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POETRY-FRIENDLY BOOKSTORES |
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Morgenstern Booksellers Inc. 2650 East Third Street Bloomington, IN (812) 331-2066
Indiana University Bookstore Indiana Memorial Union Bloomington, IN
T.I.S. Bookstore 1302 East Third Street Bloomington, IN (217) 337-4900
25th Century Five & Dime 106 E Kirkwood Bloomington, IN (812) 332-0011
Iupui Bookstores 1830 West 16th Street Indianapolis, IN (317) 274-9664
Out Word Bound 625 North East Street Indianapolis, IN (317) 951-9100
Danner's Books & Coffee Shop 2902 W. White River Blvd. Muncie, IN (765) 288-1122
Village Book Cellar Follett Store #302 308 West State Street West Lafayette, IN (708) 279-2330
Von's Books 315 West State Street Lafayette, IN (765) 743-1915
Destinations Booksellers / Flood Crest Press
604 E. Spring St.
New Albany, IN
(812) 944-5116
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LITERARY MAP |
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Indiana Literary Map |
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Featured Poets |
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Clayton Eshleman
Born in Indianapolis and educated at the University of Indiana, Clayton Eshleman is the author of several books of poems and prose, and the recipient of the National Book Award for his translation of César Vallejo's Complete Posthumous Poetry |
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Mari Evans
Author of four books of poetry, including A Dark and Splendid Mass Mari Evans is also a children's book writer and playwright who lives in Indianapolis. |
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Other Indiana Poets
Etheridge Knight
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Literary organizations & centers |
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The Indiana Arts Commission The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), an agency of state government, is a public catalyst, partner, and investor in the arts, and serves the citizens of Indiana by funding, encouraging, promoting and expanding the arts.
The Writers' Center of Indiana The Writers' Center of Indiana is the only comprehensive community-based literary arts organization in Indiana. The Center offers classes and workshops; collaborates with the University of Indianapolis to provide education services to the local community;
hosts "A Gathering of Writers," a day-long celebration that brings writers, publishers, and literary agents to Indianapolis to participate in workshops, public readings, and panel discussions; and publishes Maize, a biannual literary journal, and Literally, a bimonthly newsletter.
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Readings series, conferences & literary festivals |
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Indiana Arts Calendar A state-wide events calendar.
Indiana University Calendar of Readings Readings and talks about the craft of writing, and regular readings of poetry and prose from The Creative Writing Program's graduate students and faculty.
The Indiana University Writers' Conference The Indiana University Writers' Conference believes in a craft-based teaching of writing, emphasizing an exploration of creativity through a variety of approaches, offering workshop-based craft discussions, classes focusing on technique, and talks about the careers and concerns of a writing life.
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Visitors from Indiana Enjoy ... |
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Most Popular Poems
1. Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night...
2. The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes I've known rivers...
3. One Art by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn't hard to master...
4. We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks We real cool. We...
5. Sick by Shel Silverstein "I cannot go to school today"...
6. This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams I have eaten / the plums...
7. so you want to be a writer? by Charles Bukowski if it doesn't come bursting out of you...
8. somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond by E. E. Cummings somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond...
9. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...
10. What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII) by Edna St. Vincent Millay What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why...
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Poems about Indiana |
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July in Indiana
by Robert Fitzgerald
The wispy cuttings lie in rows...
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Writing programs & colonies |
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Indiana University Creating Writing Program The Creative Writing Program at Indiana University in Bloomington offers both the Masters of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and the Masters of Arts (M.A.) degrees in fiction and poetry.
Purdue University Creative Writing Program Established in 1987, the English Department's graduate program in creative writing gives poets and fiction writers the opportunity to develop their work in a serious, non-competitive atmosphere which values originality and a vital literary tradition.
University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Notre Dame is a two-year degree program centered around workshops in poetry and fiction and offering literature courses, translation, a
literary publishing course, and twelve credits of thesis preparation with an individual faculty advisor.
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Literary journals & small presses |
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African American Review Quarterly with a focus on African American literature and culture.
Indiana Review A biannual literary review that considers previously unpublished essays, fiction, graphic arts, interviews, poetry, and reviews. The Indiana Review also administers two poetry prizes.
Maize The biannual journal of the Writers' Center of Indiana. On average, 80% of each issues is devoted to work by Indiana-connected writers.
Notre Dame Review An independent, non-commercial magazine of contemporary American and international fiction, poetry, criticism and art.
Sycamore Review Published biannually by Purdue University's English Department.
Barnwood Press
Founded in 1978 to support poetry through publishing and educational activities. |
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