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Coleman "C.J" Jones, a University of Kentucky Student, shares his piece "The Ghostwriter" with the crowd at Sigma Tau Delta's Live Literature event in Room 201 - Chem-Phys Building at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff

Students connect with their community through writing at ‘Live Literature’

Hannah Piedad, Reporter November 15, 2024

Students had the chance to share and perform literary pieces with their peers during “Live Literature,” at the Chemistry-Physics Building on the University of Kentucky’s campus..   On Nov. 13,...

Emma Collins, a member of the LEXengaged LLP, searches her phone for a second poem to share after her first moved herself and audience members to tears.

Poetry slam allows students to share their stories, identities

Akhira Umar April 12, 2018

The scene was set: shades pulled, lights off, fairy lights on. About 40 students filled the room, all cozy in their chairs, waiting for brave poets to “bare their souls” through spoken word. Each pair...

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