Mac's Backs is hosting a reading with poet David Adams and poet & publisher Larry Smith from Bottom Dog Press on Wednesday, September 13th at 7 pm. The evening will also be a tribute to the late poet Timothy Russell. Join us for this memorial and celebration of our country's best working-class poets...
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Maj Ragain Poetry Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
When we make the poem, wood pulp paper, black spittle ink,we build a refuge for ourselves and others…It is respite, a temporary shelterwhere we may learn and listen to one another’s hearts.-Maj Ragain ’90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We hope you will join us to honor one of Kent State’s most beloved teachers and to celebrate his role as a cherished poet, a mentor and a distinguished alumnus and professor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday, September 14 | 5 p.m.Wick Poetry Center126 S. Lincoln St., Kent, OH 44242 Free and open to all. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As we continue to honor the gift of Maj's life, we invite you to an open poetry reading on the following day. We will gather at Last Exit Books and Coffeehouse to share a favorite poem by or about Maj. Friday, September 15 | 7 p.m.Last Exit Books and Coffeehouse124 E. Main St., Kent, OH 44242 No registration required. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thoreau on being a poet
July 1, 1840 in Thoreau’s Journal:
A careful study on estrangement and loss, The Price of a Small Hot Fire excavates the archetypal horrors of monstrous motherhood, from abandonment and unsteady reconciliation to the grave. Experimental and intimate, E.F. Schraeder’s collection gives voice to a semi-autobiographical examination of a griefscape from a queer lens.
Pre-order a signed copy at https://rawdogscreaming.com/books/the-price-of-a-small-hot-fire/.
Advance praise:
“E.F. Schraeder’s wonderful collection The Price of a Small Hot Fire is a gleaming poetic knife: strong, sharp, and heart-carving.” – Lucy A. Snyder, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Exposed Nerves
“Schraeder writes with teeth sharpened by decades of grit and despair; vicious and morose in equal measure.”
– Anton Cancre, author of This Story Doesn’t End the Way We Want All the Time
From our friends at Lake Erie Ink:
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Looking forward to Columbus poet Rikki Santer's book launch this Thursday, 5/11, at the Kaiser Gallery in Tremont.
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May 27th, Ohio Beat Poet Laureate Sandra Feen and U.S. Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs will present "You've Got the Beat," a unique Beat poetry workshop sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association. Attend either online or in person at the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center in Columbus, Ohio. Please register at https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/events.
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From our friends at Literary Cleveland:
Draft new poems, advance your craft, meet publishers, and celebrate poetry with the best poets and editors in the city.
Join
Literary Cleveland, CWRU English Department, CSU Poetry Center,
Grieveland, and Mac's Backs Books for the Cleveland Poetry Festival
April 21-22.
Spots are limited. Register here.
From our friends at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center:
The
CSU Poetry Center is celebrating 60 years this Friday--join us in
celebrating over half a century of publishing, programming, &
pedagogy!!!
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