“I am Offering This Poem” via YouTube Those who argue for the transformative power of the written word will be hard pressed to find a more potent, or moving, argument than the life of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. Related Link “De prisionero a poeta: Jimmy Santiago Baca lee en O, Miami” by Fernando González on KnightBlog.org His […]

Por las próximas semanas, la poesía será el lenguaje de Miami. Pero O, Miami , el festival de poesía de un mes de duración, apoyado por Knight Foundation, es una ambiciosa propuesta que va más allá de lo literario. Este año, el evento incluye un énfasis aún mayor en programas en español, un enfoque en […]

For the next few weeks, poetry is the language of Miami. But the monthlong O, Miami poetry festival, funded by Knight Foundation, is an ambitious proposition well beyond the literary. This year, the event includes a greater emphasis on Spanish language programming, an approach highlighted by encounters among substantial Cuban poets living stateside and on […]

‘Deep City’ trailer from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Well before Miami Sound became a brand name, there was a Miami sound. It came together in the mid ’60s and it was soul and funk as only Miami could make it. It was raw and gritty. It was built on the sanctified grooves of church and street life, the brash […]