
Verse
Like Water began in the fall of 2012. So far we have hosted Li-Young
Lee, the Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, and the inaugural
poet Richard Blanco. These events were graciously funded by Five Wings
Regional Arts Council.
Last
fall, Verse Like Water earned a Minnesota State Arts Board grant for
$65,000. This obviously provides exciting funding across 2014, and in
addition to Simic VLW will offer central Minnesota first class literary
events featuring Billy Collins (April 29th), Robert Hass (October 29th)
and Tracy K. Smith (November 21st).