Poetry Friday: "The Dandelions are Everywhere"
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Daniel Gorman. Daniel is one more than 70 poets, writers, and artists featured in...
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NYS Writers Institute
Jul 24, 20202 min read
#PoetryFriday: Join us for Saturday's "Poets in the Park" in Albany
Poets in the Park is celebrating more than 30 years of poetry readings in Albany's Washington Park. This year's event will take place 7...
NYS Writers Institute
May 15, 20201 min read
Poetry in the age of coronavirus, with NYS Poet Alicia Ostriker
NYS Poet Alicia Ostriker talks with NYS Writers Institute Director Paul Grondahl about poetry in the age of coronavirus and her own...
NYS Writers Institute
May 14, 20201 min read
Video interview: Poet D. Colin and photographer Robert Cooper
We caught up with UAlbany alumnus and poet and educator D. Colin and her partner, photographer Robert Cooper, who are hunkered down in...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 27, 20204 min read
Writing haikus in a time of quarantine
Poetry for social change with Mark Nowak: RISSEing and Reframing By Cassandra Andrusz-Ho Ching Mark Nowak is a writer and founding...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 24, 20203 min read
Q&A with poet Nikki Giovanni: "Social comforting"
We caught up with Nikki Giovanni, activist, mother, professor, firebrand, healer and sage, and one of the leading poets of her...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Judith Johnson: A video interview and a new poem for our "plague year"
Enjoy The Conversation with Judith Johnson and Writers Institute director Paul Grondahl. Acclaimed poet and emerita UAlbany English...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 14, 20206 min read
The healing power of music
By Cassandra Andrusz-Ho Ching and Avery Smith Local activist, singer and songwriter Taina Asili (third from left) visited the NYS Writers...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 13, 20203 min read
Catching up with poet Sarah Giragosian
We chatted with UAlbany's Sarah Giragosian, winner of the American Poetry Journal Book Prize for her poetry collection, Queer Fish...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 7, 20202 min read
Poet Joy Harjo: What's your formula for the healing of America?
We paid a virtual visit to poet and musician Joy Harjo, who was named the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States in 2019. She is...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 1, 20202 min read
Have you felt moved to write a coronavirus poem?
Poets Gary Maggio & Melissa Hurt read their coronavirus poems and discuss participating in a poetry workshop co-sponsored by the Writers...
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 25, 20202 min read
Need hand sanitizer? A poem? Mahogany Browne has you covered
Have you gone shopping for hand sanitizer lately? All gone. But who needs Purell when you have poet and activist Mahogany L. Browne's...
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 19, 20203 min read
Coronavirus and quarantine, strength and song
Before being named director of the NYS Writers Institute in 2017, Paul Grondahl worked as a reporter at the Albany Times Union where he...
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 18, 20203 min read
The Irish tradition at the NYS Writers Institute
St. Patrick's Day was a subdued event this year. Social distancing meant no parades, parties, celebrations. Not even a book reading....
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 17, 20202 min read
Audre Lorde: "A Litany for Survival"
Here’s a poem from the late New York State Poet Audre Lorde, "A Litany for Survival,” which characterizes life as a state of permanent...
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 13, 20201 min read
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