Voice Within Us Release Party Highlights

On April 17th 2014, we welcomed a lively group of Y.O.U. (Youth Organizations Umbrella, Inc.) students to Northwestern for a reading celebrating their talent and accomplishments in the Voice Within Us program. A limited edition chapbook of their work was released by...
Keorapetse Kgositsile Poetry Reading: April 23, 2012

Keorapetse Kgositsile Poetry Reading: April 23, 2012

Please join the PPC on April 23, 2012 for a poetry reading by Keorapetse Kgositsile. The reading will take place at 5:00 P.M. Keorapetse Kgositsile is a South African poet and political activist whose international influence has spanned decades. He is the author of...

Poetry in the Schools: The Voice Within Us

In February and March of each year, talented Northwestern undergraduates lead a series of workshops in poetry for Evanston area students. Overseen by members of the Poetry and Poetics faculty, these workshops grant high school students the unique opportunity to...
Queer(ing) Poetics Symposium, February 6-7, 2012

Queer(ing) Poetics Symposium, February 6-7, 2012

  On February 6-7, 2012, the Poetry and Poetics Colloquium will host a symposium on Queer(ing) Poetics, featuring Nathalie Stephens/Nathanaël and Ronaldo V. Wilson. Nathalie Stephens/Nathanaël writes l’entre-genre in English and French, with over a dozen...