Dr. Holly Karapetkova, Professor of Literature and Languages at Marymount University and the Poet Laureate of Arlington County, has been selected for a 2022 American Academy of Poets Laureate Fellowship. These $50,000 awards are given to honor poets of literary merit who have been appointed to serve in civic positions, and enable them to […]
In an auditorium filled with first-year Marymount University students eager to see the University’s Spring Visiting Author, Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts asked a simple question — what is the difference between poetry and prose? The distinction would come to be the foundation of Betts’s message to the room full of students, Marymount professors and […]
Photo Credit: Robin Bell Dr. Holly Karapetkova is accustomed to seeing her works of poetry appear in printed books and online – but this month, her award-winning poems have been promoted in a more unique way that’s both powerfully modern and illuminating. Using the latest projection technology, Arlington County’s “Visual Verse” series brings a diverse […]
