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The South Carolina Poetry Initiative will host its 2007 Poets Summit 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Columbia Museum of Art.
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Marilyn Nelson
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Kevin Young
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Nathalie Anderson
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Stephen Young
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"Explore the Art and State of Poetry" marks the fourth-annual Poets Summit sponsored by South Carolina Poetry Initiative, located in USC's Department of English. English professor Kwame Dawes is director of the initiative.
Speakers for this year's summit will include award-winning poets Marilyn Nelson, Kevin Young, and native South Carolinian poet Nathalie Anderson. A question-and-answer session will follow each poet's reading.
Honored guest speakers will be Stephen Young, program director for The Poetry Foundation, and Lee Briccetti, executive director of Poets House, a national poetry archive and meeting place for poets and poetry readers.
The summit also will feature a special musical performance and reading in tribute to the late poet Sekou Sundiata. A forum of poets representing different regions around the state also will discuss what is happening with poetry in their community.
The event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.
For more information, contact Charlene Monahan Spearen, S.C. Poetry Initiative 7-5492 or cmspeare@gwm.sc.edu.
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Kwame Dawes, the Louise Fry Scudder Professor in the University's English department, director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative, and director of the USC Arts Institute
