{"673775":{"#nid":"673775","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once wrote that April \u201ccomes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs true as that may be, the month has something else going for it, as well: It\u2019s National Poetry Month. And we\u2019re here for it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAll month long, Poetry@Tech, a unit of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E will be celebrating verse in all its forms with exhibitions, poetry readings, and more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cPoetry has been around for thousands of years and there\u2019s a reason why,\u201d said Victoria Chang, the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne Jr. Chair in Poetry, and director of Poetry@Tech. \u201cPoems can get at our emotions in different ways from other art forms. Plus, poetry writing is really fun \u2014 sometimes it feels like solving a puzzle that is ultimately unsolvable, but fun to try solving.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn addition to teaching poetry to students across campus, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/027c612b-b051-5070-8b6f-82567b014de8\u0022\u003EChang\u003C\/a\u003E and her colleagues at Poetry@Tech put on poetry readings, publish the \u003Cem\u003ETerminus \u003C\/em\u003Eliterary magazine, and promote the value of poetry to the community. Poetry@Tech was founded in 2001 by luminary poet \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poetry.gatech.edu\/about\/founding-director\u0022\u003EThomas Lux\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis month\u2019s celebration begins with something you\u0027ve probably already noticed, if you\u0027ve been out and about on campus: yard signs bearing snippets of poems and quotes from writers such as Ada Lim\u00f3n, Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/027c612b-b051-5070-8b6f-82567b014de8\u0022\u003EChang\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStarting Monday, you can also swing by the Library to check out readings of poems by some of Poetry@Tech\u2019s guest readers this year \u2014 Chang, Jessica Tanck, Sam Sax, James Davis May, Sasha Stiles, and others \u2014 on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/media-bridge\u0022\u003EMedia Bridge\u003C\/a\u003E. The Library also will display a curated selection of poetry books near the Library\u2019s Popular Reading area on the first floor of Price Gilbert.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWe\u2019ll also celebrate throughout the month on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/GTliberalarts\u0022\u003EX\u003C\/a\u003E (formerly Twitter), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ivanallencollege\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E, and other social media channels with posts featuring students discussing some of their favorite poems and what poetry means.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOn Thursday evening, you can attend \u201cPoetry@Tech: Then and Now,\u201d hosted by former Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough and Bruce McEver, a businessperson and poet whose generous donations to Poetry@Tech have helped the program thrive over its 24 years of existence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWe round out the celebration on April 18 with two events. First, join Sax for a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/events\/item\/673539\/poetry-performance-workshop\u0022\u003Epoetry performance workshop\u003C\/a\u003E, part of the Arts@Tech Festival, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Fest Center for the Arts.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThat evening, Sax, Tanck, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Philips will read selections from their work during our National Poetry Month Poetry Reading. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/events\/item\/673541\/national-poetry-month-poetry-reading\u0022\u003Eevent\u003C\/a\u003E starts at 6 p.m. with a reception featuring light snacks and drinks, followed by the reading at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI hope our students walking around campus will see the yard signs with these lines of verse, and it gives them a moment to pause, not thinking about this test or that project, and reflect on their own creative impulse,\u201d said Travis Denton, associate director of Poetry@Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe hope, too, that celebrating National Poetry Month at Georgia Tech will raise awareness of Poetry@Tech across campus and let students, faculty, and staff know a world-class poetry reading series is available to them, as well as poetry and poetry writing classes, and that everyone is welcome to take part,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/travis-denton\u0022\u003EDenton\u003C\/a\u003E said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EYou can find details on these happenings and more on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poetry.gatech.edu\/national-poetry-month\u0022\u003EPoetry@Tech National Poetry Month page.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENow, get your National Poetry Month off to a great start and go \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/writers.com\/how-to-write-a-poem-step-by-step\u0022\u003Ewrite a poem\u003C\/a\u003E. You can do it!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECelebrate National Poetry Month with Poetry@Tech; the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; and the Library.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Celebrate National Poetry Month with Poetry@Tech; the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; and the Library."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2024-03-26 21:21:25","changed_gmt":"2024-04-01 13:48:22","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673505":{"id":"673505","type":"image","title":"April is National Poetry Month.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EApril is National Poetry Month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1711488093","gmt_created":"2024-03-26 21:21:33","changed":"1711488093","gmt_changed":"2024-03-26 21:21:33","alt":"\u0022\u0022","file":{"fid":"256906","name":"poetry 2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/26\/poetry%202.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/26\/poetry%202.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":328779,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/26\/poetry%202.jpg?itok=E4BcdtZp"}}},"media_ids":["673505"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}