Poetry
Poetry by Carmen Gimenez Smith
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Carmen Gimenez SmithCarmen Gimenez Smith teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University and is publisher of Noemi Press. Her work is forthcoming in Ocho and Mandorla.
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“POETRY AS FORCES” AFTER Cecilia Vicuña
By Andrea Abi-KaramAPR 2019 | Critics Page
The "about to happen" / "poetry as forces" when Cecilia Vicuña says that the lies (the words, the language) of the Chilean dictatorship murdered & tortured thousands of people I remember the power of the word & i remember the power of poetry—"made of forces"—that holds something in the action of language
Peter Markus’s Inside My Pencil: Teaching Poetry in Detroit Public Schools
By Joseph ScapellatoNOV 2017 | Books
Inside My Pencil: Teaching Poetry in Detroit Public Schools, Peter Markus’s teaching memoir, is warm, patient, and wise—an enchanting “how-to” sparkling with pedagogical gems. The book follows Markus as he teaches poetry for InsideOut Literary Arts Project, a nonprofit program that brings arts education to inner city Detroit elementary school students.
Why Poetry Now
By Ann LauterbachAPR 2018 | Editor's Message
A friend recently handed me a bumper sticker that reads WHO NEEDS POETRY. A question in the form of a statement.
VIII. GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS
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Founded by the poet and artist John Giorno in the late 1960s, in the context of the civil rights movement and an increasingly divisive Vietnam War, Giorno Poetry Systems sought to create both new audiences and a new relevance for poetry.
