Articles tagged: poetry
Entertainment Weekly: U-M English prof's poetry collection 'The Cineaste' earns high mark
Posted: Apr 18, 2013The tables have been turned, and the grader has been graded - which is to say, U-M English professor A. Van Jordan recently had his new collection of poetry, "The Cineaste," reviewed by Entertainment Weekly. Read more »
Ann Arbor native Marcus Wicker receives accolades for debut poetry collection
Posted: Jan 08, 2013Where do we draw a line between writer-as-truthteller and writer-as-vulture? Ann Arbor native Marcus Wicker explores this question and others in his debut poetry collection, “Maybe the Saddest Thing,” which was one of five manuscripts ... Read more »
column: Ticket scalping detail: Buyer beware when the peddling is illegal
Posted: Sep 06, 2012My really obnoxious undercover Wolverine Hawaiian shirt still hangs in a closet at the new police station. When I was on the job — while sporting this rather loud shirt and carrying a red Solo ... Read more »
Ypsilanti DDA awards nine businesses, building owners $51k in grants
Posted: Sep 03, 2012Sidetrack Bar & Grill, located at 56 E. Cross St., is one of nine businesses to receive a grant from the DDA. The Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority has awarded $51,002 in grants to nine businesses ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: A list of lists; online exhibitions; vacation rooms of one's own; advancing the avant-garde
Posted: Jun 23, 2012Listverse What are the top 10 reasons we should revive the Dark Ages? It's a question I've rarely asked myself - until now. But maybe the 15 fascinating facts about salt are more compelling? Or ... Read more »
with gallery: Youth poetry slam scene heats up as competition finals approach
Posted: Mar 26, 2012Supportive calls of “You got it,” and “You’re doing great,” and “Keep going” came from the crowd of adolescents and parents gathered at the Community High School’s recent youth poetry slam competition, every time a ... Read more »
books & parenting: Student poems to ring in your summer, featuring baseball, strange facts, and Sleeping Bear Dunes
Posted: Jun 21, 2011Summer has officially arrived, school is out, and my tenure as the Dzanc Writer-in-Residence at Ann Arbor Open School has officially ended. Unless they ask me again next year, and my schedule allows it. Which ... Read more »
books & parenting : Poems of happiness, anti-gravity, chaos, and rest from Ann Arbor students
Posted: Jun 17, 2011Last Friday night, all 27 kids from my poetry crew at Ann Arbor Open School read poems to a lively and delighted audience at Nicola's Books. Demand for the kids' new book of poems, "Why ... Read more »
books & parenting: Students' experience with poetry cannot be quantified
Posted: Jun 10, 2011Tonight at 7 p.m. at Nicola's Books, 27 young poets from Ann Arbor Open School will celebrate the release of their new anthology of poems, "Why Is the Sky Purple?" The event is free and ... Read more »
books & parenting: Poems by Ann Arbor youth tackle serious matters with laughter
Posted: Jun 07, 2011No true comedy has earned the Academy Award for Best Picture since "Annie Hall" in 1977. Thirty-four years and counting. Doesn't that seem strange? The ancient Greeks celebrated both comedies and tragedies, and Shakespeare wrote ... Read more »
books & parenting : Poems by young Ann Arbor students give us love, light, and peace
Posted: Jun 01, 2011Last week as my fifth/sixth grade students at Ann Arbor Open School were discussing poetry's relationship with the human body, I received a sudden, surprise visit. Three envoys from the first/second grade class next door ... Read more »
Parenting: 'Why is the sky purple?' and other fabulous questions from young Ann Arbor poets
Posted: May 24, 2011My poetry students' new book — forthcoming from Dzanc Books in conjunction with the Dzanc Writer in Residence Program — is called "Why Is the Sky Purple?" The book release event is scheduled for June ... Read more »
Parenting: Poems from Ann Arbor pupils reveal a child's luminous imagination
Posted: May 17, 2011The Ann Arbor District Library carries several copies of a book called "This Is Just To Say: Poems Of Apology And Forgiveness." The book's conceit is that a sixth-grade class reads the poetry of William ... Read more »
books: Copper Colored Mountain Arts Celebrates Upcoming National Poetry Month
Posted: Mar 18, 2011One Pause, a poetry series in its second year at Copper Colored Mountain Arts, welcomes nationally recognized poets for a series of readings and talks in April to celebrate National Poetry Month. Guests include local ... Read more »
Celebrating Elizabeth Bishop's 100th birthday
Posted: Feb 08, 2011Swimming through the ocean with a joint stick on the Google home page, I was really entertained by the way Google was honoring Jules Verne’s birthday. I had never seen such an interactive Google logo ... Read more »
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