Public Poetry Announcement

Public Poetry Announcement: Jane Kenyon

Current State — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:33 +0000

Jane Kenyon’s “Afternoon At MacDowell” is this week’s Public Poetry Announcement.

Current State's Public Poetry Announcements are brought to you by the Center for Poetry at MSU's Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.

Public Poetry Announcement: John Balaban

Current State — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:19:50 +0000

Current State #67 | April 16, 2013

Current State — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:31:25 +0000

Today on Current State: Lansing city budget; Red Cedar now open for fishing ; Wharton Center reveals new season; and a Public Poetry Announcement with Carl Phillips.

Public Poetry Announcement: Carl Phillips

Current State — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:06:20 +0000

Carl Phillips went from a high school Latin teacher to one of the most prestigious positions in American letters, a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. The world-renown poet and professor at Washington University-St. Louis discusses his career and reads one of his poems ahead of his visit to Michigan State University on Wednesday.

Current State #65 | April 12, 2013

Current State — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:16:02 +0000

Today on Current State: national organization for stricter gun laws; Public Poetry Announcement; and Capitol City Film Festival on it's third year in Lansing.

Public Poetry Announcement: Theodore Roethke

Current State — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:44:01 +0000

Today's public poetry announcement features David Clauson reading the "Root Cellar." The poem is by Theodore Roethke.

Public Poetry Announcement: Philip Levine

Current State — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:55:06 +0000

Public Poetry Announcement: Mary Oliver

Current State — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:53:57 +0000

Today's public poetry announcement features David Clauson reading the "Morning at the Great Pond." The poem is by Mary Oliver.

Public Poetry Announcement: Festival of Listening

Current State — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:36:54 +0000

The sixth annual Festival of Listening is this Friday in East Lansing. The event, put on by MSU’s RCAH Center for Poetry, features live readings of poetry in other languages with no translation. And it’s a hit, having become by far the Center's most popular event.

Stephanie Glazier, acting director of the Center for Poetry, and David Clauson, an MSU student, talk about the festival and share a Swedish haiku.

Current State #34 | February 28, 2013

Current State — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:07 +0000

Today on Current State: February's biggest news stories; a Public Poetry Announcement with local poet Diane Wakoski; a friend remembers pianist Van Cliburn; and a Detroit Tigers' season preview with Mario Impemba.

Public Poetry Announcement: Diane Wakoski

Current State — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:47:56 +0000

Diane Wakoski is an internationally renowned poet and a former MSU professor in creative writing. She discusses her career and shares one of her poems, "The Duchess Potatoes."

Public Poetry Announcement: Jamaal May

Current State — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:43:21 +0000

Jamaal May is a world class spoken-word artist and poet from Detroit. He has a guest performance at this weekend’s Poetry Out Loud Michigan high school state championships, which are being held in East Lansing. Mr.

Public Poetry Announcement: Jack Gilbert

Current State — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:41:07 +0000

Our Public Poetry Announcement for Valentine’s Day features Jack Gilbert’s “The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart.” Current State producer Joe Linstroth and Stephanie Glazier, acting director of MSU’s Center for Poetry in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, discuss Gilbert’s richly detailed poem and the limits of language when it approaches such broad, ineffable emotions like love.

Current State’s Public Poetry Announcements are brought to you by the Center for Poetry at Michigan State University’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.

Current State #19 | February 7, 2013

Current State — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:54:03 +0000

Today on Current State: Michigan moves closer to expanding Medicaid, assessing MSU and U of M football recruiting classes, a Public Poetry Announcement featuring Robert Hayden, the murals on West Saginaw in Lansing, and a preview of the MSU Symphony's upcoming performance.

Public Poetry Announcement: Introduction and poet Robert Hayden

Current State — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:49:55 +0000

Today we’re starting a new recurring segment on Current State. It’s called Public Poetry Announcement.