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Naropa Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO

Convocation

A formal welcome for all 2013 Summer Writing Program students. Meet faculty and your fellow writers and learn important information on your responsibilities as a SWP student.

SYMBIOSIS is our rallying anthem for the summer of 2013 as poets and writers and thinkers and printers and translators and performers make their art with an awareness of the interconnected sym-together, biosis-living of different biological species. By extending the metaphor, we look at the mutualistic relationship of our own imaginations.

The Summer Writing Program is a four-week-long convocation of students, poets, fiction writers, scholars, translators, performance artists, activists, Buddhist teachers, musicians, printers, editors and others working in small press publishing. Programming includes workshops, lectures, panels, readings, special events, and more.

In dialogue with renowned practitioners, students engage in the composition of poetry, prose fiction, cross-genre possibilities, inter-arts, translation and writing for performance. Participants work in daily contact with some of the most accomplished and notoriously provocative writers of our time, meeting individually and in small groups, so that both beginning and experienced writers find equal challenge in the program.

All four weeks (or any combination of weeks) are open to any interested participant for noncredit. Students from other institutions or degree programs may also elect to attend for undergraduate or graduate credit.

Click here to read more about the SWP.

 

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Annikki International Poetry Festival in Tampere, Finland

Annikki Poetry FestivalAnnikki International Poetry Festival 2013, reaching its 10th anniversary, has grown to be one of the most significant poetry events in Finland. With the focus staying on poetry, the event has also reached towards music and arts. Annikki Poetry Festival has wanted to create fresh views on lyrics and to put together surprising combinations of performers as well as redefine the boundaries of poetry events.

The theme for the 2013 Annikki Poetry Festival is “The Earth”. The theme aims to explore and celebrate the diversity of the world and poetry. The festival brings in more international performers than ever. Jenni Haukio, the First Lady of Finland, is the patron of this year’s Annikki Poetry Festival.

The 2013 program includes Anne Waldman (USA), Kido Shuri (JP), Habiba (NL), Niillas Holmberg (Lapland), Kaj Chydenius & Taru Nyman, Eira Stenberg, Archie Ahola, Anni Sinnemäki,Martin Enckell, Veera Antsalo, Kai Nieminen &Kai Nieminen and Hannibal & Black Motor.

Read more about the Annikki International Poetry Festival here…

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