Khabir Shareef reads Etheridge Knight

Here is a recording of Khabir Shareef reading a poem by Etheridge Knight. His appearance was part of the Dead Poets Celebration at Crown Hill Cemetery in October 2010. The event was sponsored by Brick Street Poetry Inc.

A Poem for a Certain Lady on Her 33rd Birthday from ChiefFallingLeaf on Vimeo.

CIWA moving

One of the consequences of Borders closing all of its stores is the loss of a monthly meeting place for he Central Indiana Writers Association, a southside Indianapolis group. CIWA had been conducting its meetings at the Borders on U.S. 31 north of Greenwood. The group is scouting two locations for possible relocation. More later.

Has the Borders closings affected your literary group? If so, let me know at jl.kato(at)sbcglobal.net.

Goodbye, Borders

If you have a Borders gift card, now is the time to use it. The bookseller chain will wind down: http://www.ibj.com/borders-turns-the-final-page-will-close-all-stores/PARAMS/article/28366

Anthology of Indiana Poets

The Indiana Historical Society has released the long-awaited anthology And Know This Place: Poetry of Indiana. It features 116 Indiana poets, including James Whitcomb Riley, Etheridge Knight, Jared Carter, Norbert Krapf, Dan Carpenter, Cheryl Moreland, William Vaughan Moody, Jessamyn West, and Mary Ellen Solt. Editors are Jenny Kander and C.E. Greer.List price is $24.95 and is available at the Indiana Historical Society's History Market, 450 E. Ohio St., Indianapolis.

Norbert Krapf poem on 'Writer's Almanac'

Norbert Krap reveals that Garrison Keillor will read his poem "Boy Scouts Camping Out," from "Somewhere in Southern Indiana" (Time Being Books, 1993), on The Writer's Almanac on July 23. Congratulations, Norbert.

UPDATE: Norbert provided a link to the Writers' Almanac website, and you can preview his poem before the July 23 radio reading. Click here.

Poetry in Free Motion 2012 assignments

Here is a list of the poets and quilters in the Poetry in Free Motion 2012 project::

 

Poet	Poem title	Quilter
Joyce Brinkman	Fluffing	Phyllis Highland
Barry Harris	State Road 13	Phyllis Fee
Mijiza/Saundrajo Holiday	Some Women Walk on Eggs	Sharon Freeland
Elizabeth Krajeck	Patterns in the Weather	Cynthia Holman
Jennifer Lemming	Camino	Suzanne Miller
Teresa Middleton	Genevieve Martine: #503	Diane Billiard
Betty Moebs	The Water's Edge	Sue Rumbaugh
Lylanne Musselman	Urban Birds	Carol Henke
Mary Sexson	Bend of the River	Tina Brauer
John Sherman	Forever	Mo Dean
Sarah Skwire	Utility	Jo Ann Gates
Shari Wagner	Winter Solstice	Mary Kenworthy

 

Each quilter will have until July 31, 2012, to complete her project. Quilts and poems will be displayed in September 2012. Details to come.

No Evening With the Muse this Sunday (July 10)

Because of the death of Evening With the Muse founder Rohana McCormack, the usual second Sunday poetry reading at the Writers' Center of Indiana has been cancelled. It will resume at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, with featured readers John Sherman and Chi Sherman. An open mic will follow.