{"id":10002,"date":"2016-01-27T12:54:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/?p=10002"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:54:29","slug":"pobo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/pobo\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet Kenneth Pobo at UT&#8217;s Writers in the Library, February 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"612\" src=\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news.jpg\" alt=\"PoetrySpring_Feb8_news\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news.jpg 396w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news-129x199.jpg 129w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news-337x521.jpg 337w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2016\/01\/PoetrySpring_Feb8_news-18x29.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>The University of Tennessee continues a semester-long celebration of poetry with a reading by Kenneth Pobo on Monday, February 8. The event is part of the university\u2019s Writers in the Library readings series. The public is invited to a free reading at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of UT\u2019s John C. Hodges Library.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Pobo is professor of English and Creative Writing at Widener University. He has published more than 25 books or chapbooks of poetry and fiction. His new poetry book is <em>Bend of Quiet<\/em>, Blue Light Press, 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Pobo is the winner of the 2009 Main Street Rag Poetry Chapbook Contest, the 2011 Qarrtsiluni Poetry Chapbook Contest, and the 2013 Eastern Point Press Chapbook Award.<\/p>\n<p>While on campus, Pobo will hold an author chat with UT students on \u201chow to make your chapbook count\u201d at 2 p.m., February 8, in 1210-1211 McClung Tower. (A chapbook is a small printed collection of poetry, often centering on a specific theme.)<\/p>\n<p>Pobo\u2019s chapbooks will be on display during the 7 p.m. reading.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/library.utk.edu\/writers\">library.utk.edu\/writers<\/a> for a complete schedule of Writers in the Library readings for the 2016 spring semester.<\/p>\n<p>__<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/library.utk.edu\/writers\">Writers in the Library<\/a> is sponsored by the UT Libraries and the Creative Writing Program in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund. For more information contact Christopher Hebert, Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence at the UT Libraries (<a href=\"mailto:chebert3@utk.edu\">chebert3@utk.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Follow us at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Writers.in.the.Library\">www.facebook.com\/Writers.in.the.Library<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/utklibwriters\">twitter.com\/utklibwriters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Tennessee continues a semester-long celebration of poetry with a reading by Kenneth Pobo on Monday, February 8. The event is part of the university\u2019s Writers in the Library readings series. The public is invited to a free reading at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of UT\u2019s John C. Hodges Library. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/pobo\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,30],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poet Kenneth Pobo at UT&#039;s Writers in the Library, February 8 - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/pobo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poet Kenneth Pobo at UT&#039;s Writers in the Library, February 8 - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Tennessee continues a semester-long celebration of poetry with a reading by Kenneth Pobo on Monday, February 8. 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