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On the last Tuesday of each month, OPWC presents a featured reader and open mike. Our headliners comprise writers of regional to national prominence. Admission is free, tho’ donations welcome. We meet at Nightbird Books, 205 N. Dickson St. in Fayetteville, the former Ozark Mountain Smokehouse. Here’s our Facebook page. Coming up 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2011 — Welcoming back Michael Heffernan of the University of Arkansas, on the release of his latest collection, At the Bureau of Divine Music, from Wayne State University Press. And, check out the Collective’s column in the Fayetteville Free Weekly, profiling our March feature, Michael Heffernan. [caption id=u0022attachment_8u0022 align=u0022alignleftu0022 width=u0022148u0022 caption=u0022Nightbird Booksu0022][/caption] The collective is proud to have as a host Fayetteville’s locally owned independent bookstore Nightbird, now at 205 N. Dickson St. Nightbird Books now hosts bhk kafe (for Brick House Kitchen), open the same hours as the shop. It serves cookies, pastries, tea and coffee. All ages are welcome at Nightbird Books. The featured performance starts at 7:30 p.m. An open mic is a vital part of the evening. Each open mic performer gets up to four minutes to read original works or verse written by others. Our audiences famously encourage…
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About Us The Ozark Mountains for decades has attracted writers and other artists. Since 1994, the Ozark Poets and Writers Collective is a forum for creators who work in words. It is based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The OPWC is a non-profit organization devoted to the joys of the spoken and written word. Contact the OPWC E-mail Collectivists (Steve Holst and Ginny Masullo) about events, questions etc. E-mail Webmaster (Ben Pollock) about the Web site. Be traditional! Write us at OPWC 1301 Sunny Hill Drive Fayetteville, AR 72703 Mission Statement To support and promote community involvement in Ozark literary arts. To encourage an appreciation of local writers by providing access to their work through readings, publications, workshops, and other events and activities as demand and need become evident. To ensure that the experience of writing and reading remain a vital part of life in the Ozarks. Writers Roster u0026amp; Outreach OPWC provides poets for various activities in our community. We have gone into the schools from the elementary to high-school level giving readings and leading mini-workshops. Our poets have provided entertainment at various functions and benefits in the Northwest Arkansas area. News about OPWC often is published in the Northwest Arkansas…
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The OPWC for 29 days a month writes or reads. One day a month the collectivists gather to speak and listen. Spoken word renditions round out the impact of writing. Live? Of course live is better, but for a century we’ve seen how handy recordings are. For most of the OPWC’s life (born circa 1994), the monthly programs — both the feature and open-mikers — have been recorded on audiocassette. From time to time, we’ll post a sampling in MP3. Miller Williams was our May 2009 feature. He concluded his reading with the poem “Old Question.” He said it was from his new collection, Time and the Tilting Earth. Click here for a posting with a few details about that evening. Mohja Kahf, an OPWC regular and one of the Ozarks’ most gifted artists, packs the house every time she features. If spoken wordsmiths took requests, her poem “Fayetteville as in Fate“ from E-Mails from Scheherazad would be shouted every time here. The late Brenda Moossy was an OPWC co-founder. One of her most-requested poems was “Anaconda,” which she reads here, Anaconda by Brenda Moossy, performed 8 July 2008. The Fayetteville Public Library for the 2009 Poetry Month (April) collected…
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25th Anniversary, 2019
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Local Resources Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, comprising the Northwest Arkansas edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Northwest Arkansas Times, Benton County Daily Record, the Springdale Morning News and the Rogers Morning News. And its What’s Up weekly entertainment section Fayetteville Free Weekly, news, entertainment and opinion, part of NAN Fayetteville Flyer, “news, art u0026amp; life in Fayetteville, Arkansas.” A community online newspaper Ozarks Unbound, “an online magazine that chronicles life in the hills we love.” A community online newspaper Citiscapes, Northwest Arkansas monthly Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Need to cogitate at an Inspiration Point? Arkansas has a lot of them. Poetry u0026amp; Writing Links Arkansas Writers, a guide to groups and activities for writers in the state The Poet’s Loft, Hot Springs. Check its calendar of readings and workshops nationwide Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, good friends of the Collective The Oxford American is one cool mag Poets u0026amp; Writers, nonprofit literary organization, with a magazine u0026amp; a calendar of readings u0026amp; workshops nationwide, including here The Academy of American Poets, which has an Arkansas page The OPWC’s cousin, Ozark Poetry Slam Poets Northwest, based in Springdale, part of Poets’ Roundtable of Arkansas Howl, a women’s writers circle University of Arkansas links…
slams
Slam: It Is. Let’s introduce the Collective’s first cousins, the Slam, but you can learn more about ‘em at their Facebook page. Ozark Poetry Slam meets at Rogue Pizza Company, 402 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. Regular slams start there at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month. Any exceptions to time, date and place on the OPS Facebook page. Ages 18 and over are welcome. Admission is $5. We welcome veteran and virgin competitors at our slams. Step up to the mic and mainline adrenaline, y’all. All types of poetry are encouraged. We greatly encourage costumes for all events. Slam: When, Who, a glimmer of Why. 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2011: Qualifying round for the summer slam competitions. Slam: How It Is. A slam is a boisterous competition of performance poetry. Cover (for expenses) for audience and participants alike is $5. There’s no additional charge to compete. The rules are simple: Poets must perform, or read, their own work. The poem must be unaccompanied — no props, costumes or musical instruments. The poem must be presented within 3 minutes, 10 seconds (oo:03:10) (poets lose points if longer). Poets must bring at least two poems as there are…
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