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NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR INSIDE Notes from the Leadership... 1 Events Calendar + Board Members... 2 Not So Late Night... 3 Sunday Workshop + Observable Readings... 4 Poetry at the Point.

org/membership 2017 was nothing if not eventful. Its antics, surprises and collective well, that happened moments have many looking forward to a fresh start. But 2017 was a good year for St.

Experts stress the importance of being diligent; poets stress the importance of being alive. St. Louis Poetry Center works tirelessly to bring poetry to the St. Louis community.

1 CELEBRATING 72 YEARS WINTER 2018 Newsletter January February MISSION STATEMENT Our passion for poetry guides us to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the infinite possibilities of the written and spoken word. We conduct workshops, contests, outreach programs, and readings to promote poetry in the community. NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR INSIDE Notes from the Leadership... 1 Events Calendar + Board Members... 2 Not So Late Night... 3 Sunday Workshop + Observable Readings... 4 Poetry at the Point... 5 second friday notes + Hopkins Contest... 6 Kudos + Community... 7 SLPC Membership... 8 Visit our website stlouispoetrycenter.org THE ST. LOUIS POETRY CENTER NEWSLETTER The newsletter is a quarterly publication of the St. Louis Poetry Center, P.O. Box , St. Louis, MO 63130, , newsletter@stlouispoetrycenter.org Member events, readings and kudos are printed as a benefit of Membership. Join using the back of this newsletter, or using PayPal at stlouispoetrycenter.org/membership 2017 was nothing if not eventful. Its antics, surprises and collective well, that happened moments have many looking forward to a fresh start. But 2017 was a good year for St. Louis Poetry Center. 2018, we believe, will be even better. Relentless as years always seem in the end, their continuity breathes: We re here; now what? Experts stress the importance of being diligent; poets stress the importance of being alive. St. Louis Poetry Center works tirelessly to bring poetry to the St. Louis community. A look back on 2017 shows a full calendar of over 40 free events featuring poetry readings, workshops, contests, literary festivals, and appearances from important voices in the poetry world. Our education program is garnering attention as it continues to reach more and more young people. We are stoked to close out 2017 with a new funder, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, whose support allows us to expand Poetry Inside Out and get St. Louis students translating great poetry from around the world. What our work provides unique and accessible opportunities to engage with excellent poetry as a community is important to so many of us. Words matter. Poetry matters. And in many ways, we re just getting started. In 2017, we began a strategic initiative to help us lay groundwork and plan for the future. This insightful look at mission and strategy means 2018 will be a keen year that expands our community programs and offers rich events, new partnerships, and artistic collaborations many which are highlighted throughout this newsletter. To everyone who has supported us our members, everyone who s ever donated, attended an event, volunteered their time and talent, or offered encouragement THANK YOU. We couldn t do any of this work without you. Blessings to all in the New Year we are grateful to have you with us! For last year s words belong to last year s language / And next year s words await another voice /...And to make an end is to make a beginning. (T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets) Erin Quick

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Mark your calendar for these upcoming St.

Baran & Jacqui Germain 1/21 SUNDAY WORKSHOP MK Stallings (submissions due 1/14) 1/23 POETRY AT THE POINT Walter Bargen, Andrea Jackson & Katherine Mitchell 2/5 OBSERVABLE READINGS francine j.

Farwell, Joey Kenig 2/18 SUNDAY WORKSHOP Eamonn Wall (submissions due 2/11) 2/24 EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: Educating for Change Curriculum Conference 2/27 POETRY AT THE POINT Mary Ruth Donnelly

2 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Mark your calendar for these upcoming St. Louis Poetry Center events BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1/12 SECOND FRIDAY NOTES Dwight Bitikofer President Kerry James Evans & Hart L Ecuyer, Robert Tuffy Brandon 1/15 RIVER STYX AT CAM Chen Chen, Jessica Baran & Jacqui Germain 1/21 SUNDAY WORKSHOP MK Stallings (submissions due 1/14) 1/23 POETRY AT THE POINT Walter Bargen, Andrea Jackson & Katherine Mitchell 2/5 OBSERVABLE READINGS francine j. harris & Simone White 2/9 SECOND FRIDAY NOTES Mary Feagan & Victor H. Farwell, Joey Kenig 2/18 SUNDAY WORKSHOP Eamonn Wall (submissions due 2/11) 2/24 EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: Educating for Change Curriculum Conference 2/27 POETRY AT THE POINT Mary Ruth Donnelly Past President Robert Stewart, Pamela Garvey & Jim Hanson Ron Fredman Treasurer 2/28 LEFT BANK BOOKS NOT SO LATE NIGHT Alison C. Rollins Officer At-Large Eve L. Ewing & Hanif Abdurraqib, Katarra & The SoFolkz, hosted by Cheeraz Gorman Jennifer Adams 3/5 OBSERVABLE READINGS Vincent Casaregola Joshua Kryah Heather Tone & Jenny Johnson Ted Mathys 3/9 SECOND FRIDAY NOTES Nancy Powers Pritchard poets & music TBA 3/18 SUNDAY WORKSHOP Pamela Garvey (submissions due 3/11) Erin Quick* Jason N. Vasser 3/27 POETRY AT THE POINT Glendal Wallace Andrea Scarpino & Kenneth Pruitt Amanda Wells *ex officio, non-voting STAY TUNED: JAMES H. NASH MEMBERS CONTEST Watch for a St. Louis Poetry Center with contest updates, including judge, deadline, and submission guidelines. RIVER STYX AT CAM St. Louis Poetry Center is excited to partner with River Styx in support of their January reading. STAFF Erin Quick Executive Director

Wednesday Feb 28 7pm 2720 Cherokee Left Bank Book s Not So Late Night WITH HOST CHEERAZ GORMON MUSICAL GUEST

Ewing is a writer and scholar from Chicago.

A sociologist of education at the University of Chicago, Ewing co-directs Crescendo Literary and is a member

HANIF ABDURRAQIB Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, writer, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio.

co-author of the chapbook Vintage Sadness (2017).

The New York Times. He is a member of the poetry collective Echo Hotel.

to soul, to jazz) are fused into one collaboration of dopeness, an abundance of soul.

Ragland and Friends), they rock the stage in their truest and purest forms of Black Girl Magic and Back Boy

3 Wednesday Feb 28 7pm 2720 Cherokee Left Bank Book s Not So Late Night WITH HOST CHEERAZ GORMON MUSICAL GUEST KATARRA & THE SOFOLKZ AND SPECIAL GUESTS EVE L. EWING HANIF ABDURRAQIB PRESENTED BY EVE L. EWING Eve L. Ewing is a writer and scholar from Chicago. She is the author of Electric Arches (2017) and When the Bell Stops Ringing: Race, History, and Discourse amid Chicago s School Closures (2018). Her work has been published in Poetry, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. A sociologist of education at the University of Chicago, Ewing co-directs Crescendo Literary and is a member of the writing collective Echo Hotel. HANIF ABDURRAQIB Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, writer, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of The Crown Ain t Worth Much (2016) and They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (2017), and co-author of the chapbook Vintage Sadness (2017). A Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow, his work has been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He is a member of the poetry collective Echo Hotel. Katarra & The SoFolkz is a collaboration of Saint Louis born artists whose respective genres (from hip-hop, to soul, to jazz) are fused into one collaboration of dopeness, an abundance of soul. Along with their many friends who join them in performance (such as Phenom Famlay, the Therapeutics, and Owen Ragland and Friends), they rock the stage in their truest and purest forms of Black Girl Magic and Back Boy Joy, thus they are: SoFolkz. St. Louis native Cheeraz Gorman is a storyteller, poet, and advertising creative, and author of In The Midst of Loving (2015). An apexart 2016 International Fellow, her poetry has been featured nationally and she has appeared at TEDxGatewayArch and other venues. She is the founder and executive director of Sonic Arts United and STLNightWriters, and serves as vice chair of Creative Reaction Lab. FOR MORE INFO, VISIT: LEFT-BANK.COM/EVENT/NOT-SO-LATE-NIGHT 3

Sunday Workshops N E W L O C A T I O N! Regional Arts Commission St. Louis Poetry Center s signature program, Sunday Workshop is held the third Sunday of each month.

Criteria: Submit only one poem, one page in length, vertical format and one column of text. Provide name, mailing address, and email address.

Conference Room A 6128 Delmar Blvd St. Louis, MO 63112 Curator: Sally Van Doren To submit poems by mail: Workshop Submission St. Louis Poetry Center P.O. Box 300167 St.

org Workshop Submission in subject line Attachment as Microsoft Word document January 21 (submissions due January 14) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. MK STALLINGS MK Stallings is a poet, author, educator and activist.

He holds an MA in Sociology (University of Missouri St. Louis) and is an adjunct sociology teacher. Additionally, he facilitates workshops for youth and adults.

His poetry and prose have appeared in many publications, including The Irish Times, River Styx, and Crab Orchard Review.

A native of Ireland, Wall is a professor of International Studies and English at University of Missouri St.

Euclid, 63108 Central West End Curators: Jeff Hamilton and Joshua Kryah Donations of $5 welcome Please note: No elevator access With support from the Regional Arts Commission February 5 FRANCINE J.

4 Sunday Workshops N E W L O C A T I O N! Regional Arts Commission St. Louis Poetry Center s signature program, Sunday Workshop is held the third Sunday of each month. The guest poet critic will lead the workshop and provide critique on a selection of pre-submitted poems. All poems submitted will receive written comments. Criteria: Submit only one poem, one page in length, vertical format and one column of text. Provide name, mailing address, and address. submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours of receipt. Submissions due by 12 midnight Sunday one week prior to the workshop. Those submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop. Conference Room A 6128 Delmar Blvd St. Louis, MO Curator: Sally Van Doren To submit poems by mail: Workshop Submission St. Louis Poetry Center P.O. Box St. Louis, MO To submit poems by sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org Workshop Submission in subject line Attachment as Microsoft Word document January 21 (submissions due January 14) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. MK STALLINGS MK Stallings is a poet, author, educator and activist. He is the founder of UrbArts, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create platforms and platform creatives for youth and community development. He holds an MA in Sociology (University of Missouri St. Louis) and is an adjunct sociology teacher. Additionally, he facilitates workshops for youth and adults. He lives with his wife and two children in the city of St. Louis. February 18 (submissions due February 11) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EAMONN WALL Eamonn Wall s Junction City: New & Selected Poems (Salmon Poetry) was published in His poetry and prose have appeared in many publications, including The Irish Times, River Styx, and Crab Orchard Review. In 2016, he co-edited a special issue of POETICA (Japan), with Saeko Yosikawa, on Coleridge and Contemplation. A native of Ireland, Wall is a professor of International Studies and English at University of Missouri St. Louis where he coordinates Irish Studies events and UMSL s annual Irish Summer Program in Galway. Dressel s Public House 2nd floor 419 N. Euclid, Central West End Curators: Jeff Hamilton and Joshua Kryah Donations of $5 welcome Please note: No elevator access With support from the Regional Arts Commission February 5 FRANCINE J. HARRIS francine j. harris is originally from Detroit, Michigan. She earned an MFA in Poetry from University of Michigan, where she was awarded a Zell Fellowship. She spent several years working with grassroots organizing projects for community radio, social justice, and queer performing arts, while facilitating poetry workshops for young people and practicing visual art. She is the author of allegiance (2012) and play dead (2016). Her poetry has appeared in many journals, including McSweeney s, Ploughshares, and Poetry. A 2008 Cave Canem fellow, she was awarded a 2015 NEA fellowship. harris is currently writer in residence at Washington University in St. Louis. Photo: Pat Cassidy Mollach SIMONE WHITE Simone White was born Middletown, Connecticut, and raised in Philadelphia. She earned her BA from Wesleyan University, JD from Harvard Law School, and MFA from the New School. White is the author of the full-length collection House Envy of All the World (2010) and the chapbooks Dolly (2008) and Unrest (2013). She has received fellowships from Cave Canem and was selected as a New American Poet for the Poetry Society of America. She is completing a PhD in English at the CUNY Graduate Center and lives in Brooklyn, New York. 4

January 23 WALTER BARGEN Walter Bargen has published 19 books of poetry.

Behind Glass Doors (2013), Quixotic (2014), and Gone West/Ganz im Westen (2014).

ANDREA JACKSON Andrea Jackson s poetry and fiction have appeared in Star 82 (*82) Review, Gyroscope Review, Eyedrum Periodically, Heron

She has just published Who Am I and Where Is Home? An American Woman in 1931 Palestine.

Katherine holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Missouri St. Louis.

Poetry at the Point The Focal Point 2720 Sutton Blvd. St. Louis MO 63143 Reading at 7:30 p.m.

org POETRY AT THE POINT IS GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY WEBSTER-KIRKWOOD TIMES AND WEST END WORD - THANK YOU!

teaches writing, magazine nonfiction writing, and magazine editing.

His poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, Denver Quarterly, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere.

Her poetry, fiction and book reviews have appeared in Esquire, Missouri Review, Margie and many other journals.

5 January 23 WALTER BARGEN Walter Bargen has published 19 books of poetry. Recent books include Days Like This Are Necessary: New & Selected Poems (2009), Endearing Ruins/Liebenswerte Ruinen (2012), Trouble Behind Glass Doors (2013), Quixotic (2014), and Gone West/Ganz im Westen (2014). His latest book Too Quick for the Living was published in November He was appointed the first poet laureate of Missouri ( ). ANDREA JACKSON Andrea Jackson s poetry and fiction have appeared in Star 82 (*82) Review, Gyroscope Review, Eyedrum Periodically, Heron Tree, The Tishman Review, and The Apple Valley Review. She has an MFA from the University of Missouri St. Louis. She has just published Who Am I and Where Is Home? An American Woman in 1931 Palestine. KATHERINE MITCHELL Katherine Mitchell s poetry appears in 2River View, The Southern Review, and was nominated for Best New Poets Katherine holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Missouri St. Louis. She s an Alexander Technique teacher and teaches movement for writers workshops across the country. Poetry at the Point The Focal Point 2720 Sutton Blvd. St. Louis MO Reading at 7:30 p.m. Curator: Jennifer Adams The fourth Tuesday of every month poetry.point@ stlouispoetrycenter.org POETRY AT THE POINT IS GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY WEBSTER-KIRKWOOD TIMES AND WEST END WORD - THANK YOU! February 27 ROBERT STEWART Robert Stewart is editor of New Letters magazine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he also teaches writing, magazine nonfiction writing, and magazine editing. His books include The Narrow Gate: Writing, Art, & Values, Outside Language: Essays, and Plumbers: Poems. His poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, Denver Quarterly, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere. PAMELA GARVEY Pamela Garvey is the author of the collection of poetry, Seven Miles Deep (Five Oaks Press, 2017). Her poetry, fiction and book reviews have appeared in Esquire, Missouri Review, Margie and many other journals. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Things Impossible to Swallow (2River Press, 2013), and Fear (Finishing Line Press, 2008). Garvey is professor of English at St. Louis Community College and is currently writing a full length play that will be produced at Meramec in February JIM HANSON Jim Hanson is a retired Senior Researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he worked and taught in community development. He has a doctorate degree in sociology and is a layordinated Zen Buddhist. In past years he has published two books through Greenwood Publishing Group and numerous articles in social science and philosophy. His current interest is writing poems about death. He resides with his wife in Collinsville, Illinois. 5

second friday notes January 12 Kerry James Evans is the author of Bangalore (Copper Canyon Press, 2013).

Hart L Ecuyer is a practicing surrealist poet, playwright and musician. A Webster Groves native, he is often found screaming into microphones at South City bars.

the Blues, Tuffy now prefers coffee houses and less traditional Blues venues. Tuffy will be joined by John Logan. Begins at 7 p.m.

the store SECOND FRIDAY NOTES IS GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY DIERBERGS - THANK YOU! February 9 Mary Feagan earned an MFA at Georgia State University, and has taught both English and art.

6 second friday notes January 12 Kerry James Evans is the author of Bangalore (Copper Canyon Press, 2013). He holds a PhD in English from Florida State University and an MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He lives and works in St. Louis, MO. Hart L Ecuyer is a practicing surrealist poet, playwright and musician. A Webster Groves native, he is often found screaming into microphones at South City bars. Robert Tuffy Brandon began his Blues career in Kansas City but developed into a seasoned Blues singer through performing in St. Louis area nightclubs in the 1990s. After more than a decade hiatus from the Blues, Tuffy now prefers coffee houses and less traditional Blues venues. Tuffy will be joined by John Logan. Begins at 7 p.m. - Free Curator: Dwight Bitikofer Dierbergs Market in Des Peres Manchester Road at Lindemann, between Lindbergh and I-270 Readings on Mezzanine level Elevator access from covered parking garage below the store SECOND FRIDAY NOTES IS GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY DIERBERGS - THANK YOU! February 9 Mary Feagan earned an MFA at Georgia State University, and has taught both English and art. She currently teaches Right-brain Drawing at St. Louis Community College, and writes/ illustrates children s books and books of poems. Victor H. Farwell is an erudite and skilled behavioral clinician. He served as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and currently works as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). Joey Kenig Joey Kenig is a singer/ songwriter based in Ely, MN and St. Louis, MO with a background in theater, education and carpentry that informs his music. His repertoire includes original and traditional acoustic folk music. Know a young poet? Submissions are now open for St. Louis Poetry Center s 2018 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students FIRST PRIZE $225 SECOND PRIZE $125 THIRD PRIZE $75 JUDGE: Suzanne Buffam SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 1, 2018 Contest coordinated by Robert Lowes, hopkins.contest@stlouispoetrycenter.org For more info and submission guidelines: 6

Saturday, February 24 Educators: Interested in getting PIO into your classroom? Poetry Inside Out has students translating great poetry from around the world! Find St.

7 Saturday, February 24 Educators: Interested in getting PIO into your classroom? Poetry Inside Out has students translating great poetry from around the world! Find St. Louis Poetry Center s table and learn more about PIO at the Educators for Social Justice Curriculum Conference: Building Counter-Narratives for Radical Healing & Hope Wydown Middle School Kudos Alice Azure has a poem included in the anthology Thinking Continental: Writing the Planet One Place at a Time, and two poems included in the Aazhoomon Exhibit Catalog at the Miikanan Gallery in Bemidji, MN. Her new collection of poetry Hunger Feast is forthcoming from Albatross Press in Chicago. Walter Bargen has several poems recently published: two prose poems in 2River, A Line from Dogen in the anthology Thinking Continental: Writing the Planet One Place at a Time, Homeless in The Sow s Ear Poetry Review, Bucket Music in I-70 Review, Paint By Numbers on Vox Populi, and Brain Storm in Helen. His new book Too Quick for the Living was released in Nov. by Moon City Press. Vincent Casaregola was awarded the 2017 Best in Poetry Award from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine for his poem Riddle of the Open Heart, published in their journal Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine. Jason N. Vasser s debut collection of poems, shrimp, will be published in April 2018 by 2Leaf Press. Community Readings and Events 100 Boots Poetry Series. Feb. 23, 7 p.m. at Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 3716 Washington Blvd. Reading on Feb. 23: Don Mee Choi and Daniel Borzutsky. Left Bank Books presents Gabriel Fried, The Children Are Reading. Feb. 20, 7 p.m. at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave. Poems, Prose and Pints at Dressel s. Jan. 16 & Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Takes place every third Tuesday of the month. Dressel s Public House, 419 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO Free. Open Mics Every Monday Venice Café, 1903 Pestalozzi. 9 p.m. Every Tuesday Acoustic music and spoken word open mic at The Wolf, Clayton Road, Ballwin. 7 p.m. Poetic Vibez at The Book House. Jan. 13, and Feb. 10, at 4 p.m. Poetic Vibez will take place on the second Saturday of each month at The Book House, 7352 Manchester Rd., Maplewood, MO Series kick-off on Jan. 13: F. Kenneth Taylor (Host), Life Situations The Poet, Susan Spit Fire Lively, Layla Azmi Goushey, Dacia InnerGy Polk, Shonda Tennelle Pulliam, and Kaiserrific. River Styx Reading Series at CAM. Jan. 15, and Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. Contemporary Art Museum, 3750 Washington Blvd., Admission $5. Reading on Jan. 15: Chen Chen, Jessica Baran and Jacqui Germain. Reading on Feb. 19: Sherwin Bitsui & Scott Phillips. Every Wednesday Stone Spiral Coffee & Curios. Poetry and music in Maplewood at 2500 Sutton Blvd. 8 p.m. Every Friday URB Poetry Open Mic at Legacy Books & Café, 5249 Delmar Blvd. Doors open at 8 p.m. Admission after 9 p.m. $7. Slam competition the last Friday of each month. St. Louis County Library - Oak Bend Branch, Creative Writing and Poetry Share Group. Jan. 18, and Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at Oak Bend Branch, Meeting Room (OB), 842 S Holmes Ave, St. Louis, MO Adults. Registration requested. evanced-registration/ St. Louis Poetry Slam at UrbArts. Jan. 11 and Feb. 8, 7 p.m. Poets compete to win $50 and a chance at making the next national slam team. Takes place on second Thursdays at UrbArts, 2600 N. 14th Street, St. Louis, MO Hosted by MK Stallings. $5 admission. Every Last Sunday Poetic Justice at Blank Space, 2847 Cherokee. Hosted by Corey Black, sounds by Black Spade. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. $5 Cover. First 10 artists to sign up before 8pm are free. 7

8 St. Louis Poetry Center P.O. Box St. Louis, MO Sign up for updates at SLPC Membership benefits include: James Nash Annual Members Contest and its Annual Concert Online and newsletter professional event promotions Reduced registration rates for fee workshops Other benefits vary depending on membership level Student $15 (available to full-time students) Young Friend $30 (available to ages 18-35) Individual/Senior $50/$45 Professional Poet $75 Benefactor $100 - $499 Laureate $500 - $999 President s Society $ $2,499 Loy Ledbetter Society $2,500+ JOIN ST. LOUIS POETRY CENTER I would like to provide additional support to this historic organization. Please receive my tax-deductible contribution of $. Please receive my tax-deductible donation of $ in (memory of / honor of) * See new monthly giving options at stlouispoetrycenter.org/membership. Joining SLPC helps fund our various readings, workshops and outreach programs. Help us grow by mailing this form and a check payable to the SLPC to: St. Louis Poetry Center, P.O. Box , St. Louis, MO 63130, or visit and use your credit card or PayPal account. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. We hope you will consider making a recurring donation through our Monthly Giving Program. Monthly giving is an easy way to show your support while providing SLPC with sustaining funding throughout the year. Make your contribution today! Please print: Name Phone Address City State Monthly Giving Program $ Zip /month*

NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR

NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR CELEBRATING 72 YEARS SPRING 2018 Newsletter March May MISSION STATEMENT Our passion for poetry guides us to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the infinite possibilities of