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SUMMARY:Poetry in the Woods: Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Applications for the October 2024 Poetry in the Woods Workshop are open through September 15.  Work on your poetry with award-winning faculty in inspiring outdoor locations around St. Louis! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry in the Woods takes place on October 4\, 5 & 6 at Castlewood State Park\, Forest Park\, Endangered Wolf Center\, & Wildlife Rescue Center.  2024 faculty includes James Kimbrell\, Jason Vasser-Elong\, Elizabeth Hoover\, Kerry James Evans\, Andrea Scarpino and Shane Seely. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPPLICATION INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApplication takes only a minute or two and is free!Financial aid and scholarships available.Only 20 seats available. \n\n\n\nEarly submission is recommended. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNEW IN 2024 \n\n\n\n\nWorking on a Chapbook or a section of a larger book? PITW participants in 2024 have the option to get focused feedback from faculty on up to 10 pages of poetry.\n\n\n\nA mix of new and returning faculty members.\n\n\n\nSmall group workshop sessions with at least two faculty members per six participants.\n\n\n\nNew locations including: Forest Park\, Castlewood State Park\, and Wildlife Rescue Center.\n\n\n\nMore opportunities for organic interaction for faculty and participants.\n\n\n\nNew hiking locations! Enhanced rideshare options! And a campfire poetry reading/wolf howl!​\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FACULTY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJAMES KIMBRELL directs the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University. His poems have appeared in anthologies including the Best American Poetry and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. The recipient of a Ruth Lilly Fellowship\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, His most recent collection is Smote (2015\, Sarabande Books) and his forthcoming collection The Law of Truly Large Numbers is due out with the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJASON VASSER-ELONG is a professor of English and African American Studies in the Pierre Laclede Honors College at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL)\, where he recently earned a Doctorate of Education with a focus in Educational Practice. He is an applied – anthropologist with a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology with a concentration in African Diaspora studies. He is the author of Shrimp (2Leaf Press\, 2018)\, a collection of poetry that analyzes identity in a post-colonial context. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nELIZABETH HOOVER is an Assistant Professor at Webster University in Saint Louis where she teaches classes like Archival Poetics\, Genderqueer Frankenstein\, and LGBTQ+ Literature. She is a poet\, essayist\, and critic. Her first collection of poetry\, the archive is all in present tense\, received the 2021 Barrow Street Book Prize and her creative nonfiction has appeared in Southeast Review\, North American Review\, and StoryQuarterly. The recipient of the 2024 Pat Holt Prize for Critical Art Writing from Lambda Literary\, Elizabeth has writing about art\, film\, and books for such publications as Paper\, The Art Newspaper\, and the Washington Post. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKERRY JAMES EVANS is a professor in the MFA program at Georgia College & State University and serves as the poetry editor for Arts & Letters. He is the author of Bangalore (Copper Canyon)\, a Lannan Literary Selection. He earned a PhD in English from Florida State University\, an MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale\, and a BA in English from Missouri State University. His forthcoming collection\, Nine Persimmons\, is due out in 2026 with University of Nebraska Press under its imprint\, The Backwaters Press. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANDREA SCARPINO has published the poetry collections Once Upon Wing Lake\, What the Willow Said as it Fell\, and Once\, Then\, and the co-edited anthology Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. She received a PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University\, and an MFA from The Ohio State University. She is also co-editor of Nine Mile Magazine and served as Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 2015-2017. She teaches at St. Louis University High School.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHANE SEELY directs the MFA program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. His poems have appeared in journals nationwide\, including The Southern Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Notre Dame Review\, and Antioch Review\, and have been featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. He is the author of three previous books of poetry\, The First Echo (LSU Press\, 2019)\, The Surface of the Lit World (Ohio University Press\, 2015 – Winner of the Hollis Summer Poetry Prize) and The Snowbound House (Anhinga Press\, 2008 – Winner of the Philip Levine Prize in Poetry). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-in-the-woods-2024-application-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Application Deadline,Poetry Workshop
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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
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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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