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PressMarch 22, 2017

NPR: ‘Out Of Wonder’ Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets

By Marjory Wentworth

‘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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PressJanuary 2, 2017

RNS publishes commentary by Marjory Wentworth on the Emanuel 9

By Marjory Wentworth

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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PressDecember 29, 2016

Mount Holyoke sets a poem to music

By Marjory Wentworth

Message from the Mount Holyoke president: Dear members of the Mount Holyoke community, Season after season and year after year, the beauty of Mount…

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PressJune 24, 2016

Charleston Magazine: June 17, 2015: One of our City’s Darkest, and Most Illuminating, Days

By Marjory Wentworth

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…

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PressJune 20, 2016

Post and Courier: `‘We Are Charleston’ a new book that puts Mother Emanuel shooting in context

By Marjory Wentworth

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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PressJune 20, 2016

Talking to Hillary Clinton, on CNN

By Marjory Wentworth

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PressJune 20, 2016

PBS Newshour video: Marjory Wentworth and Marcus Amaker

By Marjory Wentworth

A year after shooting, South Carolina poets offer healing Watch the episode below:

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PressJune 16, 2016

Charleston Writers Remember Emanuel Nine (SC Public Radio)

By Marjory Wentworth

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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PressJune 16, 2016

Front page of The State newspaper

By Marjory Wentworth

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)
PressJune 16, 2016

Mother Emanuel: One Year Later (Charleston City Paper)

By Marjory Wentworth

By Dustin Waters. Read it here. On a Sunday afternoon, April 19, 2015, state Sen. Rev. Clementa Pinckney stood before a small crowd in…

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PressJune 16, 2016

WENTWORTH: New Charleston book grew after “my heart was broken” (Charleston Currents)

By Marjory Wentworth

Read it here. By Marjory Wentworth, contributing editor | In our very first television interview about our book We Are Charleston, Tragedy and Triumph…

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PressJune 16, 2016

PBS Newshour: Seeking solace in poetry after a mass shooting

By Marjory Wentworth

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…

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PressJune 16, 2016

Forgiveness: A National Tragedy and Radical Love (FaithGateway)

By Marjory Wentworth

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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PressJune 8, 2016

A year after the Charleston church shooting, what has changed? (Religious News Service)

By Marjory Wentworth

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…

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PressJanuary 26, 2016

etvradio: Poet Laureate Speaks To, and Sometimes For, the Palmetto State

By Marjory Wentworth

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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PressDecember 28, 2015

Call to Adventure radio interview

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PressDecember 28, 2015

Cultural impact: 2015 momentous for the arts in Charleston, on cusp of new era

By Marjory Wentworth

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
PressJuly 19, 2015

BBC – Poet Laureate writes dedication for Charleston victims

By Marjory Wentworth

Click here to see a video of Marjory reading “Holy City” on the BBC news website.

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PressApril 14, 2015

IN DEFENSE OF THE POET LAUREATE – by By Nick Ripatrazone (Literary Hub)

By Marjory Wentworth

Read the article here. In September 2002, two months after he was named poet laureate of New Jersey, Amiri Baraka read at the Dodge…

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PressMarch 9, 2015

Phebe Davidson poetry review

By Marjory Wentworth

Exploring Our Own Amazement: Three New Books from South Carolina New and Selected Poems by Marjorie Wentworth. University of South Carolina Press, 2014. 148…

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PressMarch 9, 2015

Kirkusreviews.com reviews “Taking A Stand”

By Marjory Wentworth

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…

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PressJanuary 14, 2015

Inaugural Poem coverage in SC’s The State

By Marjory Wentworth

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…

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PressSeptember 21, 2014

New York Times response to Re “Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are Any Indication” (front page, July 28):

By Marjory Wentworth

Two State Poets Laureate Tell All (in Prose) AUG. 3, 2014 To the Editor: Re “Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are…

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PressJune 6, 2014

Review of New and Selected Poems in Charleston City Paper.

By Marjory Wentworth

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…

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PressMay 12, 2014

“Spring” Featured on The Writer’s Almanac with Garrision Keillor April 8, 2014

By Marjory Wentworth

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
PressMarch 8, 2014

New and Selected Poems just out from USC Press

By Marjory Wentworth

  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…

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PressJune 23, 2013

interview on SC Public Radio “Your Day” on Seeking: Poetry and Prose Inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green

By Marjory Wentworth

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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