New Poetry

John M. Bennett, poet and curator at the OSU Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, sent along some of his latest poems to share. On his website you can see his own pieces of audio and visual poetry, which are the topic of this month's book club.

Watch It

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lapper,,,,, [hogs] an ::: dice your pill
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fiddling........unit compaction or a ““line””
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fumble an,,,,scout stop jot ,,,nooser
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read in wind - - - - - the tunnel O f
ulla fl ame spout twist the cashless
glue:::bottled heave ......the runny g
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hey left me ay : c left my eye in
side a listed sleeve - - - - -

John M. Bennett
http://johnmbennettpoetry.blogspot.com/
www.johnmbennett.net

Book Club Kick Off

The OSU Urban Arts Space hosted its first book club meeting yesterday. At the meeting, members spoke about books they've read, suggested books for future reads, and decided on the selection process.

Each month I will submit to the club a genre to explore. Members are invited to submit book title suggestions that fit the genre selected. I will post the deadline for book title suggestions on the blog. After I receive title nominations, I will create a survey for members to vote for the books they want to read next. Voting will be conducted online so everyone will have an opportunity to participate. A link to the survey will be posted on the blog and contain summaries of the books selected.

September's genre is autobiographical/memoir. Suggestions can be books about fictional or real persons. Nominations are due by 5pm, Friday August 28th. Please vote over the weekend, voting ends Tuesday, September 1st at 5pm. Our first book title will be announced on Wednesday September 2nd via email and here on the blog.

To give members more time to submit suggestions for book titles, I will also start taking title suggestions for October. The genre we will be exploring in October will be Graphic Novel. The deadline for title suggestions will be September 23rd. Voting for these suggested book selection will be from September 24th-September 30th. The selection will be announced at the September 30th meeting and on the blog.

Have questions about the book club or want to learn more? Please, email me at uas@osu.edu for more information.

Thanks, and keep visiting for more updates.

--Nicole Eggert
Operations Student Assistant

Image: Nicole reading.