The at Kent State University is getting $50,000 to help make poetry more interactive.
The center is using a grant from the to create what it calls the Listening Wall.
The center鈥檚 director, David Hassler, said the mobile touch-screen wall will allow visitors to listen to excerpts from the , choose words from the transcripts and record their own sound poems.
鈥淭his listening wall becomes a permeable and interactive space to bring people together in a creative conversation as opposed to divide them, and I think that we can find a shared humanity and some common ground in our essential human experiences,鈥� he said.
The Wick Poetry Center is one of 12 organizations in the U.S to receive one of these grants.
The fund is focused on helping cultural groups better integrate technology.