The Knight-funded O, Miami Poetry Festival was recently named part of an historic coalition of 22 nonprofit organizations dedicated to promote the value poets bring to culture and communities. Here, foundation executive director P. Scott Cunningham writes about the festival’s approach to poetry by and for communities. Every April, O, Miami Poetry Festival attempts to reach every single person […]
Article · March 27, 2017 by Scott Cunningham
By P. Scott Cunningham, founder, O, Miami Festival Three years ago, I and a group of friends started to dream up what a lot of people considered impossible: a festival that would bring poetry to all 2.6 million residents of Greater Miami. At that time, Miami’s cultural scene was exploding. Art Basel was in full force, and […]
Article · March 19, 2013 by Scott Cunningham
Related Links O, Miami: How a festival infused a city with poetry, an in depth report on the inaugural festival By P. Scott Cunningham, founder, O, Miami Festival Three years ago, I and a group of friends started to dream up what a lot of people considered impossible: a festival that would bring poetry to […]
Article · March 19, 2013 by Scott Cunningham