It’s a good thing Baylor is no slouch when it comes to putting on events and performances. So, do yourself a favor this semester by breaking out of that endless cycle and checking out some of these arts and entertainment events put on by fellow classmates and peers and snag some CAE credits while you’re at it.
Browsing: Beall Poetry Festival
The Beall Poetry Festival will take place from Wednesday to Friday on Baylor’s campus, celebrating its 30th anniversary. This year, the special guest will be Tracy K. Smith, author of “Wade in the Water” and “Life on Mars” and 2022 Poet Laureate of the United States.
The Phoenix Literary Magazine is an annual student-run publication featuring works by Baylor students of all disciplines, including poetry, short stories, photography and even sheet music. The Phoenix is accepting submissions through December.
“I hope that they all keep reading poems,” Hanchey said. “It’s such a gift to get inside another person’s experience and get to hear so many different ways of being in the world. I think it makes you a compassionate person, and it also reminds you that you’re a part of a community. There are universal experiences to us.”
Literary icons: masters of words, image and meter — poetry steps off the page and onto campus this week.
The 20th annual Beall Poetry Festival, beginning today and ends Friday, is full of events for poetry lovers. The 2014 festival features four award-winning guest participants: Andrew Hudgins, Valzhyna Mort, Christian Wiman and Ronald Schuchard.
There were few empty seats in the audience of Jones Concert Hall Monday night as Nobel laureate, Seamus Heaney read a compilation of his poetry including an exerpt from Beowulf. Heaney’s poetry reading was part of the 19th annual Beall Poetry Festival.
“It is my great honor to be at Baylor University, where there is such great respect and sponsorship for poetry,” Heaney said.