by Avey Rips | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog
Nathaniel Mackey will be our guest to three events. He’ll be giving a graduate workshop on May 12th, 12-1:30pm, at University Hall 201 followed by a later lecture at 5:15pm, Harris Hall L-07. On the next day, he will read his works at a Poetry Reading, 5:15pm,...
by Avey Rips | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog
Salgado Maranhão, the best known Brazilian poet of his generation, will be giving a poetry workshop at Northwestern with his translator Alexix Levitin,Monday, May 2nd, 6:30-9pm, at University Hall (201). This event is fee and open to the public. They are co-sponsored...
by Avey Rips | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog, Events
Join us for an evening of words and music, as we celebrate the third Drinking Gourd Chapbook Prize. Renowned author Chris Abani will join Nicole Sealey, winner of the 2015 Drinking Gourd Prize. The evening will include readings from Professor Abani’s diverse and...
by Avey Rips | Dec 20, 2015 | Blog
Italo Moriconi (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro), a renowned Brazilian poet and scholar, will be our guest speaker on Friday, February 5th, 12-2pm, at University Hall 201. His lecture is titled “Multilingualism and Prosifying in Contemporary Brazilian...
by Avey Rips | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog
Poetics, as a set of critical attentions that bridge periods and languages, has entered a lively moment of renovation and renewal. Addressing the changing field, Futures of Poetics is an quarterly working group that convenes to discuss recent & works in...
by Avey Rips | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog
This year’s slate of readings, lectures, and workshops includes poets and scholars from around the world. See full details, including posters and biographies, on our Reading Series current events page. Past Events, 2017-2018 Thurs. 10/5, 12:30pm, Bettina Judd...
