Poetry Matters Project

Tonight! We interview the newest State Poet Laureate of Louisiana, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy! Learn more about the upcoming Words and Music Festival. Dr. Saloy will be the keynote on November 20th,

There is a great write up on one of the panelist Tiana Nobile titled "Resistance and Reclamation" in Poets and Writers Magazine.

This is a great interview and reading by poet now journalist Clint Smith. He discusses his new book, how The Word is Passed. Thanks Poetry Off The Shelf.

Busboys and Poets will be hosting Nikki G this week end!

We offered up a quote on our Poetry Matters Instagram feed. We post a response based on this article from YES Magazine. In a time when poets are the observers and recorders of society, we give you, Poets Who Pave the Way for the Next Generation!

Have to shout out Academy of American Poets for all they do to promote poetry. You can receive a poem everyday from a poet at the link below. Enjoy!

The number of updates such as the one posted below are growing.Watch your selves out there!
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Recently we’ve become aware of an e-mail scam involving someone posing as a representative of “Macmillan Publishers” offering to pay the writer for taking part in a conference. After agreeing to...

The SC African American Heritage Commission (SCAAHC) will open the exhibit “Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic,” on Friday, July 16, 2021 at the SC Archives and History Center at 8301 Parklane Road in Columbia. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major Grant.

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Told in ancient caves around campfires, and recited from bunting-draped, white marble rostrums, Poetry is an ancient and evocative form of expression celebrated in every language and culture around the globe. Evolving into different types and genres, Poetry uses form and inte...