Tag: poetry
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Admiration: A Journey to Self Love
By Erika Wadleigh SUNY New Paltz student Erika Wadleigh produces a short video for Kimberly Ruth’s Spring 2019 Digital Storytelling class about grappling with insecurities and learning to embrace them with love.
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Brianna Knight’s Quest for a Difference
Students in Professor Lisa Phillips’ Feature Writing Class were assigned to profile people at the forefront of change: Brianna Knight, a slam poet and co-president of SUNY New Paltz’s Melodía and Movement, uses her platform to increase cultural awareness and celebrate minorities. Brianna Knight, the co-president of Melodía and Movement, calls the eight other club…
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Hear Howard Good Read His Poem
Howard Good, a digital media and journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, gave a poetry reading with special guest Donald Lev at the Honors Center at SUNY New Paltz Feb. 18. Original video produced by the Little Rebellion.
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Sales of Poetry by Howie Good Go To Food Bank of HV
SUNY New Paltz journalism professor, author, and poet Howie Good has published a new book of poetry entitled “Fugitive Pieces,” a collection of collage poems. All proceeds from the book (currently $15) go to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. The book is available online here.
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New Paltz Poets Speak Up at the Wade-Lewis Poetry Slam Invitational
The New Paltz Slam Team hosted the third annual Wade-Lewis Poetry Slam Invitational from March 2 until March 4. The event featured competition and workshops in rap and spoken word. The event featured two nights of poetry by performers from different schools, and the third night consisted of performances by finalists to pick a winner,…
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Music, Dance, and Laughs: Creativity Flourishes at Coffee Shop
The open space of Cafeteria in New Paltz on Main Street is dim and warmly lit. The mellow atmosphere of the space is enhanced by a young man slowly dancing in front of the Cafeteria audience to a backing-track. It’s Monday which means it’s Open Mic Night at Cafeteria. Sign ups for artists start at…
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COTA Celebrates Fifth Year
A famously art-driven town, New Paltz N.Y., hosted the fifth-annual Celebration of the Arts(COTA), a free festival for all local artists on Oct. 8. All forms of art and creativity were encouraged and welcomed with open arms. Painters and sketch artist positioned themselves along cobblestone paths documenting the beauty of Huguenot Street and tents were…
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Faculty Poets Present
The sixth season of Faculty Poets Present began Monday, Sept. 13 with readings by SUNY New Paltz professors Howie Good and Larry Carr. Students and teachers alike filled the seats of the Honors Center in SUNY New Paltz’s College Hall to experience the work of these accomplished professors and poets. Good has been widely published…
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Lovesick Limericks
Faculty and students filed into the Honor’s Center, anxious to hear professors from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz read their original poetry. The room went quiet as Howard Good, one of the night’s featured poets, approached the podium to announce Dennis Doherty as the first reader. The audience erupted into…
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Sound Off! Poetic Flows
Written and Produced by Tracy Soren With myriad ways to express one’s self, poetry is still an encouraged and appreciated art form on the campus and within the artistic community at large. At New Paltz, there is group that takes poetry off paper. Megan Falley, a member of the Rap Poetry Music Club for three…