Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water, by Billy Collins, and The Dog Who Followed the Moon, by James Norbury.
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The Weekly Catch: Politics, poetry, and the uphill battle to tackle the housing crisis in RI
House Speaker Joe Shekarchi on the housing crisis in Rhode Island: “I recognized from the very beginning it would be a multi-year effort.”
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Rhode Island high school student wins national poetry competition
Natasha Connolly said she likes writing because it “forces you to look at the world in a different way.”
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RI Poet Laureate Tina Cane reflects on ‘The Year of the Murder Hornet’
April is National Poetry Month, and for Artscape, Chuck Hinman visits with poet Tina Cane. She stopped by to talk about her stint as Rhode Island Poet Laureate, which is ending, and her new poetry collection, which is coming out next month – and as always, to read for us, this time from her new book, “The Year of the Murder Hornet.”
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This I Believe New England – Poems
Words matter. They matter a lot. We string words together in myriad ways. Sentences filled with compelling prose. Catchy phrases that inspire us. One-word exclamations, some of which are unprintable and can’t be said on the air. And then there’s poetry: the exquisitely careful, often delicate, assemblage of words that linger together artfully in ways […]
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Artscape: RI Poet Laureate Tina Cane
Tina Cane is Rhode Island’s Poet Laureate. She was appointed to that 5-year position by Governor Raimondo in 2016. Now, she’s out with a new book of poems called Body of Work. Tina Cane joins The Public’s Radio’s Chuck Hinman for this month’s Artscape. She’s agreed to read two selections from her book, and we’ll […]
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Poetry On The Air
Poetry On The Air is part of the first-ever Providence Poetry Festival, a city-wide collaboration between Rhode Island Public Radio, the Providence…
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This I Believe New England: Poems
Words matter. They matter a lot. We string words together in myriad ways. Sentences filled with compelling prose. Catchy phrases that inspire us. One…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Baseball is back, there are rumors of warmer temperatures, and the political beat continues to run hot. So thanks for stopping by for my weekly column….
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WaterFire Arts Center To Display ‘Rosa Parks House Project’
The house from Detroit, which was once home to the brother of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and his family, has been the subject of a dispute over…