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Relaxed Reads: I Begin/We End

Shelby Driver October 7, 2014

Cold and formless I feltthe darkness hovering over the waterMy new body made of sparrows,Their feathers rejected, their song resonates,greasy fingers finding lips,I laugh with my mouth openbeating fists...

Beast

Relaxed Reads: Beast

Maria Cherwien September 23, 2014

He saw the creature in me;The bestiality of my brow,and he heard a growl betweenthe syllables ofmy name. You, the carnivore,I, the nomad;though green rootsunder the skin on my feetsay otherwise:stay. Stay,...

Executive Director of Standing Rock Cultural Arts, Jeff Ingram, stands in the doorway with a coffee mug at the North Water Street Gallery located on 257 N. Water St. on August 29, 2014.

Calling all poets for chapbook competition

Erin Zaranec September 2, 2014

The Standing Rock Cultural Arts Center 5th annual Chapbook Poetry Competition can turn one poet’s dream of being published into a reality. Part of the Rock in the River Literary Series, the Chapbook...

Poetry readings share a voice

Endya Watson January 25, 2014

A diverse group of students and local residents gathered at Last Exit Books in downtown Kent for an open poetry reading Friday night.The event was one of the monthly poetry readings that Major Ragain,...

Open-house poetry reading Friday evening

Endya Watson January 23, 2014

Last Exit Books will host an open poetry reading this Friday night with Kent State poetry professor Maj Ragain.This poetry reading is part of a monthly series of readings open to the public. The event...