Category Archives: Literary Event

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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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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Little Patuxent Review hosts North Carolina Literary Exchange Events March 2-4 in Columbia and Bethesda’s Writers Center

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Our friends at Little Patuxent Review are celebrating a literary exchange with three poets from Chapel Hill, NC, this weekend. Read on for event details: Friday evening, 3/2, we are sponsoring a reading at a new wellness center: Wisdom Well  … 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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Hugo Hamilton Makes an Appearance in Howard Magazine

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Check it out: Hugo Hamilton leans out of the latest Howard Magazine calendar in dramatic fashion. He will be reading as a part of HoCoPoLitSo’s 34 Annual Irish Evening fundraiser on February 17th. Tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/211558

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Little Patuxent Review Launches Social Justice Issue, Saturday at 2pm

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

This Saturday, Little Patuxent Review, a twice yearly literary and arts publication out of Howard County, hosts a free contributor reading at Oliver’s Carriage House to celebrate the launch of its latest, Social Justice issue. The issue features Columbia resident … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Visits Howard County Middle Schoolers

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Year after year, a highlight of our literary season is being able to introduce the works of Shakespeare to students. This morning (December 19th), HoCoPoLitSo brings Bill’s Buddies, a troupe of Shakespearean actors from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, … Continue reading →

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Join Hugo Hamilton and the Narrowbacks at HoCoPoLitSo’s 34th Annual Irish Evening, February 17, 2012.

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

HoCoPoLitSo’s annual Evening of Irish Writing and Music returns with a reading by Hugo Hamilton and performance of traditional and original Irish music by the Narrowbacks. Dublin born novelist Hugo Hamilton will read from his work. The central character in … Continue reading →

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