Poet to Poet: Kathryn Kysar

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Often, as poets, when we do interviews we approach them in a journalistic fashion, even as Ezra Pound reminds us, “poetry is news that stays news.” Over the next few months, I wanted to see what would happen if Minnesota poets were interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most. Continue Reading

Poet to Poet: Sharon Chmielarz

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Often, as poets, when we do interviews we approach them in a journalistic fashion, even as Ezra Pound reminds us, “poetry is news that stays news.” Over the next few months, I wanted to see what would happen if Minnesota poets were interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most.

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Poet to Poet: John C. Rezmerski

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Often, as poets, when we do interviews we approach them in a journalistic fashion, even as Ezra Pound reminds us, “poetry is news that stays news.” Over the next few months, I wanted to see what would happen if Minnesota poets were interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most. To that end, John C. Continue Reading

FREE SPEECH ZONE | 2011 Edgar Allen Poe Literary Society Scholarships include Twin Cities Students

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Earlier this year, The Edgar Allen Poe Literary Society (also known as the Raven Forward Air Controllers) announced the winners of  their 2011 Distinguished Raven Scholarships.  Many of the recipients are from the Twin Cities:Free Speech ZoneThe Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. This is an open forum for articles that otherwise might not find a place for publication, including news articles, opinion columns, announcements and even a few press releases. John Davidson Memorial Scholarship ($2,267 + $500 performance bonus)Na Lee ThaoSt Paul, MNHal Mischler Memorial Scholarship ($1,500)Kue ChangOroville, CAPaul Jackson Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)Karalina B VueMinneapolis, MNSam Deichelmann Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)Sally HangEureka, CAMarlin Siegwalt Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)Billy VangMarysville, CACharles Ballou Memorial Scholarship ($500)Bruce LeeSheboygan, WIHoss McBride Memorial Scholarship ($500)Deborah Kang VangOroville, CAJoseph Bush Memorial Scholarship ($500)Panny XiongSt Paul, MNJohn Bach Memorial Scholarship ($500)Mee XiongSt Paul, MNDan Davis Memorial Scholarship  ($500)Lee Vong YangMarysville, CAThe Distinguished Raven FAC Memorial Scholarship is an award presented annually to a qualifying descendent of a Lao or Lao-Hmong individual who served in the Royal Laotian Military or Hmong forces in defense of the Kingdom of Laos between 1960 and 1975.The scholarship is sponsored and administered by the Edgar Allen Poe Literary Society (EAPLS).    EAPLS is a non-profit, last-man, veteran organization consisting of Forward Air Controllers (FACs) who lived in Laos, flew under the call sign “Raven” or its predecessor “Butterfly”, and supported Laotian and Hmong forces during the Southeast Asia conflict between 1966 and 1973. Continue Reading