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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 10:47pm
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 9:28pm
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 8:40pm
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national...
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 2:08pm
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives...
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 3:44pm
The Wick Poetry Center, in collaboration with the City of Kent and the university, have begun two new projects to place poetry into the heart of Kent. Each project will provide more opportunities for students and the people of Kent to be exposed to poetry in their daily lives thr...
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 3:06pm
The Future Absence Tour kicked off at Scribbles Coffee Co. in Kent, Ohio on October 7. The Future Absence Tour was created by Monster House Press and features poet Richard Wehrenberg Jr. and short fiction writer Bella Bravo. The October 7 reading also featured Mallory Whitten, an...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 7:32pm
If you’re interested in sharing your writing or artwork with the Kent State Community, consider getting involved with Luna Negra, Kent’s own student-run literary journal. Submissions are now open for both visual arts and writing.
Luna Negra has been a staple in the Kent State Co...
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 2:59pm
The Wick Weekly workshops are in full swing on the Kent State University Campus. Led by Wick Poetry Center Student Ambassadors Regis Coustillac and Daisha Overstreet, the informal workshops for poetry discussion and craft talk every Monday and Tuesday afternoon from 3-4 pm.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 3:37pm
This academic year, Kent State Student and slam poet Damien McClendon has been leading performance poetry workshops at the Wick Poetry Center. Participants write, read, watch slam videos, and discuss the craft of performance poetry.
These workshops are free and open to the publ...
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 7:09pm
The Kent State University Women’s Center presented 12 female students with its Sage Project Award for overcoming barriers and finding balance in following their path and making their mark at Kent State. The Sage Project Award reception took place on March 11 in the Moulton Hall B...