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Upcoming & Recent Events

A Performance-In-Conversation with a•pe•ri•od•ic & Kevin Holden, Oct 23rd, 5:00pm, 2122 Performance Hall

Please join the English department & the Poetry & Poetics cluster, as part of the UNSETTLING SOUND event series, for a Performance-In-Conversation with the poet Kevin Holden and music ensemble a•pe•ri•od•ic on Thursday, Oct 23rd, 5:00pm, at the 2122...

BATTALION SHAPED GIRL: A LAUNCH PARTY, THURSDAY, SEPT 25th, 5:00PM

Please join Poetry & Poetics to celebrate the release of Temperance Aghamohammadi’s debut poetry collection “BATTALION SHAPED GIRL,” with Kai Ihns, author of “Of," on Sept 25th, 5:00pm, Hagstrum Room. Temperance Aghamohammadi is an Acolyte of the Exquisite. A...

Roundtrip: A Launch Party, Tuesday May 20th @5pm

Please join us Tuesday May 20th @ 5pm in the Hagstrum Room (University Hall, 201) for a poetry reading featuring Lisa Low, Helene Achanzar, and Dawn Angelicca Barcelona in celebration of Dawn’s beautiful new book Roundtrip (Finishing Line Press, 2025). 

Poetry Broadside Making Workshop, May 14th @ 5pm

Join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium for a discussion and an immersive workshop on the role of the broadside in poetry.

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