In June 2016, a social media call was sent out to the members of Poetic Underground--a whiskey drinking, verbal slinging, raucous and righteous open mic poetry sequence at the Uptown Arts Bar in Kansas City, MO--egging the artists to request a prompt: a short, personally crafted phrase intended to be the inspiration for NEW SHIT to spit at open mic night. Over the next week, over one-hundred prompts were issued, which led to the epic readings of volumes of New Shit But other folks, many of whom were unable to attend open mic, wanted to be part of the shenanigans; so, the idea of a...
In June 2016, a social media call was sent out to the members of Poetic Underground--a whiskey drinking, verbal slinging, raucous and righteous ope...
Celebrate the kickoff of National Poetry Month by joining us for a reading of poetry about Kansas City at the beautiful, downtown Ilus Davis Park! Spartan Press is delighted to release “Finding Zen in Cowtown,” a book featuring the poems of thirty poets who live in and around Kansas City. This unique collection features poems by former Kansas Poet Laureate, Denise Low; founder of the Latino Writers Collective, Jose Faus; founder of Prospero’s Books, Will Leathem; and many more spoken word and poetry voices in our community. It’s very moving to read poems which talk...
Celebrate the kickoff of National Poetry Month by joining us for a reading of poetry about Kansas City at the beautiful, downtown Ilus Davis Park! ...
