Category: The Liberator Archive
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Writers Visit Valley by Jen Jurgens](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.44.24e280afam.png?w=1024)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Writers Visit Valley by Jen Jurgens
David Kranes On March 12th, the founder of the Sundance Playwrights Lab, David Kranes, read two short stories to Valley High School students. Kranes, who is a full Professor at the University of Utah and the Department Chair of the Master of Fine Arts Writing Program, read the story “What Happened to Lincoln” and part…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] David Lee Reading](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.11.57e280afam.png?w=1024)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] David Lee Reading
THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE LIBERATOR VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1 (OCTOBER 1997). On September 18, the Poet Laureate of the state of Utah, David Lee, read at Valley. Those who attended know how entertaining and friendly Lee was, reading poems and giving young writers advice. Lee, who has been to Valley twice in…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Poetry Slam! by Apollo Crabtree](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.23.22e280afpm.png?w=1024)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Poetry Slam! by Apollo Crabtree
THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE LIBERATOR VOLUME 31 SPRING 2016-17. The poetry slam returned last quarter, and though it has always been interesting in the past, this quarter it was a spectacle to behold. With the many performances that came up, there was a wide diversity in the tones, spirits, and voices on…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] POETRY SLAM! A fun sharing event by Hayden Seager & Truman Anderson](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/v26i2.png?w=983)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] POETRY SLAM! A fun sharing event by Hayden Seager & Truman Anderson
THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE LIBERATOR VOLUME 26 ISSUE 2 (WINTER 2015) Valley High School holds a poetry slam twice a year that allows our talented students to share their poems, stories, or even thoughts. Valley students get the opportunity to sit down and listen to other students express their imaginations and creativity…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] The History of the Poetry Slam by Eugene Jensen](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2.png?w=986)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] The History of the Poetry Slam by Eugene Jensen
Few there be here now who can recall the beginning days of Valley’s esteemed Poetry Slam, but is not this the way of great traditions? The roots are lost in the obscure past, yet the fruit of the tree continues to come forth to nourish each new generation. remember the beginning days of this most…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Slammin’ It by Samantha Johnson](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/slammin-it-2005.png?w=225)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Slammin’ It by Samantha Johnson
The liberator staff sponsored a poetry slam for the students of Valley High School on December 15th in the Owl’s Nest. It was a celebration of great writing. A poetry slam is a plave for the writer to get up in front of an audience. In addition there was a fundraiser for the Children’s Justice…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Poet Laureate Vists Valley by Sarah Curtis](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/scan-1.jpg?w=784)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Poet Laureate Vists Valley by Sarah Curtis
Imagine Valley High School’s small gymnasium packed with well more than 250 people. That was the case on April 21st, when David Lee, Utah resident, poet, and Utah’s first ever Poet Laureate, graced Valley HIgh School with his presence. This was the first time reading at Valley High, nad hopefully not his last. From the…
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![[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Slam, Slam, Oh Hot Damn, There’s Another Poetry Slam by Rachel Douglas and Shanna McChesney](https://hoothoot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/slam-slam-2011.png?w=1024)
[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Slam, Slam, Oh Hot Damn, There’s Another Poetry Slam by Rachel Douglas and Shanna McChesney
Valley High School has been hosting the Poetry Slam for about a decade. The first slam took place in the undersized gym filled with couches at our old Valley building. Lisa Kolstad said, “It really set the mood; the floors creaked, the lighting was bad, and the machines hummed in the background.” Former Valley English…
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