers\, and The Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-april-2024/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Bailey Schaumburg & Macallan Lay
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike any venue for processing the human experience\, what is absent from a poem can hold as much meaning as what is included. It is this process of withholding that distinguishes art from reportage. Bailey Schaumburg and Macallan Lay will read from their work\, and in conversation afterwards\, reckon with the poem as a site for facing one’s self in preparation for facing the other. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBailey Schaumburg is a poet and writer who lives in Saint Louis\, Missouri with their cat\, Calypso\, and their dog\, Stanley. They care *almost* as much about finding and engaging in poetry community as they do about poetry itself – they currently serve as a co-curator for the Observable Readings series through the Saint Louis Poetry Center. Poetry is their first love\, and will undoubtedly be their last. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMacallan Lay is a poet and project manager living in St. Louis\, MO. She is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her work has been featured in Vagabond City\, Flat Ink\, Litmag\, and Bad Jacket. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-march-2024/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240317T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240317T133000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Eamonn Wall
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 12 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due March 10\, 2024\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: March 10\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEAMONN WALL is a native of Enniscorthy\, Co. Wexford\, Ireland. He has lived in St. Louis\, Missouri\, since 2000. Eamonn Wall is the author of eight collections of poetry as well as three books of cultural and literary criticism. His essays\, articles\, and reviews have been published in journals and newspapers in the USA\, Ireland\, and elsewhere. Eamonn Wall works at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he teaches courses in Irish\, Irish-American\, and British Literature\, directs UMSL’s Irish Summer School in Galway\, and serves as the director of the Irish Studies Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-march-2024/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240315T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240315T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
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SUMMARY:Almost Spring Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:SLPC Member Appreciation Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be held in-person at Rockwell Beer Co\, in their indoor Brewhouse. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate YOU – our outstanding members who have helped make Saint Louis Poetry Center what it is today. The work we do to support poets and champion the power of poetry isn’t possible without you. We’ve got some fun things planned for this Member Appreciation event. Please join us! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBER APPRECIATION HAPPY HOUR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are thanking Saint Louis Poetry Center members with special members-only happy hour.  Come out to Rockwell Beer Co. in the Grove\, mix and mingle with fellow members and poets\, meet our new board members and curators\, and enjoy great drinks and great conversation.  This special evening features: \n\n\n\n\nComplimentary open bar\n\n\n\nSLPC t-shirt for members\n\n\n\nAttendance prizes\n\n\n\nA book swap\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOK SWAP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’ve combined the best of two worlds – sharing favorite books\, and happy hour!  Participation in the book swap is completely optional.  But if you are looking to lighten your bookshelves\, discover a new poet\, share a book recommendation\, or just gab with other book lovers\, this is your chance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive a book\, get a book! \n\n\n\n\nBring 1 to 3 books to swap\n\n\n\nPoetry and poetry-adjacent books preferred but not required\n\n\n\nUpon arrival\, leave a short note inside the books (SLPC will provide cards for this)\n\n\n\nPair up with fellow members and swap books\n\n\n\nAny leftover books will be donated to SLPC’s library at High Low\n\n\n\nYou do not need to participate in the book swap to attend the event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBERSHIP & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe member appreciation happy hour is for all Saint Louis Poetry Center members. Event registration is encouraged but not required. Interested in joining? Time to renew? You can become a member or renew your membership anytime by visiting the membership page on our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin or Renew Today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for this event\, or for questions about membership\, email:membership@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBring a friend! \n\n\n\nIntroduce your friends to the Saint Louis Poetry Center community.  Have them sign up to become a member at the event and both of you will be entered into our happy hour raffle! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE VENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConveniently situated near the entrance to The Grove in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood\, Rockwell Beer Co’s flagship location is hard to miss. Inside a facade built out of modified shipping containers you’ll find the heart of their operation: a 15-barrel industrial brewhouse and tasting room showcasing an ever-evolving lineup of Rockwell’s beers\, a robust selection of seasonal cocktails and wines\, and laid-back food from brassWELL by Niche.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/member-happy-hour-march-2024/
LOCATION:Rockwell Beer Co\, 1320 S Vandeventer Ave\, Saint Louis\, Missouri\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240310T235900
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240310T235900
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
CREATED:20240214T171744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T013447Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Workshop with Eamonn Wall will take place on March 10\, 2024.  Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 12 participants.  Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due March 10\, 2024\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEAMONN WALL is a native of Enniscorthy\, Co. Wexford\, Ireland. He has lived in St. Louis\, Missouri\, since 2000. Eamonn Wall is the author of eight collections of poetry as well as three books of cultural and literary criticism. His essays\, articles\, and reviews have been published in journals and newspapers in the USA\, Ireland\, and elsewhere. Eamonn Wall works at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he teaches courses in Irish\, Irish-American\, and British Literature\, directs UMSL’s Irish Summer School in Galway\, and serves as the director of the Irish Studies Program.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-march-2024/
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T190000
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: erica lewis & Teresa Dzieglewicz - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:This reading has been cancelled & will be rescheduled for fall 2024. \n\n\n\nWe apologize for any inconvenience!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets erica lewis and Teresa Dzieglewicz for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nerica lewis lives in San Francisco. Her books include the precipice of jupiter (2009\, with artist Mark Stephen Finein)\, camera obscura (2010\, with artist Mark Stephen Finein)\, murmur in the inventory (2013); and the box set trilogy: daryl hall is my boyfriend (2015)\, mary wants to be a superwoman (2017)\, mahogany (2023). She is currently writing a novel inspired by the murder of her maternal grandmother. She was born in Cincinnati\, Ohio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTERESA DZIEGLEWICZ is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). Her first book of poetry Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize and is forthcoming from Tupelo Press in 2023. Her first children’s book\, co-written with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books in 2025. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, Best New Poets\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Her poems appear in the Pushcart Prize XLII\, Best New Poets\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, Prairie Schooner\, Ninth Letter\, Sixth Finch\, and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-february-2024/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240225T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240225T133000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
CREATED:20240214T172652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T204332Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Teresa Dzieglewicz - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:This workshop has been cancelled & will be rescheduled for fall 2024. \n\n\n\nWe apologize for any inconvenience!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with our February Observable Readings\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Teresa Dzieglewicz to lead the February Sunday Workshop! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due February 21\, 2024\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: February 21\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTERESA DZIEGLEWICZ is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). Her first book of poetry Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize and is forthcoming from Tupelo Press in 2023. Her first children’s book\, co-written with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books in 2025. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, Best New Poets\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Her poems appear in the Pushcart Prize XLII\, Best New Poets\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, Prairie Schooner\, Ninth Letter\, Sixth Finch\, and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-february-2024/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
CREATED:20240119T001512Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Jason Vasser-Elong & Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the intention of what became Black History Month was\, and still is\, to celebrate the achievements of Black Americans since Emancipation. Equally necessary\, however\, is an acknowledgement of the path left to walk\, especially in St. Louis\, a town known globally for both racism and resistance. Jason Vasser-Elong and Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin will read from their poetry and\, in conversation afterwards\, explore themes of being an American abroad\, of stories buried and unearthed\, and of Black futures that deserve the excitement of our imaginations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason Vasser-Elong is assistant teaching professor in the Pierre Laclede Honors College and a doctoral candidate in the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis\, where he earned an MFA in creative writing and studied cultural anthropology and African Diaspora studies. He is the author of Shrimp (2Leaf Press\, 2018)\, a collection of poetry that analyzes identity in a post-colonial context. His current research is centered on peacemaking\, with an additional focus on student learning environments. Recently\, Jason received the University of Missouri South African Education Program Fellowship and will continue his research\, as Dr. Elong\, this summer at the University of the Western Cape\, Cape Town\, South Africa. An avid reader and writer\, Jason has poetry and prose forthcoming in River Styx\, Uno\, and Callaloo. In 2022\, he served as poet-in-residence for Sapiens\, and will travel to Toronto for the American Anthropological Association annual meeting this year to read poetry as part of the Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA) Transforming Anthropology reception. A proud member of the ABA and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity\, Inc.\, Jason is currently curating an anthology of poetry with the Lights of Alpha mentoring program with his local chapter. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAsha Marie Larson-Baldwin (she/her) is a South Carolinian living in St. Louis while she works towards her PhD in Sociology. She writes at the intersections of poetry and prose\, experimenting with brevity and intimacy while exploring the contours and interiorities of her own fleeting girlhood. When she’s not at school or staring at a screen\, you can find her running around Forest Park or reading cheesy pop-lit on Art Hill. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-february-2024/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240123T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240123T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
CREATED:20240117T194730Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Kirby Ewald & Kristin Emanuel
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOften\, the most engaging art seems to capture some universal essence by being incredibly specific. It gets at the gigantic by getting tiny. The poetry of Kirby Ewald and Kristin Emanuel live in this world of detail because it is the world we live in\, too. This month’s reading will reckon with the heartbreak of climate angst by doing our house chores anyway\, will take the tiniest detail and turn it over every which way in the light\, will lean into dissonance as a way of generating a more honest poetics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKirby Ewald works in St. Louis as a communications specialist for museums and cultural institutions. She enjoys writing in a variety of forms (poems\, essays\, short stories\, and novels) and is drawn to messages that wrestle with nature\, culture\, and observation. Her work touches upon her experiences as a museum and zoo professional\, a wife and mother\, and someone passionate about moving to new places without vetting them first. She is an emerging writer and holds a BA in international relations with minors in creative writing and political science from George Washington University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristin Emanuel holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied ecofabulism and the comics poetry movement. She is now a PhD student researching Poetry & Poetics at Washington University. In 2022\, Donika Kelly selected her as a finalist in Boston Review’s Annual Poetry Contest. Her latest poems\, comics\, and reviews have appeared in journals such as Shenandoah\, The Indianapolis Review\, and Colorado Review\, with new poetry forthcoming in I-70 Review and RHINO 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-january-2024/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231128T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231128T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
CREATED:20231112T231513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T003915Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Mississippi Mud Daubers Haiku Group
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI MUD DAUBERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mississippi Mud Daubers haiku group was founded in 2006 by John Dunphy and named by the late Gretchen Batz. The group of 6-10 members meets once a quarter at 222 Artisan Bakery in Edwardsville\, Illinois. Meetings consist of critique of each others work\, a celebration of each of others successes\, and general fellowship among like minded poets.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Gaa is your Friendly Neighborhood Haiku Poet and host of Haiku Talk on YouTube. He’s the author of two full length collections of haiku and senryu\, One Breath (Spartan Press 2020)\, and the Touchstone Award winning Wishbones (Folded Word 2018)\, as well as four chapbooks\, the High/Coo award winner One Note Moon (Brooks Books 2023)\, Fiddle in the Floorboards (Yavanika Press 2018)\, Blowing on a Hot Soup Spoon (Poor Metaphor Design 2014) and the Pushcart nominated Wasp Shadows (Folded Word 2014). With over 1000 haiku and senryu published in journals and anthologies around the globe\, he enjoys both giving and attending poetry readings and workshops and being part of the literary conversation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllyson Whipple is the creator of the Culinary Saijiki blog and podcast and Haiku Girl Summer. She also serves as the newsletter editor and Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. Before moving to St. Louis\, Allyson was active in the Texas poetry community\, serving as board president of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review\, as well as co-editor for four editions of the Texas Poetry Calendar. She is now a proud resident of the Soulard neighborhood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Rickert is the current president of the Haiku Society of America and has been published in many fine journals. He is the co-editor of Failed Haiku Journal of Senryu and edits The Living Senryu Anthology. Bryan has two books: Fish Kite (Cyberwit Publishing) and Dust and Stone\, co-written with Peter Jastermsky (Velvet Dusk Publishing). His work was also selected for inclusion in A New Resonance\, Volume 12. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn J. Han is Professor of English & Creative Writing and Associate Dean of Humanities & Theology at Missouri Baptist University in Creve Coeur. He is the author\, translator\, editor\, or co-editor of 33 books\, including 11 poetry collections. He also has published more than 2\,300 poems in Modern Haiku\, Frogpond\, Wales Haiku Journal\, and other journals and anthologies. Han served as editor of Dawn Returns: The Haiku Society of America Member’s Anthology 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-november-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
CREATED:20231025T191221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T161348Z
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SUMMARY:Poemtober: Halloween Poetry Party
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to partner with Inktober this year to bring you Poemtober.  In conjunction with Poemtober\, Saint Louis Poetry Center invites you to a special Halloween poetry party! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm.Reading begins at 7:00pmCostumes encouraged \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PARTY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome share your Poemtober poems at our Halloween poetry party\, and bring your friends!  Featuring: \n\n\n\n\nPoemtober Open Mic\n\n\n\nMusic and Costumes\n\n\n\nRaffle Basket\n\n\n\nSnacks & Cash Bar\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is strongly encouraged.  You do not need to participate in the open mic to attend the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration & Open Mic Sign-Up Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT POEMTOBER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEach day throughout October\, we post a new word prompt to our social media channels. Use that word to inspire your writing\, and then come share your work at this community reading. We are here to support and encourage writers to practice their craft. We hope this project helps us all shift from that lovely summertime haze into a place of creative generation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poemtober-reading/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Sally Van Doren: A Reading & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\ndecember magazine\, University of Missouri–St. Louis MFA program\, LSU Press\, and Saint Louis Poetry Center present acclaimed poet Sally Van Doren\, author of Sibilance: Poems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm.Program begins at 7:00pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe word “sibilance” refers to pronunciations of the letter “s\,” including the emission of a hissing or whistling sound. As the title of Sally Van Doren’s fourth collection of poetry\, the word alerts readers to the sounds of language in the poems that follow in abecedarian order. Filled with wordplay\, Van Doren’s poems vacillate between the extremes of joy and despair\, by turns witty and chagrined\, punning and reflective. The poems gathered in Sibilance aim to clarify their author’s ambivalence concerning living life and writing about it. Her unique investigations teem with distilled images encased in the language of irreverence and awe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA St. Louis native\, SALLY VAN DOREN is a prize-winning poet and artist who has taught at the 92nd Street Y and other public and private institutions. She is the author of four collections of poetry\, including Sex at Noon Taxes\, which won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/december-presents-sally-van-doren/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Emerson Gray & Nita Penfold
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmerson Gray is a disabled genderqueer poet based in southern Illinois. He has been previously published in RFD Magazine as well as the Augment Review\, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his work on Crab Fat Magazine. He also served as a poetry editor for Chaotic Merge Magazine and Arrow Rock Journal. Emerson is currently an MFA Creative Writing candidate at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. You can find him on Twitter @Emerson_Gray_ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNita Penfold‘s poetry has been called luminous and soul-stirring and has been widely published in anthologies\, including recently in the Charters & Charters text book\, Literature & Its Writers (5th edition)\, the 2021 Women Artist’s Datebook from Syracuse Cultural Workers\, and Northeastern University’s journal\, Pensive. Her first book\, They Stand Up in Broken Shells\, won the 2006 Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Poetry Book Award. Her other books are Landing in Oz (2012)\, The Woman with the Wild-Grown Hair: Complete Poems (2017) and Loreen Says (2022) all available on Amazon. An editor emeritus for Earth’s Daughters magazine\, the oldest extant feminist magazine in the US\, over 600 of her poems and several short stories have been published in the past 40 years. Nita received her BA in Communication and the Arts from Empire State College and her Master of Arts in Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge MA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-october-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Tommy Archuleta & Ariana Benson
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Tommy Archuleta and Ariana Benson for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTOMMY ARCHULETA is a native northern New Mexican. He works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review\, Laurel Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Cortland Review\, Guesthouse\, and the Poem-a-Day series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Susto\, his full-length debut collection of poems\, published by the Center for Literary Publishing\, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook\, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books\, 2023). He lives and writes on the Cochiti Reservation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARIANA BENSON was born in Norfolk\, Virginia. Her debut collection\, Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press) won the 2022 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Benson has also received the Furious Flower Poetry Prize and the Porter House Review Poetry Prize\, and the 2021 Graybeal Gowen Prize for Virginia Poets. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in POETRY Magazine\, Ploughshares\, Poem-a-Day\, Copper Nickel\, the Kenyon Review\, and elsewhere. Through her writing\, she strives to fashion vignettes of Blackness that speak to its infinite depth and richness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-october-2023/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231022T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231022T133000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Tommy Archuleta
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: October 15\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTOMMY ARCHULETA is a native northern New Mexican. He works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review\, Laurel Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Cortland Review\, Guesthouse\, and the Poem-a-Day series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Susto\, his full-length debut collection of poems\, published by the Center for Literary Publishing\, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook\, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books\, 2023). He lives and writes on the Cochiti Reservation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-october-2023/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231015T235900
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Workshop with Tommy Archuleta will take place on October 22\, 2023.  Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTOMMY ARCHULETA is a native northern New Mexican. He works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review\, Laurel Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Cortland Review\, Guesthouse\, and the Poem-a-Day series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Susto\, his full-length debut collection of poems\, published by the Center for Literary Publishing\, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook\, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books\, 2023). He lives and writes on the Cochiti Reservation.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-october-2023/
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline
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SUMMARY:Poetry in the Woods: Naomi Shihab Nye & James Crews
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Ethical Society of St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with Poetry in the Woods\, acclaimed poets and St. Louis natives Naomi Shihab Nye and James Crews present a poetry reading and conversation on nature\, wildness\, and mindfulness through the lens of poetry—award-winning local poet Travis Mossotti will moderate the event. Presented in partnership with the Poetry in the Woods Workshop\, Saint Louis Poetry Center\, St. Louis County Library\, the Wildlife Rescue Center\, The Novel Neighbor and the Saint Louis Zoo. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00pm.Seating will be offered on a first come\, first served basis.Books available for purchase from The Novel Neighbor. \n\n\n\nRegistration through Poetry in the Woods events page is strongly encouraged: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVERYTHING COMES NEXTNaomi Shihab Nye \n\n\n\nEverything Comes Next is a treasure chest of Naomi Shihab Nye’s most beloved poems\, and features favorites such as “Famous” and “A Valentine for Ernest Mann\,” as well as widely shared pieces such as “Kindness” and “Gate A-4.” Featuring new\, never-before-published poems; an introduction by bestselling poet and author Edward Hirsch\, as well as a foreword and writing tips by the poet; and stunning artwork by bestselling artist Rafael López\, Everything Comes Next is essential for poetry readers\, classroom teachers\, and library collections. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WONDER OF SMALL THINGSJames Crews \n\n\n\nJames Crews\, editor of the bestselling poetry anthologies How to Love the World and The Path to Kindness\, presents a collection of highly accessible\, uplifting poetry celebrating the small wonders and peaceful moments of everyday life. The Wonder of Small Things features a foreword by Nikita Gill and a carefully curated selection of poems from a diverse range of authors\, including Native American poets Joy Harjo\, Linda Hogan\, Kimberly Blaeser\, and Joseph Bruchac\, and BIPOC writers Ross Gay\, Julia Alvarez\, and Toi Derricotte. Readers are guided in exploring the meaning and essence of the poems through a series of reflective pauses scattered through the pages and reading group questions in the back. This anthology offers the perfect intersection for the growing number of readers interested in mindful living and bringing poetry into their everyday lives.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNAOMI SHIHAB NYE is Chancellor Emeritus for the Academy of American Poets. She is the 2019 Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award Winner from the Texas Institute of Letters\, and she has received a Lannan Fellowship\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress\, and four Pushcart Prizes.  She is the 2019 – 2021 Young People’s Poet Laureate. Her collection 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award\, and her collection Honeybee was awarded the Arab-American Book Award.  Naomi Shihab Nye has edited eight honored and popular poetry anthologies\, including Time You Let Me In\, What Have You Lost?\, Salting the Ocean\, and This Same Sky\, and she is the author of the novels Habibi and Going\, Going\, and The Turtle of Oman.  She lives with her family in San Antonio\, Texas and is on faculty at Texas State University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJAMES CREWS is the author of the essay collection\, Kindness Will Save the World\, and editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies: Healing the Divide\, The Path to Kindness\, and How to Love the World. He has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition\, and in People Magazine\, The Boston Globe\, and The Washington Post. He is also the author of four prize-winning books of poetry\, and his poems have appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, The New Republic\, and other journals. James lives with his husband on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-in-the-woods-nye-crews/
LOCATION:Ethical Society of St. Louis\, 9001 Clayton Rd\, St Louis\, Missouri\, 63117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Dannie Boyd & Richard Fischer
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSt. Louis-born poet\, songwriter\, and musician Dannie Boyd (Dannie B) enjoys writing about romance\, self-discovery\, and social justice. Dannie’s interest in poetry began in 2008 while studying creative writing and journalism at St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley. He learned to play the guitar\, bass\, and piano shortly after. The Florissant Valley Poetry Club voted him the most prolific poet of 2009. St. Louis Public Radio also featured his dramatic story of photographing the 2014 Ferguson demonstrations in their “Living Ferguson” event\, a nationally broadcast program on NPR. Dannie is continuing to work on the fusion of poetry and music. Dannie also continues to develop his work related to the Ferguson demonstrations\, expanding on the existing photography\, performative work\, and presentations. More information is available on his website\, DannieB.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Fischer grew up in the wild lands in the center of America near the big mounds and down river from the land of the mythic Huck where he was taught abstraction skills in the educational institutions of the later 20th century. He was adopted by the Muse at an early age and has enjoyed the works of his Muse siblings in this and other ages. He enjoys the connection he feels when he becomes one with the flow of word music. His Zen fellows assure him that it is akin to Buddha talk. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-september-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Matt Donovan & Elizabeth Hoover
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Matt Donovan and Elizabeth Hoover for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATT DONOVAN is the author\, most recently\, of The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop\, Fall 2023)\, a collection of art and poetry made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Rome Prize in Literature\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Levis Reading Prize\, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nELIZABETH HOOVER is the author of the archive is all in present tense\, winner of the 2021 Barrow Street Book Prize. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in the North American Review\, Kenyon Review\, and StoryQuarterly. She teaches in the English Department at Webster University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by:
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-september-2023/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230917T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230917T133000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Matt Donovan
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due September 13\, 2023\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: September 13\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATT DONOVAN is the author\, most recently\, of The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop\, Fall 2023)\, a collection of art and poetry made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Rome Prize in Literature\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Levis Reading Prize\, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-september-2023/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due
DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Workshop with Matt Donovan will take place on September 17\, 2023.  Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due September 13\, 2023\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document.  We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATT DONOVAN is the author\, most recently\, of The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop\, Fall 2023)\, a collection of art and poetry made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Rome Prize in Literature\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Levis Reading Prize\, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-september-2023/
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260414T195408
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SUMMARY:Brian Teare & Dana Levin - Night of Poetry & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeft Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center present critically acclaimed poets Brian Teare & Dana Levin\, who will discuss themes from their newest books\, focusing on transforming oppressions of body and family—chronic illness and abusive family environments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn-person and virtual event.RSVP encouraged here.Books available from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOEM BITTEN BY A MANBrian Teare \n\n\n\nA medical emergency\, a road trip\, a breakup\, and a paean to the power of creative process– Poem Bitten by a Man is for everyone who has tried against the odds to make a life in art\, whether they succeeded or not. Using somatic language captured through a notebook practice\, Teare recontextualizes the work of Agnes Martin\, Jasper Johns\, and others via art criticism\, psychoanalysis\, biography\, queer theory\, and historical document to honor writers\, artists\, and thinkers who sustain us when nothing else does. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU AREDana Levin \n\n\n\nWritten between 2016 and 2020\, Now Do You Know Where You Are investigates how great change calls the soul out “to be a messenger—to record whatever wanted to stream through.” Levin works in a variety of forms\, calling on beloveds and ancestors\, great thinkers and religions—convened by her own spun-of-light wisdom and intellectual hospitality. Balancing clear-eyed forensics of the past with vatic knowledge of the future\, Levin writes: “So many bodies a soul has to press through: personal\, familial\, regional\, national\, global\, planetary\, cosmic— // ‘Now do you know where you are?’”  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow\, BRIAN TEARE is the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, including Doomstead Days\, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction\, chronic illness\, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia\, Brian lives in Charlottesville\, where he makes books by hand for his micropress\, Albion Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDANA LEVIN is the author of five books poetry. Her latest is Now Do You Know Where You Are (Copper Canyon Press)\, a 2022 New York Times Notable Book and NPR “Book We Love.” Other books include Banana Palace (2016) and Sky Burial (2011)\, which The New Yorker called “utterly her own and utterly riveting.” Recent poems and essays have appeared in Poem-a-day\, Best American Poetry\, The American Poetry Review\, and Poetry\, among other publications. She is a grateful recipient of many honors\, including those from the National Endowment for the Arts\, PEN\, and the Library of Congress\, as well as from the Rona Jaffe\, Whiting\, and Guggenheim Foundations. With Adele Elise Williams\, she co-edited Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master (2023) for the Unsung Masters Series. Levin serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/teare-levin/
LOCATION:Left Bank Books\, 399 N Euclid Ave\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230910T133000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop Special Event: Brian Teare
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at Central Library – St. Louis Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with Brian Teare & Dana Levin – Night of Poetry & Discussion\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome Brian Teare for a Sunday Workshop Special Event! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis special two-hour workshop will be a generative workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at Central Library – St. Louis Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: these workshops are limited to 10 participants each.  Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by Friday\, September 8\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this special event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 8\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIAN TEARE Ekphrasis Workshop \n\n\n\nThis ekphrasis-based generative workshop will focus on producing new poetic language and forms through conversation with another art. It will begin with a brief introduction to ekphrastic poetry\, after which participants will work from a self-chosen inspiring image\, song or piece of music\, film\, or other art form. Together participants will explore the ways that language expands upon what’s possible in the visual or aural field. At the end of the workshop\, Teare will offer some techniques from visual art to open up drafts-in-progress and re-energize poets’ relationship to revision by re-seeing it as an active\, liberating process with many possibilities.  \n\n\n\nNote: aside from a writing implement and notebook\, participants should bring a visual image\, video\, piece of music (or other art form) to which you feel especially connected. Please bring a phone or laptop and earphones if you need to watch or listen to something while you write. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow\, BRIAN TEARE is the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, including Doomstead Days\, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction\, chronic illness\, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia\, Brian lives in Charlottesville\, where he makes books by hand for his micropress\, Albion Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/special-sunday-workshop-september-2023/
LOCATION:Central Library – St. Louis Public Library\, 1301 Olive St\, St. Louis\, Missouri\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop
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SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Registration Due
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Brian Teare & Dana Levin – Night of Poetry & Discussion\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome Brian Teare for a Sunday Workshop Special Event! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis special two-hour workshop will be a generative workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: these workshops are limited to 10 participants each.  Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by Friday\, September 8\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this special event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 8\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIAN TEARE Ekphrasis Workshop \n\n\n\nThis ekphrasis-based generative workshop will focus on producing new poetic language and forms through conversation with another art. It will begin with a brief introduction to ekphrastic poetry\, after which participants will work from a self-chosen inspiring image\, song or piece of music\, film\, or other art form. Together participants will explore the ways that language expands upon what’s possible in the visual or aural field. At the end of the workshop\, Teare will offer some techniques from visual art to open up drafts-in-progress and re-energize poets’ relationship to revision by re-seeing it as an active\, liberating process with many possibilities.  \n\n\n\nNote: aside from a writing implement and notebook\, participants should bring a visual image\, video\, piece of music (or other art form) to which you feel especially connected. Please bring a phone or laptop and earphones if you need to watch or listen to something while you write. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow\, BRIAN TEARE is the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, including Doomstead Days\, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction\, chronic illness\, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia\, Brian lives in Charlottesville\, where he makes books by hand for his micropress\, Albion Books.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-registration-due-september-2023/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline
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