Wick Poetry Center
New Home and Public Park for 91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center
On Sept. 25-27, 91²Ö¿â’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.
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A Poetic Celebration
For 30 years, 91²Ö¿â’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…
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91²Ö¿â Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 91²Ö¿â’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
91²Ö¿â Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 91²Ö¿â’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…
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Wick Poetry Center to Host 13th Annual Performance of Giving Voice
91²Ö¿â’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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91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center Presents the 2014 Symposium on Democracy
91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center will present the 2014 Symposium on Democracy from April 22-24. The symposium is a three-day event featuring multiple speakers and events. “This year’s Symposium on Democracy, ‘Voices of the American Experience,’ will bring together three key national…
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Wick Poetry Center to Host Poet MartÃn Espada
91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center will host poet MartÃn Espada as part of the Symposium on Democracy on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the public. “The audience will be treated to a sampling of Mr. Espada’s beautiful poems, wh…
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Wick Poetry Center Welcomes Two-time U.S. Poet Laureate
Celebrate National Poetry Month at 91²Ö¿â with the third annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading featuring two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser on April 10. Kooser will lead a discussion and Q&A in the University Library's Quiet Study Area at 2:15 p.m. Later that evening, Kooser…
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91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center Celebrates World Poetry Reading
91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center presents the World Poetry Reading, a celebration of poetry from around the globe, on Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 317 at the Kent Student Center. The event is free and open to public. The event, co-sponsored by 91²Ö¿â’s Office of Global Education, wi…
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