Summer Writing Program News Today

Anne Waldman is breathlessly encyclopedic. Her breadth is exhaustive, at times exhausting—the whole of a life filling, spilling over pages with the urgency of a woman who knows too well how things get lost. She is called on by her elders, as we (readers, poets, artists) feel called on by her; again and again she invokes Amiri Baraka’s call to action, the instruction she carries with her: “Don’t let this stuff get buried.”

Writers of all ages from different continents and backgrounds came to Naropa University in June for its Summer Writing Program, a uniquely creative, transformative space for writers to grow.

“Glad flecks of happy dust have fallen on you off that great Swizzle Stick in The Sky.”

a href= https://weatherspoonart.org/ target= _blank The Weatherspoon Art Museum /a at UNC Greensboro announced the appointment of Destiny Hemphill