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Dancing with Anne Carson July 22, 2010: Photo: Liza Voll at the New York Times The collaboration between poet and critic Anne Carson and dancer-choreographer Rashaun Mitchell has resulted in a multi-layered mash-up of poetry and dance. Carson’s Nox, her most recent book, and Mitchell’s Bracko, her most recent dance composition, were presented by Summer Stages Dance and the [...] by

There will be poetry July 20, 2010: Whether it's a painter making a cartoon of the Statue of Liberty from globs of oil or poets reinterpreting BP’s language through subversive verse, artist of all sorts are voicing concern and expressing outrage over the gulf oil spill. When writers Amy King and Heidi Lynn Staples wanted to raise awareness about the environmental catastrophe, [...] by

Award-winning poetry of blinks July 19, 2010: Adam Bojelian is wowing the poetry world, one blink at a time. The 10-year-old, who suffers from cerebral palsy and other health issues, communicates his verse by blinking. Though it may take him an entire day to write one line of a poem, he preserved to write the following verse, for which he won a Brit Writers’ Award (judges weren’t aware of [...] by

The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project redux July 15, 2010: Gary Glazner's Alzheimer's Poetry Project continues to make the rounds. After being featured in the Orlando Sentinel last week, the healing powers of poetry are put to the test again in New England. And it seems that once again poetry is helping to flex the muscles of memory – and revitalize the spirit – in this innovate program at New England [...] by

Vanessa Place and the 2010 Printers’ Ball July 7, 2010: Vanessa Place--poet, public defender, provocateur--has put together this short teaser video for the full-length digital production the 2010 Printers' Ball will showcase on July 30th. The theme for this year's Ball is "Print by

Reappropriating Madonna for abstinence slam July 7, 2010: In a piece called "The Evolution of the High School Poet," the Christian Science Monitor showcases Urban Word NYC, a non-profit that will select six promising performers to attend the Brave New Voices national finals in Los Angeles later this month. Urban Word helps students like 17-year-old Melissa Butler to cultivate their best resource – [...] by

Pedestrian Poetry! July 6, 2010: Toronto poet Katherine Leyton is bringing poetry to the masses, one pedestrian at a time. Here’s her foolproof formula for spinning fear of verse into poetry blog gold. 1) Approach strangers on the street 2) Hand them poems to read aloud 3) Videotape the impromptu performances 4) Post on blog 5) Repeat From the National [...] by

Can poetry help patients with Alzheimer’s Disease? July 6, 2010: The Orlando Sentinel delves into the mystery of how and why poetry seems to help Alzheimer's patients: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project, founded by New York poet Gary Glazner, is not built on the traditional, stand-at-the-podium-and-read poetry recital. Rather, it uses the simple rhymes typically learned in childhood or whimsical works created [...] by

Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn June 30, 2010: Zach Layton, Brooklyn composer and Whitman fan, has gathered together a boatload of artists, musicians, and writers for "I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman's Brooklyn," a celebration of the poet's life and work at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday: "It's going to be a Whitman freak-out jam by the waterfront," Zach Layton said. The Wall [...] by

How the half-human, half-god Tibetan king conquered the devils June 17, 2010: King Gesar Sitar Doje, a 20-year old Tibetan, is the youngest known singer of the "King Gesar" ballad/creation myth: Legend has it that when he was 11, however, he had a strange dream. "I dreamed I was taken to the tent of King Gesar, on a grassland I'd never been to. Someone said, in Tibetan, 'Yes, he's the person we're looking for' and [...] by

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