NCompass Live - May 14, 2014.
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
Rod Wagner and Mary Jo Ryan, from the Nebraska Library Commission, will chat with Twyla M. Hansen, Nebraska's new State Poet. Join us to discuss how the Nebraska State Poet can work with libraries and schools to promote and encourage appreciation of poetry and literary life in Nebraska.
3. Nebraska State Poet
Promotes and encourages appreciation of
poetry and literary life in Nebraska
• Experiences since appointment November
2013
• Ideas for the future…schools and libraries
• Use of social media
• Inspiring an emerging generation of new
writers
5. Programs available through:
• Nebraska Arts Council
http://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org/artists
/artistdirectory/ntp_roster/literature_ntp/
twyla_hansen_ntp.html
• Humanities Nebraska
http://humanitiesnebraska.org/twyla-m-
hansen
6. Upcoming Presentations
Nebraska State Poet Twyla Hansen
• Poetry Reading & Discussion, September
23, 2014, Kearney: afternoon class and evening
public reading (TBA) at Senior College of Central
Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Kearney.
• Playing Around With Words: Reading, Writing
and the Creative Process, September
27, 2014, Seward: writing workshop at the Adult
Conference of the Plum Creek Literacy Festival.
7. In the News
• Nebraska Life Magazine story on the State
Poet, along with several poems: May/June 2014
issue. pp. 46-47
• "Poetry Connections", L Magazine, 12/23/13:
Feature story on Nebraska State Poet Twyla
Hansen by Mark Schwaninger.
• "New Nebraska State Poet Not Afraid To Get
Dirty", NET News, 12/5/13 : NET's Mike Tobias
created this online story and video about Twyla
Hansen.
9. Contact
Twyla M. Hansen
Nebraska State Poet
nebraskastatepoet2@gmail.com
facebook.com/twylamhansen.nebraskastatepoet
402-466-5839
Programs:
Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Touring Program (NTP) Artist
- Literature: nebraskaartscouncil.org
Humanities Nebraska Speaker's Bureau, Storytelling - Creative
Writing: humanitiesnebraska.org
Notas del editor
Rod willIntroduce Twyla and make a few comments about how the committee was formed and how it worked.
Twyla share experiences and ideas for the futureRod and Mary Jo ask questions, like “How do you get your ideas for poems?” etc.
Twyla read some
Nebraska Arts Council NTP Artist, Poetry Reading & Discussion. "Twyla will read her original, accessible poems and discuss how the landscape of the Great Plains has inspired, influenced and shaped her writing." www.nebraskaartscouncil.orgHumanities Nebraska Speaker's Bureau. For the Love of Words: Poetry, Prose and the Creative Writing Process. "This writing workshop focuses on the creative process for both poetry and short prose." humanitiesnebraska.org
Twyla, did you have other activities that we should be sure to list here?
Note that the direct links are on slide 5. It’s pretty hard to find Twyla on the Arts Council front page.