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11/17/16 Traveling Stanzas

Traveling Stanzas poetry reading unites cultures

Emma Keating November 16, 2016

Cultures united at the third annual World Poetry Reading Tuesday night in the wake of a divisive election season.Kent community members from all over the world participated in the reading, an event seeking...

Senior music major Jason Howie sings in the Center for Performing Arts on April 24, 2016.

Singing Verse showcased collaborated talent

Jillian Holness April 24, 2016

The College of the Arts, The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, The Wick Poetry Center and the Fashion school collaborated to present Singing Verse, a recital of new songs by student composers and poets...

Wick Poetry Center receives grant to grow Traveling Stanzas project

Jillian Holness April 2, 2016

The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University received a $125,000 grant from the John. S and James L. Knight Foundation in March during a ceremony at the Akron Civic Theatre as part of the Knight Arts...

German international student Yannik Cartsensen recites his poetry at the Celebrating Our Own Scholarship Reading in the Rockwell Hall auditorium. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016.

Annual scholarship poetry readings showcased students’ talent

Jillian Holness February 10, 2016

The Wick Poetry Center hosted its annual Stan and Tom Wick poetry scholarship reading on Thursday evening at Rockwell Auditorium.The reading showcases poetry from undergraduate and high school scholarship...

The Wick Poetry Center on the night of Dec. 1, 2015.

Wick Poetry Center to hold annual scholarship readings

Jillilan Holness February 2, 2016

The Wick Poetry Center will host their annual undergraduate scholarship poetry reading, “Celebrating Our Own” on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rockwell Auditorium.The reading will feature the winners...

Dylan Webb recites a poem at a Poetry Slam event in the Kiva on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

Poetry Slam sheds light on social issues

Weslee Clyde October 21, 2015

Kent Student Center Programming (KSCP) held its first Poetry Slam Wednesday night in the Kiva, entitled “Confessions.”The Poetry Slam featured seven poets who competed for a trophy, a Wick Poetry Center...

Wick Poetry Center looks forward to spring semester

Aaron Corpora February 4, 2015

The little house on the Kent State University Esplanade is planning for an eventful spring.The Wick Poetry Center, which opened its doors this past fall, will host the first of many series of poetry readings...

Illustration by LaQuann Dawson.

Relaxed Reads: Ghost in My Closet

Shelby Driver December 2, 2014

Visit Luna Negra for more!There is a ghost in my closet. It eats at me like moths consuming cotton, savoring every mouthful like sugar-coated candy, until I am a skeleton made of wirey coat hangers, bent...

Relaxed Reads: Grandfather

Shelby Driver November 24, 2014

Visit Luna Negra for more! He was a history bookwith the pages all torn out,buried with my grandmothera pulse, taken, ripped and recycledyesterday’s headlines weren’t worthremembering anyway.  Grandfather Give...

Wick Poetry Center poetry reading by Maj Ragain

Alyssa Schmitt November 11, 2014

Maj Ragain will be reading in the Wick Poetry Center’s poetry reading series Nov. 12 in Room 306 of the student center at 7:30 p.m.“Maj Ragain has taught at Kent State for over forty years,” said...

Fractured Breath

Relaxed Reads: Fractured Breath

Shelby Driver October 28, 2014

Visit Luna Negra for more!I was at the library when your mother sent me the text, as if to lessen the blow that you were in the ER, cut open like a half-ripe pomegranate. I couldn’t hold your hand until...

Crop Circles

Relaxed Reads: Blue Harvest

Cody Moss October 21, 2014

Part OneSaturday had arrived. Ryan couldn’t have been more excited, but Melissa was aloof. They were just finishing cleaning up at Burger King. Ryan danced as he swept the floor; Melissa filtered the...