There is really no way to describe how the idea for a public art project came to the creative mind of Elizabeth Hellstern. “I don’t know. It just came out of the blue,” she said. Hellstern, a Flagstaff writer, was riding along with her partner when she suddenly said to him, “Wouldn’t it be nice if people could go into a telephone booth, dial a number and hear a poem?” Her partner, a sculptor, thought it was a great idea. Grants from the Flagstaff Beautification and Public … [Read more...] about Dialing for Poetry
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Professor Brings Poetry into Presidential Politics
In this presidential election year, NAU Professor Emeritus Paul J. Ferlazzo (American Literature) has published Poetry and the American Presidency (Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 2012), a timely book that gives the public a new way to understand the men who have held our nation’s highest office. Ferlazzo explores the poetry enjoyed, memorized, shared, and written by 18 United States (U.S.) Presidents—from George Washington to Barack Obama. “The story of poetry in the lives of our … [Read more...] about Professor Brings Poetry into Presidential Politics
