Comments on: W.Va. Poetry Out Loud winners http://thegazz.com/gblogs/mountainword/2008/03/15/poetry-out-loud-winners/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Phyllis Wilson Moore http://thegazz.com/gblogs/mountainword/2008/03/15/poetry-out-loud-winners/#comment-1241 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:43:23 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/mountainword/2008/03/15/poetry-out-loud-winners/#comment-1241 Terrific! Will we be able to hear the students read? Next, here is a copy of an e-mail notice I received from Chis Green at Marshall U. He speaks of a marvelous piece of poetry programming at WV Public Radio. Phyllis Wilson Moore... "Dear Coal Poets: I’ve watched this project come to fruition over the last year and-a-half, and it is worthy. This is poetry about coal & history in its most powerful and accessible rendering. Do let your family & friends know about it, because if they are connected to coal, they will feel like they’re hearing a part of their own family history. ~Chris" -----------Chris's notice also includes the following information... "On Behalf Of kate long Please pass the word: 9 PM on Thursday, April 10, West Virginia Public Radio will broadcast an hour-long production of Diane Gilliam Fisher's Kettle Bottom poems, woven with music and historical context. Funded by the WV Humanities Council. The Kettle Bottom poems are set in Winco, a Mingo County coal camp in 1921, during the West Virginia mine wars. With almost no promotional budget, this remarkable book hit the American Booksellers Assn top 10 poetry books list. You can tune in from anywhere at www.wvpubcast.org. Click on the Streaming icon, and, after a short announcement, you're connected to whatever is broadcasting on West Virginia Public Radio. On WVPR, poems will be read by West Virginians who know the history, including: Denise Giardina, Elaine Purkey, Alan Freeman, John Morris, Pete Kosly, Ruby Suter, Merry Hanning, Laura Hatfield, Becky Kimmons, Bill Kimmons, John Lilly, and Diane Gilliam herself. Produced/narrated by Kate Long. This program will make a strong classroom resource for English, history, sociology, social work, etc. A re-broadcast is planned for May 22 at 9 PM, then next October." End of the message from Chis Green Terrific! Will we be able to hear the students read?

Next, here is a copy of an e-mail notice I received from Chis Green at Marshall U.

He speaks of a marvelous piece of poetry programming at WV Public Radio.

Phyllis Wilson Moore…

“Dear Coal Poets:

I’ve watched this project come to fruition over the last year and-a-half, and it is worthy. This is poetry about coal & history in its most powerful and accessible rendering. Do let your family & friends know about it, because if they are connected to coal, they will feel like they’re hearing a part of their own family history.

~Chris”

———–Chris’s notice also includes the following information…

“On Behalf Of kate long

Please pass the word: 9 PM on Thursday, April 10, West Virginia Public Radio will broadcast an hour-long production of Diane Gilliam Fisher’s Kettle Bottom poems, woven with music and historical context. Funded by the WV Humanities Council.

The Kettle Bottom poems are set in Winco, a Mingo County coal camp in 1921, during the West Virginia mine wars. With almost no promotional budget, this remarkable book hit the American Booksellers Assn top 10 poetry books list.

You can tune in from anywhere at www.wvpubcast.org. Click on the Streaming icon, and, after a short announcement, you’re connected to whatever is broadcasting on West Virginia Public Radio.

On WVPR, poems will be read by West Virginians who know the history, including: Denise Giardina, Elaine Purkey, Alan Freeman, John Morris, Pete Kosly, Ruby Suter, Merry Hanning, Laura Hatfield, Becky Kimmons, Bill Kimmons, John Lilly, and Diane Gilliam herself. Produced/narrated by Kate Long.

This program will make a strong classroom resource for English, history, sociology, social work, etc. A re-broadcast is planned for May 22 at 9 PM, then next October.”

End of the message from Chis Green

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