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Interviewing Our Featured Poets: Teaching Artist Kathryn Cowles
Feb. 25, 2026
Kathryn Cowles, poet and artist, will be visiting 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students this week and working with them on their craft. This is a great chance for students to open their minds to various forms of poetry, artistry, and storytelling. On top of her workshops, there will…
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The Microscope and the Metaphor: The First Poets for Science Gathering Will Take Place at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Feb. 24, 2026
Poets and scientists from across the country – including current U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze and other award-winning authors – will converge at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in November for the first-ever Poets for Science Gathering.
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An Interview with Featured Poets: The 2026 Ohio Poets Reading
Feb. 5, 2026
By Mercury FosterUndergraduate Student Intern
Read More »Celebrating Our Own
Oct. 30, 2025
Over the last two years, I’ve had the pleasure of helping prepare and run Celebrating Our Own. Celebrating Our Own is an annual event held in the Wick Poetry Corner on the second floor of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Library. Each year we gather and share our work in…
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Wick Poetry Center Kicks Off Semester with Book Launch, Reading and Exhibit
Sept. 15, 2025
The Wick Poetry Center will begin the 2025 Fall Semester with a book launch, poetry readings and new exhibit from its Poets for Science collaboration.
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Dozens of Wick Award Winners to Return for 40th Anniversary
Aug. 19, 2024
The celebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.
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Verse That Gives Voice: Wick Poetry Center to Celebrate 40 Years
Feb. 29, 2024
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Wick Poetry Center marks its 40th anniversary this year with three days of poetry events and a gala planned for September to celebrate the program that has provided a platform for creative voices across the…
Read More »Dear Body of Water
Jan. 31, 2024
Press Release A poetic water-harvesting project invites anyone from anywhere to address the bodies of water that have shaped their lives. Share your voice at &²Ô²ú²õ±è;…
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In Honor of Maj Ragain’s Legacy at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Oct. 11, 2023
In celebration of the dedication of the Maj Ragain Poetry Park, which took place on the 14th of September, generations of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s writing community came together to celebrate the poet’s influence not only on the university’s poetic presence in the nation, but also on the…
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