A behind-the-scenes discussion led by Kevin Lane Dearinger and Michael Rintamaa and featuring cast members from The Lexington Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Get a glimpse into the history of this musicalized version of the Charles Dickens classic and how it's being translated from page to stage with Broadway veterans and rising stars, […]
The November edition of our Burn the Mic poetry open mic series will feature acclaimed poet upfromsumdirt, reading from his latest book The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife. November 20, 6-7pm
Join us for Black and Lit Book Club Live, featuring Devine Carama. November 22, 7-9pm
Join us for the December instalment of our Burn The Mic Poetry Open Mic series. Hosted by Claudia Love Mair 6-7pm
The Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative continues the popular Black & Lit Book Club, celebrating Black Kentucky writers’ recent books. We will explore issues related to race and discuss the characters’ relationships, family, home life, dreams, and challenges. We’ll also study aspects of their writing, such as word choice, themes, character, plot, and setting. Registration will […]
Celebrate the release of Bill Verble's debut poetry collection, Absence Descending. With opening readings by Wendy Jett and Dudley Stone. Monday January 12, 6-7pm
Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive and generative writing retreats. Leatha Kendrick will provide writing exercises and prompts designed to help you find the heart of the writing you want to do. Come to deepen your working draft or to find the spark […]
Join us for the January instalment of our Burn The Mic Poetry Open Mic series. Hosted by Claudia Love Mair 6-7pm
Join us for our Family Fun & Learning Night MLK Jr. Celebration on January 20, 6:00 PM for an evening of fun activities, giveaways, storytime, and a free dinner. Sponsored by PNC Bank.
Where can you find journals and magazines to publish your poems, stories, and essays? How do you choose the right ones for work? How do you format your work for publication? What goes on behind the scenes on an editorial team? How do you keep track of your submissions? What can you expect from the […]
Write What You Don't Know: A Workshop in Immersion Poetics with Lynnell Edwards ***This class has been postponed. Please contact Accents with questions.*** Though we're rightly inspired to write about the things we know best, sometimes looking out and around to the worlds we don't know brings opportunities for expansive new poetry. Sustained attention and […]
The prose poem as we know it today was “invented” as a type of subversive activity; to escape the rules of strict meter and rhyme that defined most poetry in the 19th century. Today the prose poem, while not broken into lines of verse, uses other techniques unique to poetry such as image, metaphor, and […]
