Coming soon, details on all the MQ2 projects! But here now is a sneak peek at one of them.
Lu Olkowski's project will partner radio producers with poets and photographers to report news, and she's been networking it on Twitter and Facebook, where she put a call out for titles for her project. She received nearly 150 suggestions.
Her call said "We need a title that references the whole poet/reporter/photographer collaboration, not specific story ideas or locations. It's important to stay away from ideas of the working poor because we plan to continue the project in 2010 with other issues. I'm hoping for something simple. For example, Joe Richman has Radio Diaries and Dave Isay has Sound Portraits and Story Corps. I like those because they're descriptive, not goofy, and leave room for lots of different kinds of story topics under their umbrella."
Here's a little sample of the suggestions, but Lu still hasn't decided, so weigh in if you please!
View in Verse * Poet on the Road * Dithyrambs * Chapter and Verse Reporting * Newstanza * Beat Report * The Poetic Lens * Poetic Economy * The Poet's Notebook * The Poetry Times * The Poet's Press * Starry Witness * Poetigraphic * Poetography * Re:verse * This Is My Letter to the World (Dickinson)
On the Road with "In Verse"
Well, we haven't finalized the title yet, but it *looks* like "In Verse" is the winner. Last minute ideas and votes are welcome!
Thought I'd mention who I'll be working with.
In Troy NY, our guide and photographer is Brenda Ann Kenneally http://www.brendakenneally.com/. Brenda has been following a group of 10 women for the last 5 years. Her photos are stunning: http://tinyurl.com/bpjwot Our poet is Susan B.A. Somers-Willett. I think you'll love her work, which you can see here: http://www.susansw.com
In Gulfport, MS, I'll be working with Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and Gulfport native. http://tinyurl.com/po6ygo Our photographer is Josh Cogan photographer and co-creator of the Webby award winning LIVE HOPE LOVE http://www.livehopelove.com/
We hit the road on Saturday and will be reporting for several weeks. Please follow us on Twitter!
http://twitter.com/inversepoetry
A big giant thanks to everyone at MQ2, AIR, CPB, Studio 360 and Virginia Quarterly Review who made it possible.
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