Live: KCPR Open Mic Night

Bands, musicians, poets and comedians will perform tonight at KCPR’s Open Mic Night. Live streaming video by Ustream The live broadcast begins at 8:00 p.m. You can watch it here, on campus channel 4.1 or listen in on KCPR 91.3…

Student’s ‘highly imagined’ poem takes Academy of American Poets contest

The soft glow of the moon and a porch light illuminated Madeleine Mori’s fingers as they tap-danced over the worn keys of her mother’s vintage typewriter.

SLO poet laureate is a man of the outdoors

When Jerry Douglas Smith was in high school, he hated poetry. He thought all poetry dealt with the teacher’s idea of the poem’s meaning, he said.

Summer Literary Reading Series brings poet performances

Poets Jim Reese and Ephraim Sommers read their works at Cal Poly Tuesday as a part of the Summer Literary Reading Series, directed by Cal Poly English professor Kevin Clark.