etvradio: Poet Laureate Speaks To, and Sometimes For, the Palmetto State
Not every state has a poet laureate, but Charleston’s Marjory Wentworth is South Carolina’s. She’s written numerous books and hundreds of poems, at various…
Cultural impact: 2015 momentous for the arts in Charleston, on cusp of new era
From an article written by Adam Parker in the Post and Courier. Read it here. Strong words South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth had…
BBC – Poet Laureate writes dedication for Charleston victims
Click here to see a video of Marjory reading “Holy City” on the BBC news website.
IN DEFENSE OF THE POET LAUREATE – by By Nick Ripatrazone (Literary Hub)
Read the article here. In September 2002, two months after he was named poet laureate of New Jersey, Amiri Baraka read at the Dodge…
Phebe Davidson poetry review
Exploring Our Own Amazement: Three New Books from South Carolina New and Selected Poems by Marjorie Wentworth. University of South Carolina Press, 2014. 148…
Kirkusreviews.com reviews “Taking A Stand”
Review Date: July 15, 2011 Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan Pages: 256 Price ( Hardcover ): $27.00 Publication Date: October 1, 2011 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-230-11233-9…
NPR Story on the Inauguration Poem
NPR’s Morning Edition has just posted a new story about my poem for the state inauguration. From the story, “I really believe that our…
Interview with Statehouse Report
I spoke with the Statehouse Report about my inauguration poem and the wider issue of South Carolina’s relationship with its artistic and literary community. “It…
Inaugural Poem coverage in SC’s The State
South Carolina’s state newspaper is also covering the fallout over Hailey’s decision to cut my poem from the ceremony. Quoted from the article- “Clearly…