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President Obama Awards Rita Dove National Medal of Arts
Earlier today in the White House East Room, VCCA Advisory Council member Rita Dove was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama. Poet Rita Dove was the leading…
Allison Seay Wins Persea Books Prize for Her First Poetry Collection
Congratulations to Allison Seay, who won the 2012 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry from Persea Books for her collection To See the Queen, which is scheduled for publication…
Melody Nixon Fiction and NonFiction Works Published
…essay appears in Issue 14 of CURA Magazine. I Believe New Yorkers is an essay in Amherst College’s literary review, The Common that “explores the issues that so many of…
“Metropolitan Museum of Art” Buys Susan Schwalb Aquatints
…be shown in the print exhibition hallway space when renovations are completed, in about a year. Top image: Streams of Silver, 2011, an artist proof with hand coloring. Image size…
Royal Shiree’s One-Woman Play Featured at Lynchburg College’s Black History Month
Royal Shiree’s play, dun been thru it, is one of the highlights of Lynchburg College’s Black History Month observances. Shiree is both the playwright and sole performer. In her words:…
In Memoriam: Ian H. Wilson
…residence in Westport, CT. Ian began a 25-year career with General Electric becoming a member of the company’s strategic planning staff and establishing the pioneering corporate “futures studies” group. Ian…
TODAY AT 3! First Reading of VCCA Poetry Anthology at SBU Fringe Fest!
At three o’clock today, Co-Editor Margaret B. Ingraham and other VCCA Poets will be reading from VCCA’s new poetry anthology along with students from the creative writing program of Sweet…
Marjory Bassett
…chairman emerita of the Literary Committee of the National Arts Club in New York for many years, and she was known for her sense of style – bright bows on…
Cave Canem Poets! Today Is the Last Day to Apply for Fully-Funded Summer Residency!