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WINNER OF THE 2022 STAN AND TOM WICK POETRY PRIZE

The Wick Poetry Center is utterly delighted to announce that Cornelius Eady has selected Arlene Keizers manuscript, Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black as the winner of the 2022 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Dr. Keizer will read together on the Kent State
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Longtime Kent State Professor Vivian Pemberton, center, donated the only known portrait of poet Hart Crane to University Libraries. Left is Babacar M'Baye, professor and English Department chair, and right is Cara Gilgenbach, head of special collections.

University Libraries Receives Donation of Only Known Portrait of Ohio-Born Poet

91勛圖厙 Libraries on Monday accepted a donation of a portrait of Hart Crane, the only painting believed to exist of the 20th century American poet. 
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Dear Vaccine, the Global Pandemic Poem, will soon become a stage production.

Wick Poetry Centers Dear Vaccine to Debut in October as Staged Theatrical Production

The performance, titled 
Using poetry to explore Akron, Ohio residents sense of belonging to their neighborhoods is the goal of a new project by 91勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center. 

WICK WEEKLY POETRY WORKSHOPS CREATE A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES

Every Friday, the Kent State community can come together to create poetry and share a more vulnerable side of themselves at the Wick Poetry Center. The Wick Weekly poetry writing workshop brings the campus members together to help them develop as poets and create a community of
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Book covers of recent books authored or edited by Kent State College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

Recent books published by College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

Have you ever wondered how Asian Americans helped win the Allied victory? What inspired Hemingways writings while in Paris? How has Wonder Woman impacted comics, feminism, and pop culture over the past 80 years? The diverse faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have you

Traveling Stanzas Makerspace

The Traveling Stanzas Poetry Makerspace is a completely refurbished, recreational vehicle donated to the Wick Poetry Center by WKSU. The Traveling Stanzas Poetry Makerspace is the first of its kind in the country and serve as a mobile, interactive

2021 Knight Arts Challenge Winner

Wick Poetry Center Named as the 2021 Knight Arts Challenge Winner Poets are the means by which a place comes to know itself   We are thrilled to announce that the Wick Poetry Center is one of six winners for the 
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Kent State student volunteer for Global Vaccine Poem project

Art and Hope Intersect: Kent State and University of Arizona Launch Global Vaccine Poem Project

Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. 
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Dear Vaccine: The Global Vaccine Project

Hope Springs Through Verse: Global Vaccine Poem Has Grown to More Than 1,700 Stanzas Worldwide, Gains Attention of Ohio Governor

The Global Vaccine Poem, launched in early April by 91勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizonas Poetry Center, has grown to more than 1,700 stanzas submitted by people in all 50 states and 89 countries.  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, at his May
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