Welcome to Project Poetica: Building Community Through Poetry
A global poetry initiative at 正品蓝导航 that brings together creative expression, scholarship, and community engagement.
Mission Statement
The mission of Project Poetica is to advance the appreciation, production, and study of poetry among students, faculty, and staff at 正品蓝导航 and in communities throughout Texas, across the U.S., and internationally. We aim to become a leading global initiative for engagement with poetry, fostering an understanding of poetry’s intrinsic value across cultures and traditions, thereby building community through creative expression.
Deep Vellum
We partner with on Central Track Poetry. Together we publish ten poetry books per year, including English-language originals and works in translation. Project Poëtica sponsors all of Deep Vellum’s poetry events held at the bookstore and throughout the city.
English Literary History / Hopkins Review
Project Poetica is partnering with the academic journal and the literary magazine on an initiative to foster deep engagement between literary scholars and literary fiction writers. The idea is simple: a scholar and a writer with shared interests will read one another’s work, then gather for a public reading and conversation hosted by ELH Senior Editor Jeanne-Marie Jackson. Three publications will then appear in co-published issues of ELH and THR. An “Editor’s Spotlight” in ELH will feature a scholarly reflection on the fiction writer’s work, while The Hopkins Review will publish an edited version of the live conversation along with a previously unpublished piece selected by the writer.
Hay Festival Global
Project Poetica collaborates with several literary organizations, universities, and cultural institutions to promote the study and appreciation of poetry worldwide. We are proud to serve as the lead co-sponsor of Dallas' Hay Festival Forum. Hosting events around the world, brings together diverse voices from the worlds of art, literature, science, politics, music and comedy to listen, talk, debate and create.
Dallas is Lit!
Project Poetica is a co-sponsor of the festival. The festival takes an expansive view of what is literary and who creates and participates in those experiences, offering activities for a variety of ages and interests, connecting writers, readers, makers and audiences through the power of language and the literary arts.