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State of the Arts

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Tag: Poetry

Poet Heid Erdrich finds herself ‘pre-occupied’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs March 29, 2013, 1:52 PM Mar 29, 2013
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Erdrich has co-created three ‘video poems’ that will be shown this weekend, including a look at the Occupy movement from the perspective of a Native American.

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Want to memorize a poem? There’s an app for that.

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs March 26, 2013, 9:30 AM Mar 26, 2013
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‘Poems by Heart’ is a memorization game featuring poems by Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and other famous wordsmiths.

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Art Hounds

Haiku Review: A critique in 17 syllables

Molly BloomMolly Bloom February 19, 2013, 10:33 AM Feb 19, 2013
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Why use a 17th century form of Japanese poetry to write reviews? Why not?

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Robert Bly awarded Frost Medal by Poetry Society of America

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs February 12, 2013, 2:54 PM Feb 12, 2013
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The society’s highest award, the Frost Medal has been given in past years to Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Gwendolyn Brooks and Allen Ginsberg, among others.

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MN poetry: Barton Sutter’s ‘My Mother at Swan Lake’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 31, 2013, 12:00 PM Jan 31, 2013
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This Sunday at noon Barton Sutter and his brother Ross will perform poetry and music at Plymouth Church in Minneapolis.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Jazzed Up, Bob Hicok, and self discovery through acting class

Chris RobertsChris Roberts January 31, 2013, 7:45 AM Jan 31, 2013
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This week’s hounds lead us to a wild rock n roll podcast broadcasting live from a revered St. Paul bar, a Michigan born poet making a brief landing in Duluth, and a play about budding thespians who find out a lot about themselves.

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Mn poetry: Dobby Gibson’s ‘Beauty Supply’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 11, 2013, 8:46 AM Jan 11, 2013
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A nostalgic ride along Lake Street.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: 2012 Highlights, part two

Molly BloomMolly Bloom December 26, 2012, 7:45 AM Dec 26, 2012
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We’ve asked our Art Hounds to tell us about their Minnesota arts and culture highlights of 2011. Here is the second on-air installment.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: 2012 Highlights, part one

Molly BloomMolly Bloom December 20, 2012, 7:45 AM Dec 20, 2012
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We’ve asked our Art Hounds to tell us about their Minnesota arts and culture highlights of 2011. Here is the first installment.

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Graywolf to publish actor James Franco’s poetry

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs December 19, 2012, 12:11 PM Dec 19, 2012
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Graywolf plans to bring Franco to Minneapolis for a book launch event in the spring of 2014.

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