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Poetry Month 2015: Voices at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress’s Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature What a trove of literary pleasures! And these selections are just the beginning…. “[These] selections from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress became available to stream online for the first time [on April 15, 2015] — the launch of a project digitizing some of their 2,000 recordings from the past 75 years of literature.Read More
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Poetry Month 2015: “A Marked Man” On Stage
Last night I attended a rehearsal for this Thursday’s performance of my historical narrative poem “A Marked Man,” mounted by Director Ed Osborn and nine actors of his Living Room Theatre. I have to say, it’s strange and wonderful to hear words I’ve heard only in my own head (and voice, when I’ve read pieces from this lengthy poem) voiced by professional actors. It was both a pleasure and an illumination.Read More
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Poetry Month 2015: History in Poetry
There is still plenty of room in this course, which launches on April 9th. Click here to register.Read More
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A Memorial Performance for Silas Soule
Silas Soule, ordered by Col. John Chivington to attack peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped at Sand Creek, heroically refused that order and kept the men under his command from participating in the ensuing massacre. A few months later supporters of Chivington took revenge by assassinating Soule on the streets of Denver.Read More