Jones and Coggin were among 22 state, county and city poet laureates across the country who received the funding, which will “support them in creating new work, as well as … enable them to undertake meaningful, impactful, and innovative projects that enrich the lives of their neighbors, including youth, through responsive and interactive poetry activities.”
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Kai Coggin’s new poetry collection is here
By comparison to her previous work, “Mother of Other Kingdoms” — her fifth collection of poetry — is said to be gentler and more personal, with a shift in focus from political resistance to the natural world.
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Wednesday Night Poetry turns 35 without missing a single week
In the three and a half decades since its founding by Bud Kenny on Feb. 1, 1989, Wednesday Night Poetry has occupied 14 different venues, never missing a week.
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All of my eyes are open: Hot Springs poet Kai Coggin finds purpose in speaking truth to power
Back during her turbulent teenage years, when poetry was a solitary comfort while she came to terms with her queerness, Kai Coggin made a vow. “My soul made a promise,” Coggin said. “If I made it through, I’d hold space for others.” Now she cultivates community wherever she goes.
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Check out Arkansas’s best student poets in the Poetry Out Loud competition today
Poetry Out Loud, a poetry competition for Arkansas high school students, kicks off this morning.
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Jo McDougall on Arkansas Youth Poetry Day, working during the wee hours and why eliminating arts in school is ‘courting shallow thinking’
Ahead of Arkansas Youth Poetry Day, we talked with state poet laureate Jo McDougall about her work and about her drive to foster new young poets.
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Hot Spring locals on undersung spots, misconceptions about Spa City
We ask a few of our favorite locals about Hot Springs’s undersung delights, and about what we non-residents tend to miss (or misconceive) about Spa City.
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Here’s “This America” from Kai Coggin, voted Arkansas Times’ 2020 Best Poet
Here’s “This America,” the latest from poet Kai Coggin, who was voted Best Poet in Arkansas Times’ Best of Arkansas 2020.
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Tune in to Arkansas Youth Poetry Day readings at 10 a.m. Saturday morning
A host of young poets will read their work this morning at 10 a.m. on the Wednesday Night Poetry Facebook page in celebration of Arkansas Youth Poetry Day.
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Wednesday Night Poetry marks its 1,626th consecutive week with a virtual open mic
The legendarily long-running poetry series in Hot Springs goes live tonight at 7 p.m. CST on the WNP Facebook page, with “video poems” from over 40 poets near and far presented as a “virtual open mic.”