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Colin Dekeersgieter Wins 2023 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Aug. 7, 2023
We are so excited to announce that has selected OPIUM AND AMBERGRIS by Colin Dekeersgieter as the winner of the 2023 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Colin will receive $2500 and a one-week fellowship to lead a creative鈥
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Stan and Tom Wick Prize Winner: Farnaz Fatemi's Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship
July 25, 2023
The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States The Academy of American Poets today that it is awarding $50,000 each to its鈥
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Poetry and Science Meet at Creative Intersection
June 9, 2023
"Poetry and science are not opposites, they鈥檙e actually allies," said David Hassler, director of Kent State University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center. Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which鈥
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Kent State English and Dance Double Major Graduates Today; Shares Her Incredible Experience with Dancing Wheels
May 12, 2023
Angelina DiFranco started dancing when she was just three years old and wearing a diaper under her leotard. 鈥淚 was terrified of my dance teacher,鈥 DiFranco joked. "No, she's great." She got her start at Starship Dance Studio in Guilford, Connecticut, about 90 miles from鈥
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Dear Ukraine Exhibit in the Washington National Cathedral
Feb. 24, 2023
In recognition of the one-year anniversary of Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, the Wick Poetry Center is pleased to announce the installation of the Dear Ukraine global community poem exhibit in the鈥
Read More »WINNER OF THE 2022 STAN AND TOM WICK POETRY PRIZE
Jan. 20, 2023
The Wick Poetry Center is utterly delighted to announce that Cornelius Eady has selected Arlene Keizer鈥檚 manuscript, 鈥淔raternal Light: On Painting While Black鈥 as the winner of the 2022 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Dr. Keizer will read together on the Kent State鈥
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University Libraries Receives Donation of Only Known Portrait of Ohio-Born Poet
Oct. 17, 2022
Kent State University Libraries on Monday accepted a donation of a portrait of Hart Crane, the only painting believed to exist of the 20th century American poet.
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Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 鈥楧ear Vaccine鈥 to Debut in October as Staged Theatrical Production
Sept. 21, 2022
The performance, titled
Mapping Akron: Wick Poetry Center Begins New Effort to Highlight Akron Neighborhoods Through Poetry
Sept. 20, 2022
Using poetry to explore Akron, Ohio residents鈥 sense of belonging to their neighborhoods is the goal of a new project by Kent State University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center.
Read More »WICK WEEKLY POETRY WORKSHOPS CREATE A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES
Sept. 16, 2022
Every Friday, the Kent State community can come together to create poetry and share a more vulnerable side of themselves at the Wick Poetry Center. The Wick Weekly poetry writing workshop brings the campus members together to help them develop as poets and create a community of鈥
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