In 2012, the Lexington Public Library recorded and produced a reading held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This event featured readings from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems.
For the full list of videos, click here.
The poets were asked to read one of their poems as well as someone else’s. Below are the poets, the time stamp where they appear in the video, and the poems they read. The emcee is Katerina Stoykova-Klemer. Continue reading
In 2012, the Lexington Public Library recorded and produced a reading held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This event featured readings from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems.
For the full list of videos, click here.
The poets were asked to read one of their poems as well as someone else’s. Below are the poets, the time stamp where they appear in the video, and the poems they read. Katerina Stoykova-Klemer is the emcee between poets.
In 2012, the Lexington Public Library recorded and produced a reading held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This event featured readings from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems.
For the full list of videos, click here.
The poets were asked to read one of their poems as well as someone else’s. Below are the poets, the time stamp where they appear in the video, and the poems they read. Katerina Stoykova-Klemer is the emcee between poets.
The Carnegie Center’s back door.
This month’s Teen Howl will take place on December 3rd at 6pm at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. According to Elizabeth Beck, “We are featuring ALL Teen Howl poets”.
Teen Howl was founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy as a chance for the under-21 crowd to have their own venue for poetical self-expression. Named after Allen Ginsberg’s poem, the first meetings actually included readings from “Howl“. Teen Howl normally takes place at the Morris book shop.
The mission of the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning is to empower “people to explore and express their voices through imaginative learning and the literary arts” (source). Street parking is available anywhere along Gratz Park (except along yellow lines), and guests may also get a parking pass at the front desk for designated Transylvania University parking lots.
| When: | Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 @ 6pm |
| Where: | The Carnegie Center |
| 251 W. Second St. | |
| Lexington, KY 40507 | |
| (859) 254-4175 ext. 21 |
This is from the release of Katerina’s The Porcupine of Mind (Broadstone Books, 2012). The introduction is from Broadstone’s Larry Moore. This took place at the Carnegie Center in Lexington, Kentucky on May 24, 2012.
Katerina is the founder and Senior Editor of Accents Publishing. Originally from Burgas, Bulgaria, Katerina first stepped foot in the United States country 20 years ago. She recently celebrated this landmark with a reading at the Lexington Public Library’s Farish Theater.
In 2012, the Lexington Public Library recorded and produced a reading held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This event featured readings from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems.
Below are the other four videos in the series. Continue reading
The Lexington Poetry Month 2014 Writing Challenge led to 114 poets submitting over 1,100 poems on the Accents Publishing Blog. You can sign up for this year’s Writing Challenge by clicking here*, but the featured poets will have a chance to read their work tonight at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
Anyone who has been published in the anthology is welcome to read, and anyone who is interested in Lexington, poetry, or Lexington Poetry Month is encouraged to attend and bring friends, family, and poetry fiends. We will provide light refreshments and snacks. You will provide a fun, supportive atmosphere for our featured poets.
Also, a big shout-out goes to Eric Sutherland for giving Accents such a kind and generous mention during last night’s Holler Poets reading, and to Jude Lally for reading “No Matter What”, the poem that gave us the title of our anthology. We are so gracious to not only have such people in our books, but in our lives as well.
| When: | Thursday, May 28, 2015 @ 6pm |
| Where: | The Carnegie Center |
| 251 West Second Street | |
| Lexington, KY 40507 | |
| (859) 254-4175, ext. 21 |
The KY Great Writers Series will be tonight at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, KY. An open mic will precede the event at 7pm and sign-ups will begin shortly before that.
Joe Survant hails from Owensboro and was the Poet Laureate of Kentucky from 2003-2004. His newest book, The Land We Dreamed: Poems(University Press of Kentucky) came out in February.
Eric Scott Sutherland is a hawk watcher, Kentucky creek walker, tree loving Lorax, community and event organizer, the author of two chapbooks and the full-length collection incommunicado (2007). pendulum (Accents Publishing) is his fourth book of poems. He is the creator and host of Holler Poets Series, a monthly celebration of literature and music since 2008. Eric makes his nest in Lexington. Follow Eric and Holler at www.ericscottsutherland.com.
Erin Keane recently released Demolition of the Promised Land, a collection of poetry that has Bruce Springsteen as “guide, ghost, and accidental guru” (source). She has also published Death-Defying Acts and The Gravity Soundtrack. She is also a pop culture writer with published articles all over the place.
| When: | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 @ 7pm |
| Where: | The Carnegie Center |
| 251 W. Second St. | |
| Lexington, KY 40507 | |
| (859) 254-4175 |
The University of Kentucky’s creative writing association, Graphite, will be hosting a special reading tonight at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
Featured readers will include:
The open mic will begin at 5pm.
| When: | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 @ 5pm |
| Where: | The Carnegie Center |
| 251 W. Second Street | |
| Lexington, KY 40502 | |
| (859) 254-4175 |
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The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning will be hosting a reading to honor Jane Gentry, a former poet laureate of Kentucky. Hosted by Kasia Pater, the event will feature 19 Kentucky writers to read Jane’s work, some of which include Bobbie Ann Mason, George Ella Lyon, Mary Ann Taylor Hall, and Leatha Kendrick. In an interview with the Herald-Leader, Sue Churchill (one of the event’s organizers) said, “We don’t want this to have a funeral atmosphere. This is a celebration of the blessing that Jane brought to all of us and to this area of the country.” (source)
You can find more information:
The above audio clip is a snippet of an interview Jane had with Katerina on Accents Radio. The full interview can be found by clicking here.
| When: | Monday, February 9, 2015 @ 6pm |
| Where: | The Carnegie Center |
| 251 W. Second St. | |
| Lexington, KY 40507 |