 Poetry's Here @ Your Maryland Library
Poetry's Here @ Your Maryland Library is a Maryland Center for the Book (MCFB) program that brings poets and poetry to Maryland public libraries. Poetry's Here builds new audiences for poetry by training library staff to create a “total poetry environment” that includes collection development, displays, and, most importantly, poetry programming.
Look for look for engaging, free poetry programs at each of these partner libraries:
Baltimore County Public Library;
Carroll County Public Library; Calvert Library; Cecil County Public Library; Dorchester County Public Library; Enoch Pratt Free Library; Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County; Harford County Public Library; Howard County Library; Kent County Public Library; Prince George's County Memorial Library; Talbot County Free Library; Washington County Free Library; Wicomico Public Library; Worcester County Library; Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Programs that target teens and senior citizens include writing workshops, lectures, poetry performance workshops, memory circles, open-mics, yoga and poetry, poetry book-making, and living history performances. In addition, partner libraries will augment their poetry collections with new works, both print and audio, of poets spanning generations, writing styles, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds that reflect the diverse world of poetry.
See what events are coming your way with the Poetry’s Here Calendar of Events! |
The program is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, LSTA grant funds, through the Division of Library Development & Services, Maryland State Department of Education.
Poetry related resources and websites:
Beloit Poetry Journal
Cave Canem African-American Poetry
Contemporary Poetry Review
Cream City Review
Favorite Poem Project
Field
From the Fishhouse: An Audio Archive of Emerging Poets
Kenyon Review
Kundiman Asian-American Poetry
New England Review
Ploughshares
Poetry Daily
Poetry Foundation
Poetry International
Poetry Magazine
Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Society of America
Poetry.org
Poets & Writers, Inc.
Poets House
Smartish Pace
The Academy of American Poets
The DC Arts Center
The Georgia Review
The Howard County Poetry and Literary Society
The Paris Review
The Writer’s Center
Unsplendid Online Literary Magazine
Virginia Quarterly Review
For more information contact project coordinator Julia Kudravetz at jkudravetz@mdhc.org
 
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