Press/Media Coverage
Official Press Release:
Download a Press Release about the Festival
Media Contact:
Members of the press are invited to cover the festival. Please contact—
Sarah Massey
cell: 202 445-1169
email: sarah@massey-media.com
web: www.massey-media.com
Press Coverage:
The Washington Post Recommends Split This Rock
The Post has recommended the Split This Rock Festival as one of six exceptional events taking place in March. Click here to read more.
http://www.scene4.com/archivesqv6/jan-2008/html/kathiwolfe0108.html
The Writing Corner: Beth Wellington on Politics and Culture
http://bethwellington.blogspot.com/2008/01/split-this-rock-poetry-festival-coming.html
WOMR/Provincetown Features Split This Rock
Split This Rock was featured on “Poet's Corner with Joe Gouveia” on WOMR/Provincetown. Go to www.womr.org to listen to the archives online. Split This Rock was featured on these dates:
- Thursday, February 28, 12:45 pm – Interview with Festival Director Sarah Browning
- Thursday, March 6, 12:45 pm – Interview with Assistant Director Melissa Tuckey
April 3 and April 10, Joe will feature Browning and Tuckey reading their own poems, so come back after the festival, too.
Foreign Policy in Focus and Common Dreams Publish Essay About Split This Rock
Foreign Policy in Focus, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, has published a special feature in conjunction with Split This Rock. FPIF's Fiesta section, which explores the intersection of art and foreign policy, featured Sarah Browning's essay on Split This Rock entitled "Hear This Hammer Ring." And, with the help of Melissa Tuckey, FPIF was able to highlight the profoundly moving poetry of Lee Sharkey, Susan Tichey, Christi Kramer, and others. Visit www.fpif.org for more of our Split This Rock coverage.
Common Dreams, the national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together, has also published "Hear This Hammer Ring." The essay explains the genesis of the festival and describes "why we need poetry now, more than ever." Says Browning, "We need poets to tell the complex human story. Poets cut through the fog of propaganda and remind us of the real consequences of our government’s actions." Click here to read the essay.
Washington Blade and Washington Post Highlight the Split This Rock Festival
Click here to read "Provocative Festival Comes to Town," an article by poet and activist Kathi Wolfe appearing in the Washington Blade. The upcoming Festival was also mentioned in a Washington Post column by Lavanya Ramanathan.
Signal Fire, A Blog for the Arts of Social Change, Publishes Entry on Split This Rock
Click here to read the blog. Signal Fire is the blog of Provisions Library, a non-profit learning resource for arts and social change.