 While April is considered to be National Poetry Month, CMU English Professor Gerald Costanzo believes, "For those of us interested in and devoted to poetry, it is a twelve month endeavor." It's true--CMU's Creative Writing Program, one of the oldest undergraduate programs in the country, encourages students to recognize the vitality of poetry. "I'm not sure where future residents will go to find a record of what it was like, thematically and emotionally, to be alive in the early 21st Century-except from poems. My students are creating and adjusting that record every day," said Costanzo. Read more.
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