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"Between poems, owner of Words Matter Bookstore and host Keryl Hausmann spoke, saying 'To listen to [poetry] is different than to read it.'" - Graphics Editor / Brendan Cohen

Words Matter Bookstore hosts relaxing poetry open mic night

Lily Miller, Staff Writer November 13, 2024

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the Words Matter bookstore in Pitman hosted its once-monthly poetry open mic. This open mic featured poets of all ages presenting their own work or the work of others in a casual format...

Kale Choo Hanson reads her work to an attentive audience - Staff Writer / Kate Zaffarese

High Grounds hosts Glassworks reading with featured writers Kale Choo Hanson and Caroline Miller

Kate Zaffarese, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

Glassworks celebrated the launch of their newest issue at High Grounds Coffee Roasters on Wednesday, Oct. 23 with a lively literary reading. As students, professors, and interested outsiders shuffled into...

Askin Marcel Randolph, Dimitrius Alexander DeMarco, Kiara Ajayi, and Vaneice - Co-News Editor / Abigail Twiford

PARH holds Social Justice Poetry Reading at Rowan’s Art Gallery

Abigail Twiford, Co-News Editor October 9, 2024

Poetry has been a common form of communication and expression of intense emotions and complex ideas for millennia, and in that tradition, the writer's group Poets Against Racism and Hate (PARH) held a...

Wendel White showing his artwork at Rowan University's Art Gallery. Contributor / Anthony Coccaro

Artist talk and reception with Wendel White at Rowan University’s Art Gallery

Anthony Coccaro, Contributor September 18, 2024

Editor's note: This article has been updated for accuracy. The previous information within the article indicated that Mary Salvante was the "gallery and exhibitions program director." This is incorrect....

Carol Smith reading at Words Matter Bookstore. - Co-News Editor / Abigail Twiford

Poetry night at Words Matter Bookstore delivers a night of prose

Abigail Twiford, Co-News Editor September 11, 2024

One town over from Glassboro, just a short ten-minute drive from Rowan’s main campus, sits the bustling street of Broadway in Pitman.    Similar to Rowan Boulevard in the amount of foot traffic,...

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