Edith Pearlman
June 27, 2012
In partnership with the Columbia Festival of the Arts, HoCoPoLitSo is proud to be bringing Edith Pearlman to Columbia’s Oakland Manor for this years Festival. Pearlman’s Binocular Vision recently won the National Book Critics Award for fiction.
Stay tuned as details of this spectacular occasion arise. For now, mark your calendars, you have something to look forward to on the evening of June 27th.
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 will feature Michael Cirelli, Kim Addonizio, Naomi Ayala and Mother Ruckus. There will be readings (including by faculty and students), workshops, performances and the ‘Poetry Police” who cite students caught without poetry on hand for National Poem in Your Pocket Day.
This year’s Festival will also include a visit by Naomi Ayala to the Howard County School System’s Professional Development Day where she will host a reading and discussion with teachers.
Click here for a full schedule and timing of the day’s events – most free and open to the public, others for students only. The evening will feature a “Poetry in Harmony” Coffee House reading with Michael Cirelli and Kim Addonizio with a performance by musical group Mother Ruckus; tickets for this performance will be $15 general admission, $10 for seniors and students with id (now available for purchase online here).
Writer in Residence Program
2011-2012 school year
Sandra Beasley. Photo by Matthew Wordman
Washington, DC poet and nonfiction author Sandra Beasley has been selected as HoCoPoLitSo’s 20th writer in residence in Howard County’s High Schools. To learn more about Ms. Beasley and the program, click here.
Check our calendar to see when Ms. Beasley will be visiting your school.
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