Marjory Wentworth - Former Poet Laureate of South Carolina
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News & MediaJanuary 6, 2021<February 15, 2021

Historic DC church raises ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner ahead of pro-Trump protests

by Marjory Wentworth

The new banners will replace a banner that shows a quote from South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic….

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News & MediaSeptember 28, 2018<September 28, 2018

In Banned Books class at College of Charleston, Salman Rushdie meets Captain Underpants

by Marjory Wentworth

In Banned Books class at College of Charleston, Salman Rushdie meets Captain Underpants By Paul Bowers pbowers@postandcourier.com Sep 26, 2018 Click here to read…

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News & MediaMarch 22, 2017<March 22, 2017

NPR: ‘Out Of Wonder’ Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets

by Marjory Wentworth

‘Out Of Wonder’ Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets Heard on  Morning Edition By Rachel Martin Kwame Alexander believes that wonder lies between…

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News & MediaJanuary 2, 2017<January 2, 2017

RNS publishes commentary by Marjory Wentworth on the Emanuel 9

by Marjory Wentworth

Click here to read the article. CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) The relatives and friends of the nine people murdered on June 17, 2015 are facing…

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BlogJanuary 2, 2017<January 2, 2017

This New Year, ‘Make Emanuels out of all of us’

by Marjory Wentworth

CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) The relatives and friends of the nine people murdered on June 17, 2015 are facing a second New Year’s without their…

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News & MediaDecember 29, 2016<January 2, 2017

Mount Holyoke sets a poem to music

by Marjory Wentworth

Message from the Mount Holyoke president: Dear members of the Mount Holyoke community, Season after season and year after year, the beauty of Mount…

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News & MediaJune 24, 2016<June 24, 2016

Charleston Magazine: June 17, 2015: One of our City’s Darkest, and Most Illuminating, Days

by Marjory Wentworth

By Stephanie Hunt Read it here Mother Emanuel tragedy June 17, 2015: a date that needs no explanation, at least in the Lowcountry—a time…

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BlogJune 20, 2016<June 20, 2016

We Are Charleston, Tragedy and Triumph

by Marjory Wentworth

Friends, It is heartbreaking to mark the one year anniversary of the shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church with the massacre that occurred in…

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News & MediaJune 20, 2016<June 20, 2016

Post and Courier: `‘We Are Charleston’ a new book that puts Mother Emanuel shooting in context

by Marjory Wentworth

By Adam Parker. Read the story here. It began with a poem. And now the book “We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother…

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News & MediaJune 20, 2016<June 20, 2016

Talking to Hillary Clinton, on CNN

by Marjory Wentworth

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  • NEW BOOK: One River, One Boat
  • Bio
  • Books
  • Updates
  • Schedule
  • News & Media
  • Poems
    • “One Hundred Thousand Names”
    • “Requiem For Rice”
    • “Reunion Beach”
    • “Bastille Day”
    • “One River, One Boat”
    • More Poems
  • Contact