Category Archives: HoCoPoLitSo

HoCoPoLitSo Recognizes High School Students for Literary Achievement

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Press Release: For thirty-one (31) years the HOward COunty POetry and LITerature SOciety (HoCoPoLitSo) has awarded book prizes to the winners of its All County Writing Competition, and honored students nominated by their teachers for Promise and Achievement in Language … Continue reading →

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Check It Out: The Baltimore Sun Previews This Year’s Blackbird Poetry Festival

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

The Baltimore Sun‘s Explore Howard website has previewed this year’s Blackbird Poetry Festival. The article reports: HoCoPoLitSo executive director Carla Du Pree says her group “promises a night of poetry, slam and song from contemporary poets who aren’t afraid to … Continue reading →

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This Thursday: The 4th Annual Blackbird Poetry Festival

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Featuring the Nightbird Reading, Poetry in Harmony, and a day of workshops, talks, and readings, even the “Poetry Police,” the 4th Annual Blackbird Poetry Festival returns Thursday, April 26th, to the campus of Howard Community College, this year presenting Kim … Continue reading →

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Now Online: The Writing Life with Colum McCann on HoCoPoLitSo’s YouTube Channel.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

In this edition of HoCoPoLitSo’s “The Writing Life,” poet and musician Terence Winch talks with Irish novelist Colum McCann (winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Let the Great World Spin) after his second novel debuted to great acclaim. … Continue reading →

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HoCoPoLitSo’s “The Writing Life” Now on YouTube

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Just in time for National Poetry Month, the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society’s award-winning cable television program, “The Writing Life,” a writer-to-writer talk show, can now be seen at YouTube. Take the opportunity to hear poetry read and discussed … Continue reading →

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30 Things You Might Do To Celebrate National Poetry Month

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Read a poem. Out loud. Feel it the sound of it move through you and into the air. Watch and listen to Billy Collins’ Ted Talk. Practice the math of counting syllables by writing a 5-7-5 haiku. Follow HoCoPoLitSo on … Continue reading →

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National Book Critics Award Winner Edith Pearlman to Read in Columbia, Maryland, June 27th

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Now that Edith Pearlman has won the National Book Critics Award for fiction, what is she going to do? She’s going to visit Columbia and read from her acclaimed work, that’s what. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 27, 2012 … Continue reading →

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Clear the Calendar: Blackbird Poetry Festival, April 26th – Addonizio, Cirelli, Ayala, Mother Ruckus

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Mark your calendars, it’s time for the Blackbird Poetry Festival: April 26, 2012! Howard Community College and HoCoPoLitSo are proud to present “Poetry In Harmony,” the 4th annual Blackbird Poetry Festival. This year’s festival, mainly on location at the College … Continue reading →

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TOMORROW: Irish Evening w/ Hugo Hamilton & Music by The Narrowbacks

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

HoCoPoLitSo’s 34th Annual Evening of Irish Music & Writing will be held tomorrow evening in Smith Theatre at the Horowitz Performing Art Center on the campus of Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. Show time is 7:30 pm. Tickets will … Continue reading →

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Duly Noted: Terrance Hayes, HoCoPoLitSo Vistor Last Fall, Appointed to President Obama’s National Student Poets Program

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Congratulations are in order for Terrance Hayes who was recently chosen for President Barack Obama’s new National Student Poets Program (NSPP) panel. “Hayes is one of four literary leaders who will judge students who received a National Scholastic Art & … Continue reading →

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