Branching Out: Poetry
Branching Out is a program created by Poets House and the Poetry Society of America. It is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The two organizations have partnered with the public libraries in each of the seven cities of Hartford, Jacksonville, Fresno, Little Rock, Milwaukee, New Orleans and Salt Lake City, to present accessible, engaging talks by distinguished poet/scholars about celebrated modern and classic poets. In most of these cities, Poetry in Motion ® posters featuring poems by the presenting and presented poets appear throughout the transportation systems.
Join us for our next Branching Out: Poetry for the 21st Century programs at the Woodward Park Regional Library:
Monday, April 7, 2008, 6:30 PM
Molly Peacock on the life and work of Edna St. Vincent Millay
6:30 PM – Musical prelude by Randy Morris and Jacinda Potikian
7:00 PM – Talk on Edna St. Vincent Millay
In her talk, “Take up the Song, Forget the Epitaph”, Molly Peacock introduces us to the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay who published some of the wisest, sexiest, and most feminine poetry of the 20th century. From her childhood in Camden, Maine to her bohemian life in Greenwich Village, New York, Millay was as uncompromising in her devotion to the rules of verse as she was in her flaunting of social rules.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 7 PM
Molly Peacock Poetry Reading
Molly Peacock, an award winning poet and creative nonfiction writer, is the author of five books of poetry, including Cornucopia: New and Selected Poems. She conducts quarterly poetry circles on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Here on Earth with Jean Feraca. Her poems have been featured in The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, and The Best of the Best American Poetry. Peacock is one of the creators of Poetry in Motion on subways and buses throughout North America.