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NYS Writers Institute
- May 27
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: "Fish Carcass" by Vi Khi Nao
A poem for Friday and a Q&A with the poet/writer Vi Khi Nao Fish Carcass Vi Khi Nao fish carcass say hello to pork rind + arborio rice...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 24
- 1 min
Poetry Contest: Hudson Valley Writers Guild
From our friends at the Hudson Valley Writers Guild... This year’s contest is for poetry. Winners will be awarded cash prizes and invited...
NYS Writers Institute
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Trolley Poetry Friday: A pair of poems
See the breaking news from the Times Union? "Facing a disturbing spike in COVID-19 positivity and the arrival of the omicron variant,...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
#PoetryFriday: "Poets in the Park" in Albany
In a sign that we're returning to a somewhat familiar post-pandemic life, our friend Dan Wilcox's Poets in the Park is back on our summer...
NYS Writers Institute
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: A pair of poems by Maria Lisella
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing poems by Maria Lisella A travel writer by profession, Maria curates the Italian American...
NYS Writers Institute
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Poet Natalie Diaz, interviewed by Joshua Bartlett
"What is the United States if not a clot of clouds? If not spilled milk? Or blood? If not the place we once were in the millions? America...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
What poem comes to mind on this cold winter's day?
Today's weather, brought to you by the NYS Writers Institute: It's quite cold outside. In other news, NPR is reporting Amanda Gorman will...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
The inaugural poem: “The Hill We Climb”
Amanda Gorman, 22, America’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate, gave a powerful reading of her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 2021...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Friday: "on most days"
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Joan McNerney. Joan was profiled in a recent edition of Lucent Dreaming. She was...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Video interview: Poet, poetry translator, and essayist Pierre Joris
"I went to see Robert Kelly, the great poet in residence [at Bard College], and asked him, 'I want to write in American, it's my fourth...
NYS Writers Institute
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
Congratulations to our friend, Louise Glück, on her Nobel Prize
NYS Summer Writers Institute "Regular" Wins Nobel Prize in Literature "... for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty...
NYS Writers Institute
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
Poetry Friday: "Everything is Going to be All Right"
Irish poet Derek Mahon, a NYS Writers Institute guest in the spring of 1995, died Thursday night. His poem, "Everything is Going to be...
NYS Writers Institute
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: A poem for the quarantine-affected birds
If you happen to be one of the lucky and rare souls near a beach on this Labor Day long weekend, I wonder if your sea gulls are still...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: A poem titled "Mask"
Mask By Cheryl A. Rice Cowboy, Ninja, Terrorist - you can play any role you like in your fashion mask of choice. The interwebs are...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 26, 2020
- 8 min
Q&A with Wendy Roberts, a literary historian who made history
When Wendy Roberts published her new book in July, she accomplished a distinctive feat: Awakening Verse: The Poetics of Early American...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: "A Trip to the Post Office"
Trip to the Post Office, March 17, 2020 By Phyllis Hillinger Loose money ready in pocket, flat rate box pre-addressed, I wait for cars to...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
Melissa Hurt shares some good news and a poem
Writer, local businesswoman, adjunct professor, and mom. Melissa Hurt wears many hats. We can add poet and children's book author to the...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
Poetry Friday: "The Dandelions are Everywhere"
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Daniel Gorman. Daniel is one more than 70 poets, writers, and artists featured in...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
#PoetryFriday: Join us for Saturday's "Poets in the Park" in Albany
Poets in the Park is celebrating more than 30 years of poetry readings in Albany's Washington Park. This year's event will take place 7...