The Poetry & Poetics Colloquium
at Northwestern University
A center for poetry and interdisciplinary scholarship on poetics.
The Poetry & Poetics Colloquium
at Northwestern University
A center for poetry and interdisciplinary scholarship on poetics.
The Poetry & Poetics Colloquium
at Northwestern University
A center for poetry and interdisciplinary scholarship on poetics.
A center for poetry and interdisciplinary scholarship on poetics.
As a forum for a variety of arts initiatives, such as the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Prize and Poetry in the Schools, PPC is dedicated to supporting new generations of poets from both Northwestern and the greater Chicago community.
The PPC is also the home of the Northwestern Poetry and Poetics Graduate Cluster and the Futures of Poetics working group, where scholars doing cutting-edge research in the field have a venue for discussion and collaboration.
“Who Reads Poetry?”: A Lecture by Professor Virginia Jackson
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium for a lecture, titled "Who Reads Poetry?," by Virginia Jackson. Professor Jackson's talk is adapted from her currently in-progress book project, What is Poetry? A graduate student reading group session--focusing on...
A Reading and Recital featuring Poet Sun Yung Shin and Pianist Shirley Yoo
The Poetry and Poetics Colloquium is excited to present a joint reading and recital featuring poet Sun Yung Shin and concert pianist Shirley Yoo. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Asian American Studies Program, and One Book One...
An Evening of Readings and Conversation with Victoria Chang and Jenny Xie
Please join the Poetry and Poetics Colloquium, the Asian American Studies Program, and One Book One Northwestern next Tuesday, March 5, at 5pm in the Hagstrum Room for a reading and conversation featuring poets Victoria Chang and Jenny Xie, who will be sharing recent...
Dictée Marathon Reading and Collaborative Collage-Making Session
Please join the Poetry and Poetics Colloquium, the Asian American Studies Program, and One Book One Northwestern in ringing in the birthday of poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha! We will be celebrating the life and work of the poet by performing an abridged, marathon reading...
A Reading with Sebastián H. Páramo, Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Please join us for a poetry reading with Sebastián H. Páramo on Tuesday, October 24th at 5:00pm in the Hagstrum Room (University Hall 201).We will be celebrating the publication of Páramo's debut collection, Portrait of Us Burning: Poems, published by Curbstone Books,...
A Lecture with Julian Whitney, Thursday, May 25, 2023
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium for our last event of the academic year! Julian Whitney will be joining us to give a lecture entitled "Cugoano, Japanese Anime, and Eco-Poetics: The Radical Afterlives of Romanticism" at 5pm on Thursday 5/25 in Crowe...
A Conversation with Alicia Mountain, Thursday May 18th, 2023
Please join us for a lunch talk with Alicia Mountain on Thursday May 18th at 12:00pm in Crowe 1-132. Her talk is entitled "(Re)visiting The Highest Apple: Judy Grahn’s 1985 Essays on Sapphic Poetry."
A Reading & Conversation with Madison McCartha, Wednesday April 26th 2023
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium in welcoming Madison McCartha for a poetry reading and conversation.
A Reading and Conversation with Craig Santos Perez, Wednesday April 5th, 2023
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium along with the Workshop in Transnational Cultural History and Harris Feinsod's seminar "The Blue Humanities" for a poetry reading and conversation with Craig Santos Perez. The event will take place at 5pm on Wednesday...
Poetry Reading with Paul Tran, Thursday, February 2nd 2023
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium for a reading featuring Paul Tran on February 2nd at 5:00pm in The Hagstrum Room (University Hall, 201).
A Book Launch for A Boy in the City by S. Yarberry, Monday November 14th 2022
Please join us Monday Nov 14th at 5:00pm for a launch of S. Yarberry’s debut collection A BOY IN THE CITY (Deep Vellum, 2022).
Simone White Reading & Workshop, Monday October 31st 2022
A Reading & Workshop featuring poet SIMONE WHITE