NPR: ‘Out Of Wonder’ Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets
‘Out Of Wonder’ Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets Heard on Morning Edition By Rachel Martin Kwame Alexander believes that wonder lies between…
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RNS publishes commentary by Marjory Wentworth on the Emanuel 9
Click here to read the article. CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) The relatives and friends of the nine people murdered on June 17, 2015 are facing…
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Mount Holyoke sets a poem to music
Message from the Mount Holyoke president: Dear members of the Mount Holyoke community, Season after season and year after year, the beauty of Mount…
Read MoreCharleston Magazine: June 17, 2015: One of our City’s Darkest, and Most Illuminating, Days
By Stephanie Hunt Read it here Mother Emanuel tragedy June 17, 2015: a date that needs no explanation, at least in the Lowcountry—a time…
Read MorePost and Courier: `‘We Are Charleston’ a new book that puts Mother Emanuel shooting in context
By Adam Parker. Read the story here. It began with a poem. And now the book “We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother…
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Talking to Hillary Clinton, on CNN
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PBS Newshour video: Marjory Wentworth and Marcus Amaker
A year after shooting, South Carolina poets offer healing Watch the episode below:
Read MoreCharleston Writers Remember Emanuel Nine (SC Public Radio)
By TUT UNDERWOOD. Read and listen here. The slayings of nine worshipers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston a year ago was a wrenching…
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Front page of The State newspaper
By BY ERIN SHAW. Read it here. We have to think about how this happened,’ author of book on Charleston church massacre says “We…
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Mother Emanuel: One Year Later (Charleston City Paper)
By Dustin Waters. Read it here. On a Sunday afternoon, April 19, 2015, state Sen. Rev. Clementa Pinckney stood before a small crowd in…
Read MoreWENTWORTH: New Charleston book grew after “my heart was broken” (Charleston Currents)
Read it here. By Marjory Wentworth, contributing editor | In our very first television interview about our book We Are Charleston, Tragedy and Triumph…
Read MorePBS Newshour: Seeking solace in poetry after a mass shooting
Read it here. The shooting by a white supremacist at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church in June 2015 was a wakeup call for poet Marcus…
Read MoreForgiveness: A National Tragedy and Radical Love (FaithGateway)
Read it here. Editor’s Note: On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at…
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A year after the Charleston church shooting, what has changed? (Religious News Service)
By Lauren Markoe Read the full story here. CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) A few weeks after a young white gunman killed nine people at a…
Read Moreetvradio: Poet Laureate Speaks To, and Sometimes For, the Palmetto State
Not every state has a poet laureate, but Charleston’s Marjory Wentworth is South Carolina’s. She’s written numerous books and hundreds of poems, at various…
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Cultural impact: 2015 momentous for the arts in Charleston, on cusp of new era
From an article written by Adam Parker in the Post and Courier. Read it here. Strong words South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth had…
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BBC – Poet Laureate writes dedication for Charleston victims
Click here to see a video of Marjory reading “Holy City” on the BBC news website.
Read MoreIN DEFENSE OF THE POET LAUREATE – by By Nick Ripatrazone (Literary Hub)
Read the article here. In September 2002, two months after he was named poet laureate of New Jersey, Amiri Baraka read at the Dodge…
Read MorePhebe Davidson poetry review
Exploring Our Own Amazement: Three New Books from South Carolina New and Selected Poems by Marjorie Wentworth. University of South Carolina Press, 2014. 148…
Read MoreKirkusreviews.com reviews “Taking A Stand”
Review Date: July 15, 2011 Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan Pages: 256 Price ( Hardcover ): $27.00 Publication Date: October 1, 2011 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-230-11233-9…
Read MoreInaugural Poem coverage in SC’s The State
South Carolina’s state newspaper is also covering the fallout over Hailey’s decision to cut my poem from the ceremony. Quoted from the article- “Clearly…
Read MoreNew York Times response to Re “Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are Any Indication” (front page, July 28):
Two State Poets Laureate Tell All (in Prose) AUG. 3, 2014 To the Editor: Re “Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are…
Read MoreReview of New and Selected Poems in Charleston City Paper.
Charleston City Paper has a review up for my latest book, New and Selected Works. Elizabeth Pandolfi writes that “New and Selected Poems marks a…
Read More“Spring” Featured on The Writer’s Almanac with Garrision Keillor April 8, 2014
The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor TUESDAY Apr. 8, 2014 LISTEN DOWNLOAD Spring by Marjory Wentworth After the rain, outside the barred windows of the…
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New and Selected Poems just out from USC Press
One Sheet New and Selected Schedule of Events for Spring-Fall 2014: Sunday March 23 4:00 p.m. Book launch/Reading with Lisa Starr, Blue Bicycle…
Read Moreinterview on SC Public Radio “Your Day” on Seeking: Poetry and Prose Inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green
Week of June 17, 2013 Art inspired poetry (Listen to the segment) Clemson University creative writing professor Jillian Weise speaks with South Carolina’s Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth about…
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