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POETRY-FRIENDLY BOOKSTORES |
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Indiana University Bookstore Indiana Memorial Union Bloomington, IN (812) 856-2665
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
Waanders' Bookmark 414 South Main St. Auburn, IN (260) 925-2330
Boxcar Books and Community Center, Inc. 408 E. 6th St. Bloomington, IN (812) 339-8710
The Mystery Company 233 2nd Ave SW Carmel, IN (317) 705-9711
Viewpoint Books 548 Washington Street Columbus, IN (812) 376-0778
Next Page Bookstore 208 W. Monroe St. Decatur, IM (260) 724-9027
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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.
Arts Council of Indianapolis
When the council was founded in 1987, it served as the arts granting agency for the City of Indianapolis, and had a primary focus of overseeing funding for arts organizations and artists.
In addition to grants, it now also provides marketing, technical, legal and other business-related services to artists and arts organizations throughout central Indiana. Its sister website www.indyarts.org provides an online database featuring over 600 artists involved in art’s major disciplines, including dance, visual arts, theater, spoken word and storytelling, music and more.
Words on the Go A community arts project that collaborates with CityBus to place poetry on board the buses. Local poets may submit original work for consideration. New poems are published on the buses every six months.
Indiana Arts
This website is Indiana’s only statewide arts information online resource. Its centralized portal and online community contains detailed registries of artists, organizations, and arts-related businesses. The site’s registered members can publish online portfolios, event listings with images, classified ads, and subscribe to opt-in email communications.
Southern Indiana Writers Group
Founded in 1992, this group began meeting monthly in a conference room in a local hospital. It now meets weekly, to exchange information and expertise on everything from computers to poetry. The group also serves as a poetry critique forum and publishes an annual anthology. |
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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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Poems about Indiana |
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July in Indiana
by Robert Fitzgerald
The wispy cuttings lie in rows...
Dead Center by Rachel Contreni Flynn August in Indiana:...
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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.
University of Southern Indiana Creative Writing
The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis as well as a Creative Writing Minor and a Creative Writing Certificate. Students publish the Southern Indiana Review as well as the The Aerie, a student journal of arts and letters.
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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.
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.
Snowvigate Snowvigate publishes an online journal of poetry, flash fiction, flash drama, interviews, and essays on critical theory and prosody. Along with students from Arion—the Indiana State University Student Creative Writing Association—it also works with Habitat for Humanity and Indiana State Universtiy to raise funds to build houses in the Terre Haute area through its "Build a Poem--Build a House" project.
Southern Indiana Review
The Southern Indiana Review presents a cross-section of emerging and established artists and writers whose work is both regional and national in scope, ambition, and degree of recognition. The Review features the annual Mary C. Mohr Award, and issues are published in the spring and autumn.
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