Post by moira on Oct 7, 2010 18:59:57 GMT 2
Wompo Publishers Newspaper
News this week from Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Beltway Poetry, Beltway Editions (back issues of the newspaper are archived at the Wompo festival of women's poetry here: wompherence.proboards.com ).
1. Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces a new issue, available for free on line: "Mapping the City: DC Places II."
Featuring 40 poems set in the greater Washington, DC region, the new issue shows how the city continues to be a source of inspiration. Includes a fabulous interactive map, designed by Emery Pajer, that allows readers to scroll across the city and read poems marked by digital pushpins.
The issue includes WOMPOs Gretchen Primack, Charlie Rossiter, and Wendy Babiak; also foremothers Phyllis Armstrong, Carrie Williams Clifford, Anne Lynch Botta, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Adelaide E. Cardozo, and Shirley Cochrane. Edited by WOMPO Kim Roberts. Please see: www.beltwaypoetry.com.
2. The Mapping the City issue is the final special issue celebrating Beltway Poetry's tenth anniversary year of publication.
In addition to four anniversary issues, Beltway Poetry has been sponsoring monthly readings throughout 2010. Fall readings and panels will take place at the Capital BookFest in Largo, MD, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference in Rockville, MD, Busboys and Poets in DC, the DC Public Libraries, and Iota Restaurant and Bar in Arlington, VA. For a full list of anniversary activities, please see: washingtonart.com/beltway/tenth.html.
3. Beltway Editions released Lip Smack: A History of Spoken Word Poetry in DC by Kim Roberts in September 2010.
Commissioned by the DC Humanities Council, this nonfiction chapbook is co-sponsored by Beltway Poetry Quarterly and the Word Works, Inc. Amply illustrated, the book covers the years 1991 to 2010, focusing on major contributions from Washington DC to spoken word forms, including slam poetry and hip hop poetry. Readers interested in women's spoken word in particular will note that DC has been a center for nurturing women performers, especially in the early years when other city's scenes were more male-dominated. Information at: www.kimroberts.org/publications.html.
News this week from Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Beltway Poetry, Beltway Editions (back issues of the newspaper are archived at the Wompo festival of women's poetry here: wompherence.proboards.com ).
1. Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces a new issue, available for free on line: "Mapping the City: DC Places II."
Featuring 40 poems set in the greater Washington, DC region, the new issue shows how the city continues to be a source of inspiration. Includes a fabulous interactive map, designed by Emery Pajer, that allows readers to scroll across the city and read poems marked by digital pushpins.
The issue includes WOMPOs Gretchen Primack, Charlie Rossiter, and Wendy Babiak; also foremothers Phyllis Armstrong, Carrie Williams Clifford, Anne Lynch Botta, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Adelaide E. Cardozo, and Shirley Cochrane. Edited by WOMPO Kim Roberts. Please see: www.beltwaypoetry.com.
2. The Mapping the City issue is the final special issue celebrating Beltway Poetry's tenth anniversary year of publication.
In addition to four anniversary issues, Beltway Poetry has been sponsoring monthly readings throughout 2010. Fall readings and panels will take place at the Capital BookFest in Largo, MD, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference in Rockville, MD, Busboys and Poets in DC, the DC Public Libraries, and Iota Restaurant and Bar in Arlington, VA. For a full list of anniversary activities, please see: washingtonart.com/beltway/tenth.html.
3. Beltway Editions released Lip Smack: A History of Spoken Word Poetry in DC by Kim Roberts in September 2010.
Commissioned by the DC Humanities Council, this nonfiction chapbook is co-sponsored by Beltway Poetry Quarterly and the Word Works, Inc. Amply illustrated, the book covers the years 1991 to 2010, focusing on major contributions from Washington DC to spoken word forms, including slam poetry and hip hop poetry. Readers interested in women's spoken word in particular will note that DC has been a center for nurturing women performers, especially in the early years when other city's scenes were more male-dominated. Information at: www.kimroberts.org/publications.html.