{"id":164,"date":"2023-11-07T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:29:17","slug":"poet-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/poet-in-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet-in-Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3.jpg\" alt=\"A professional headshot of Dr. Traci Currie, Poetry as Activism Poet in Residence. \" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/AR9I5897-3-365x243.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photography credit: Ivan Thomas, DETV<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Thank you<\/b>\u00a0to Traci Evadne Currie, Poetry as Activism Poet-in-Residence!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you to Traci Evadne Currie for serving as the inaugural Poetry as Activism Poet-in-Residence.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About the Spring 2024 Poetry as Activism Residency\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>You are invited to <a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/13\/poet-in-residence-traci-evadne-currie-reflects-on-poetry-as-activism\/\">read some closing thoughts from Dr. Currie about the spring 2024 semester in residence in a Q&amp;A.<\/a> Below, we include some materials that represent the work Dr. Currie accomplished during the residency.<\/p>\n<h3>Poetry as Activism Events<\/h3>\n<p>The Poetry as Activism Festival was held on May 9, 2024. It included many activities including a Special Collections Open House.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/May9_PoetryFestival_Bi-foldProgram_FINAL-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poetry as Activism Festival Program &#8211; May 9, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/Poetry-as-Activism-Festival_Special-Collections-Open-House-program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poetry as Activism Special Collections Open House Program<\/a> &#8211; designed by Mark Samuels Lasner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Photos from the Poetry as Activism Festival on May 9, 2024<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/IMG_6441-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Emcee Richard Raw engages the audience at the Poetry as Activism Festival.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Emcee Richard Raw engages the audience at the Poetry as Activism Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/IMG_5411-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Poetry as Activism Festival speakers stand in front of a projected slide that reads: &quot;Poetry as Activism Festival&quot; with an image of a raised fist holding a pencil. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Poetry as Activism Festival speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/IMG_5330-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Currie leads a workshop as part of the UD Associate in the Arts Program's Spring 2024 Seminar Series on May 7, 2024. The projectors show participants joining the seminar via Zoom. The whiteboard reads: &quot;I dream a world.&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> Dr. Currie leads a workshop as part of the UD Associate in the Arts Program&#8217;s Spring 2024 Seminar Series on May 7, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/poetry-as-activism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/IMG_4978-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Currie emcees the Winter Nights Poetry Celebration Featuring Poetic Roots event at the Delaware Art Museum on March 21, 2024.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> Dr. Currie emcees the Winter Nights Poetry Celebration Featuring Poetic Roots event at the Delaware Art Museum on March 21, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography credit: Ivan Thomas, DETV Thank you\u00a0to Traci Evadne Currie, Poetry as Activism Poet-in-Residence! 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