In “New Orleans Poems in Creole and French,” Jules Choppin takes us into regional culture, language, and that sometimes seems strange.
Poetry Prompt: Revels & Celebrations at Colony!
We had an unexpected music revel at The Colony, an old hotel built in Woodstock in 1929. Peek in for fun photos of the band, the hotel, and a poetry prompt!
Regional Tour: Of Alligators and Everglades
Sandra Heska King has all the adventure—and alligators—she could ever want right in her own backyard, in the Everglades.
Regional Tour: Booklover Footloose in Wonderland (Yellowstone National Park)
Laurie Klein takes us on a breathtaking regional (and literary) tour of Yellowstone National Park, complete with geysers, thermophiles and the Morning Glory Pool.
Regional Tour: The Metz Fire of 1908 (Metz, Michigan)
The historic Metz Fire at the turn of the 20th century connects Sandra Heska King to the story of a place.
3 Ways to Improve Your Writing This Summer with Booth Tarkington
Got the summer writing blues? Charity Singleton Craig shares 3 tips inspired by Hoosier author Booth Tarkington to improve your writing this summer.
Chinese Lanterns: Art by Day, Magic by Night
Stumbling onto a colorful Chinese lantern festival while out on a bike ride may hold a key to answer Mary Oliver’s question about your one wild and precious life.
Regional Tour: Borrowed Time at the Maui Ocean Center
A trip to Maui Ocean Center’s vast aquarium offers opportunity for Laurie Klein to contemplate how a place can envelop as well as imprint itself on the soul.
Regional Tour: Marie Webster Quilts at Indianapolis Museum of Art
On her latest regional tour, Charity Singleton Craig takes in the exhibit of Marie Webster at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Regional Tour: High Tea at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Take High Tea beside pristine waters and mountains ranging down-lake in receding tiers, azure to palest blue with Laurie Klein at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
Regional Tour: Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Monica Sharman offers compelling reasons why Garden of the Gods draws out-of-town visitors as well as locals who have lived in Colorado Springs for decades.
Regional Tour: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Laurie Klein’s trip up the Ladder of Death through Mesa Verde National Park culminates in the poetic creation of ancient Puebloan pottery.
Regional Tour: Grohmann Museum – Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
Prasanta Verma tours the Grohmann Museum and ponders the evolution of work and how machines and man fit together. Maybe “Science without art is nothing”?
O Me, O, Miami: Expanding the Literary Culture of a Region One Poem at a Time
What if you had a goal for every person in your city to encounter a poem all in one month. Where would you start? O, Miami Poetry Festival, for one.
Regional Tour: Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Sandra Heska King takes a sobering regional tour to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington HIlls, Michigan.
Regional Tour: Milwaukee Art Museum
Prasanta Verma arrives at the right time to see the Milwaukee Art Museum’s rooftop open its wings. Or are they waves? Tour the museum and take in some art.
The Best Buildings: Carnegie Library—Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The broad shoulders of a compact building donated by Andrew Carnegie rises from the bluffs of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. On its front: FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Regional Tour: Big Dam Bridge, Little Rock, Arkansas
Laura Lynn Brown invites us to Little Rock, Arkansas, to cross the Big Dam Bridge for fitness, or bucket-list bagging, or for love, or for the love of poetry.
What Willie Nelson Taught Me about Storytelling – Night of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Washington, D.C.
Callie Feyen learned a lot about storytelling from Willie Nelson when he was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, D.C.
Regional Tour: Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, Nebraska
Michelle DeRusha visits Homestead National Monument in Nebraska and wonders about the pioneers who came to the west and those who were forced to leave.