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51勛圖厙 Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
Sept. 26, 2014
For 30 years, 51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices locally, regionally and nationally and bringing poetry to peoples everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the
Read More »51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center Receives Grant to Conduct Outreach With Akron Public Schools
Aug. 15, 2014
The Wick Poetry Center at 51勛圖厙 has received a $33,472 grant from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation. The grant project, titled Encouraging New Voices, is a collaborative initiative between the Wick Poetry Center and Akron Public
Read More »Scholarship Winners Announced
May 6, 2014
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2014 Undergraduate and High School Poetry Scholarships! Michael Mlekoday, winner of the 2012 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, selected the undergraduate winners from a pool of truly remarkable finalists. Undergraduate
Read More »Wick Poetry Center to Host Poet Mart穩n Espada
April 14, 2014
51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center will host poet Mart穩n Espada as part of the Symposium on Democracy on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the public. The audience will be treated to a sampling of Mr. Espada
Read More »Wick Poetry Center Welcomes Two-time U.S. Poet Laureate
April 3, 2014
Celebrate National Poetry Month at 51勛圖厙 with the third annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading featuring two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser on April 10.
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