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Asheville Humans and Poetry collective moves poetry slam online during coronavirus crisis
Caleb Calhoun May 7, 2020

Check out the video submissions of the top four winning poets in the online version of Humans and Poetry's Asheville slam series.

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Asheville Music
Review (in poem form) of Malcolm Holcombe’s Liberty Circus
Caleb Calhoun August 15, 2017

Liberty Circus is preconception demolition.

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Asheville arts
Asheville Fringe Festival: A review in three acts
Caleb Calhoun January 31, 2017

By Caleb Calhoun (Act 1) The car, a late-90’s Taurus, is already running when we arrive. The driver, although cordial, is clearly uneasy. He holds the door for Dr. Mack, Ms. Mariposa, and myself as ...

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Asheville arts
From artist to entrepreneur, Artist’s Way course can offer a map for creatives, facilitator says
Jason Sandford February 5, 2016

Asheville poet James Nave new 12-week The Artist's Way course starts Feb. 10 in Asheville.

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Asheville News
Asheville Wordfest celebrates fiction, oral history, poetry and much more this weekend
Jason Sandford May 1, 2014

Celebrate words this weekend in Asheville.

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Asheville arts
Poet R. Flowers Rivera to read in Asheville in honor of National Poetry Month
Jason Sandford April 8, 2014

Rivera will read from her latest collection, "Troubling Accents."

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Asheville arts
UNC Asheville’s first Arts Fest to feature Steep Canyon Rangers, David Holt
Jason Sandford January 15, 2014

The Grammy winners will headline the new four-day festival that will feature music, theater, local artists and more.

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Asheville features
He’s back! James Franco returns to Asheville area
Jason Sandford January 4, 2013

Franco's working on his MFA in fiction at Warren Wilson College. The program's winter residency started this week.

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Asheville events
Popular poet Barbie Angell releases ‘Roasting Questions’ Friday at the Hop West
Jason Sandford December 13, 2012

Free, family-friendly poetry event.

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Asheville features
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Trethewey to read at UNCA on Feb. 23
Jason Sandford January 30, 2012

Press release here: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey to Read at UNC Asheville Natasha Tretheway, one of America’s most acclaimed poets and a compelling speaker, will offer a reading and talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

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