East of the River Book Festival Saturday, October 22, 2016
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, writers and readers of all ages will flock to Ward 8 to participate in the annual East of the River Book Festival at Rocketship Rise Academy,
The Writing Life, hosted by E.Ethelbert Miller featuring Joseph Ross
In this edition of HoCoPoLitSo
GalleryPicturing and Poeting
Some of you will recognize the subject of this blog as the title of renowned designer Alan Flecther’s book of the same title. Phaidon describes his book as “a playful graphics and creative wordplay”; I like to use the term to talk ekphrastic poetry.
The New York Times has a series they call “A Picture and a Poem” which features “a never-before-published poem, paired with a newly commissioned work of contemporary art.”
I think this is quite an interesting twist on the usual manner in which we hear about poetry and art interacting. As a poet it is quite inspiring to see the written word treated as a serious piece of art that can also be interpreted visually (not only in the concrete manner), not just the other way around.
There really are some really interesting pairings, check out the full listing of them here
Here is a link to Alan Fletcher’s book Picturing and Poeting by Phaidon
Furious Flower’s online journal, The Fight & The Fiddle
If you are interesting in what is going on in the broad world of Black/African American Poetry, I think it is important not only to stay in touch with what is going on with The Furious Flower Poetry Center @ James Madison University.
Speaking of
GalleryThe BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop
I know that I am quite late in posting this, but I have been enjoying this important anthology and the special audio, video, and PDF issue of POETRY Magazine.
I am not going to say too much about them because I really think the work speaks for itself, so this mere a late pass invitation to check out the work. Big props to Haymarket Press and Don Share and POETRY Magazine to bring this work the world.
POSTPONED—DC: Poetry: An evening with A. Van Jordan 8-27-2015
Dolores Kendrick, Poet Laureate of District of Columbia presents An Evening with Award Winning Author A. Van Jordan hosted by Ebenezers Coffeehouse and DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Ebenezers Coffeehouse
201 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
A. Van Jordan is the author of four collections: Rise, M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A, (2005), which was listed as one the Best Books of 2005 by The London Times; Quantum Lyrics, (2007); and The Cineaste, (2013). Jordan has been awarded a Whiting Writers Award, an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He is the Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor at Rutgers University-Newark.
Complimentary with RSVP @ www.avanjordan.eventbrite.com.
LIMITED SEATING. A reception will follow the reading.
Commissioners:
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GalleryBook Release for Lisa Pegram 7/3/2015 @ 6-9pm
The Center for Poetic Thought is proud to host the official release of Cracked Calabash by Lisa Pegram. You will not want to miss this. Please join us July 3rd 2015 at The Center for Poetic Thought located at 716 Monroe St NE Studio #25 Washington, DC 20017.
The price of admission includes a copy of book.
We look forward to seeing you and celebrating with our sister.
Congratulations to Juan Felipe Herrera, the new US Poet Laureate
The American Poetry Museum and The Center for Poetic Thought would like to congratulate
