Wick Poetry Center
Wick Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Large Gathering of Poets
Maggie Anderson, the founding director of 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center, was the first to offer words of verse to begin the three-day celebration of the center鈥檚 40th anniversary.
IN A FLASH: A Welcome at Wick
Graduate students in 天天吃瓜 State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design received a personal welcome from the college's associate dean at the park outside 天天吃瓜 State's Wick Poetry Center.
Total Eclipse of 天天吃瓜 State!
The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!
鈥楾o Bear Witness to the Spectacular鈥
The April 8 total solar eclipse has sparked a new opportunity for interactive poetry from 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center.
Verse That Gives Voice: Wick Poetry Center to Celebrate 40 Years
天天吃瓜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center marks its 40th anniversary this year with three days of poetry events and a gala planned for September to celebrate the program that has provided a platform for creative voices across the globe.
Planned Gift Endows Executive Director Position at 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center
The Wick family has a long history of philanthropy at 天天吃瓜 that began in 1984 when brothers Bob and Walt Wick first established scholarships to support undergraduate poets at the university. This most recent gift of $1 million brings the family鈥檚 total lifetime commitment to the university to more than $3.5 million.
鈥榃e Are the Community Maj Nurtured Into Speech鈥
鈥淢aj wrote poems to, for and about this town, this home of his in 天天吃瓜,鈥 said David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center in his remarks at the dedication of the Maj Ragain Poetry Park. 鈥淗is poems gave shelter and solace and sustenance to our community, and it feels so right that we鈥檙e dedicating this poetry park today in his memory and his honor.鈥
Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets
Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with 天天吃瓜's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the 天天吃瓜 Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.
Lavender Graduation: Celebrating The Spring Class of 2023
Lavender Graduation 2023 celebrated 天天吃瓜 State's spring LGBTQ+ graduates.