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Poetry As The Scholar's Art: An Interview With Poet Amy Newman, Julie Miller Sep 2017

Poetry As The Scholar's Art: An Interview With Poet Amy Newman, Julie Miller

Julie L. Miller

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Giving Poems: Motivation And Personality In The Reading And Sharing Of Poetry, Leeann Bartolini Mar 2017

Giving Poems: Motivation And Personality In The Reading And Sharing Of Poetry, Leeann Bartolini

LeeAnn Bartolini

Most of the psychological work on poetry has investigated the poet (Mason, Mort, Woo, 2015; Jamison, 1989) or the expressive act of writing poetry (Fink & Drake, 2016, Coulehan & Clary, 2005). The National Poetry Foundation commissioned a study in 2006 that examined the general habits of the American public in terms of reading and sharing poetry. This survey found:

14% of American population reads poetry.
Readers in general and poetry readers in particular tend to be women with higher level of education.
Poetry readers are not loners – high amounts of leisure activity and high sociability.
Poetry readers tend …

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Going Analog And Getting Artsy: Programming In The Academic Library, Lisa A. Forrest Jan 2017

Going Analog And Getting Artsy: Programming In The Academic Library, Lisa A. Forrest

Lisa Forrest

At Hamilton College's Burke Library, innovative programming has been implemented to highlight the creative work of Hamilton’s students and faculty. Apple & Quill provides opportunity for students to participate in writing workshops and analog makerspace activities (such as book making), and publicly share their writing through organized reading events in the library. As a result, the series has attracted students and faculty to the physical library building, forged new personal connections, improved collaborations with campus partners, and engaged the community with the library.