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Recent books published by College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
Dec. 17, 2021
Have you ever wondered how Asian Americans helped win the Allied victory? What inspired Hemingway鈥檚 writings while in Paris? How has Wonder Woman impacted comics, feminism, and pop culture over the past 80 years? The diverse faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have you鈥
Read More »Traveling Stanzas Makerspace
Dec. 9, 2021
The Traveling Stanzas Poetry Makerspace is a completely refurbished, recreational vehicle donated to the Wick Poetry Center by WKSU. The Traveling Stanzas Poetry Makerspace is the first of its kind in the country and serve as a mobile, interactive鈥
Read More »2021 Knight Arts Challenge Winner
Dec. 9, 2021
Wick Poetry Center Named as the 2021 Knight Arts Challenge Winner Poets are the means by which a place comes to know itself We are thrilled to announce that the Wick Poetry Center is one of six winners for the 鈥
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Art and Hope Intersect: Kent State and University of Arizona Launch Global Vaccine Poem Project
June 23, 2021
Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
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Hope Springs Through Verse: Global Vaccine Poem Has Grown to More Than 1,700 Stanzas Worldwide, Gains Attention of Ohio Governor
May 17, 2021
The Global Vaccine Poem, launched in early April by Kent State University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona鈥檚 Poetry Center, has grown to more than 1,700 stanzas submitted by people in all 50 states and 89 countries. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, at his May鈥
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New Project Reimagines Vaccination As a Poetic Gesture
March 19, 2021
A new project combines public health, the written word and sociology. It was a collaborative idea created in two separate universities, both inspired by San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye. 鈥淭he poem project has been started by two masterminds at the 鈥
Read More »Wick Poetry Center Announces Collaboration with the Poetry Coalition to Address Environmental Justice in a Series of Programs
March 1, 2021
KENT, OH- 鈥婽he Wick Poetry Center is proud to announce its collaboration with the , in the month of March 2021, to promote the theme of environmental justice in poetry. The Poetry Coalition鈥檚鈥
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Ellene Glenn Moore Wins 2020 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Oct. 19, 2020
We are thrilled to announce that Ellene Glenn Moore is the winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, judged by Richard Blanco, for her book HOW BLOOD WORKS. Ellene will receive $2500 and a one-week fellowship to lead a creative writing workshop at Kent State University in鈥
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Flashes of Inspiration: During a Pandemic We Can Celebrate Nature
May 26, 2020
Today鈥檚 Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of Kent State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, 鈥淭hank You, Tree.鈥
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