Vera Gomez has lived in the Upstate since 1993, and she’s spent much of that time writing poetry, performing that poetry onstage as part of Greenville’s first poetry slam group,…
Maggie Olszewski doesn’t want to be a professional writer. The 17-year-old was named one of 15 of the 2018 Foyle Young Poets — an international contest in London where 6,000…
The Peace Center has announced its 2018-19 Peace Voices poetry program, an opportunity for the community to experience poetry through live performances and readings, classes with visiting artists, workshops, a poetry…
Glenis Redmond was in fifth grade the first time she heard “1,968 Winters,” a poem by Jackie Earley. At first, it simply struck her as funny; a poem about a…
The Peace Center created Peace Voices as a vehicle for unique stories to be heard and shared. This particular workshop achieves this so perfectly in pulling back personal memories that participants may not have thought of in years, noting the things that stand out in those memories and retelling them.