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Northern Public Radio is hosting a Valentine’s Day Relationship Poetry Contest. Susan Porterfield, a published poet, editor and professor of English at Rockford University, is the judge. To enter this contest, submit a 10- to 20-line previously unpublished poem about the themes and emotions surrounding Valentine’s Day. When read aloud, the poem should be 30...
J Mase III, a black/trans/queer poet based in New York City, will visit the NIU campus to deliver a spoken word performance at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Cavan Auditorium of Gabel Hall. As an educator, he has worked with thousands of community members in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada...
Not only does NIU English instructor John Bradley have a new collection of poetry, but he also has another award to go along with it. The Cleveland State University Poetry Center has given its 2009 open competition award to Bradley for his latest book, “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know.” “It’s an honor to...
