So I missed the Dodge Poetry Festival this weekend, but I”m hoping for next year. In the meantime, I”ve kept up with some of the excitement by following along with what”s coming out of there in a few blogs. Here”s a taste of what you would have seen and heard if you”d made it to [...]

On Thursday, the Right Livelihood Award Foundation announced the 2006 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award. Among the three are a U.S. man who exposed corruption in government, an Indian woman who has dedicated her life to securing equal rights for other women, and a poetry festival that is an inspiration to the entire world. [...]

If you”re going to be anywhere in the neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island this coming Tuesday night, you have GOT to be at Reflections Cafe on Wickendon Street. That”s the night that Patricia Smith will be featuring at the GotPoetry Live reading – and Patricia Smith reading her poetry is something not to be missed. [...]

If you”re in and around Austin this week, you”ve probably been hearing a lot of poetry. The National Poetry Slam Finals started on Wedensday and they”re really rocking down the house – or houses, as the case may be. With over 300 poets on 81 teams competing, this is the largest Nationals in the history [...]