Contest Winners Reading
Readings from 2025 Contest Winners! Join us for an evening of wonderful readings from our talented authors. Tuesday, September 23 from 6-7:30PM.
Readings from 2025 Contest Winners! Join us for an evening of wonderful readings from our talented authors. Tuesday, September 23 from 6-7:30PM.
In this workshop, participants will consider the powerful poetic device of lineation in some of its various forms – specifically line length, enjambment, and end stops. By reviewing and discussing […]
Shadelandhouse Modern Press presents: The Poetry of Relationships: Four Poets' Reflections Featuring Pat Williams Owen, Leatha Kendrick, Melva Priddy, and Lennie Hay Sept 30, 5:00 - 7:15pm
Join narrator Tom Eblen and readers Kevin Lane Dearinger, Frank X Walker, George Ella Lyon, and Maurice Manning at the opening reception for the Lexington Writers Walk audio tour. Thursday […]
In association with Gateway Regional Arts Center, the Carnegie Center is proud to host this gathering of legendary Kentucky poets. Eva Alcaraz-Monje (Lexington Youth Poet Laureate), Esme Morris (KY Youth […]
George Eklund will be reading from his new collection, "Toward a Credo." Sean Corbin will read from his work, including "The Leper Dreams of Snow," and discuss the Poetry Gauntlet […]
Join Jeremy Paden, author of how to recognize god’s chosen, for an exploration of poetry as spiritual practice. Both song and prayer are, perhaps, our earliest forms of poetry, and […]
Two bestselling authors tackle myths and misconceptions about publishing. What does BookTok and social media get wrong about publishing? (Lots.) Are there any shortcuts? (A few.) Do I need an […]
Ease on down the road! Join KBWC Coordinator Claudia Love Mair to watch and discuss the film The Wiz on October 23rd at 6pm. From dancing subway columns to motorcycle […]
Join the Carnegie Center and the Kentucky Theatre as we celebrate the classic book and film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
Material for poems is everywhere – including in personal and historical archives. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how other voices — drawn from testimonies, transcripts, letters and other “found” materials […]
Frank X Walker, one of Kentucky's finest poets, author of the award-winning collection Last Will, Last Testament will share with us his way of harnessing the energies of grief, trauma […]