Wick Poetry Center
Naomi Shihab Nye will speak two nights at 5XÉçÇø as part of the Guest of Honor Artist/Lecture Series and the Wick Poetry Center Reading Series
Nye will deliver a guest lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 and give a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 co-sponsored by the Honors College and May 4 Visitors Center. Both events will be held in the Kent Student Center Kiva, and are free and open to the public. The two evening events will celeb…
Wick Poetry Center
Kent State to Host Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove
5XÉçÇø’s Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. The event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the pub…
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Two Kent State Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970, created by two 5XÉçÇø collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association’s Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested…
Kent Campus
National Poetry Day!
October 15 is National Poetry Day! Please join us at the May Prentice House to celebrate. "Celebrating Our Own" is an annual poetry reading hosted by the Wick Poetry Center featuring our high school and undergraduate scholarship winners. May Prentice House Tuesday, October 15, 20…
College of Arts & Sciences
New Home and Public Park for Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center
On Sept. 25-27, 5XÉçÇø’s Wick Poetry Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the dedication of a new home and poetry park on the Lefton Esplanade. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/wick.
College of Arts & Sciences
A Poetic Celebration
For 30 years, 5XÉçÇø’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…
College of Arts & Sciences
Kent State Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 5XÉçÇø’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…
Kent Campus
Kent State Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 5XÉçÇø’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…
Kent Campus
Scholarship Winners Announced
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2014 Undergraduate and High School Poetry Scholarships! Michael Mlekoday, winner of the 2012 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, selected the undergraduate winners from a pool of truly remarkable finalists. Undergraduate Winners 1st Place: R…
College of Arts & Sciences
Wick Poetry Center to Host 13th Annual Performance of Giving Voice
5XÉçÇø’s Wick Poetry Center presents the 13th annual Giving Voice performance on Thursday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. The performance features local students (grades 3-12), senior citizens, veterans, medic…
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