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.
November 11, 2015: Reginald Betts & Patricia Smith
We are delighted to invite you for a Lunchtime Poetics Workshop with poets Reginald Betts and Patricia Smith, November 11 at University Hall.
May 26th, 2015: The Voice Within Us
Join us for a reading and chapbook release party, celebrating the talent and accomplishments of Evanston high school students.
May 1st, 2015: Rachel Price
Join us for a roundtable discussion on The Object of the Atlantic: Concrete Aesthetic in Cuba, Brazil and Spain 1868-1968 with author Professor Rachel Price from Princeton University.
Radical Poetics: Archives, Forms, Social Movements, April 23rd-24th 2015
A symposium presented by the Northwestern Poetry and Poetics Colloquium in association with Post45.
January 29th, 2015: Chris Nealon
The Poetry and Poetics Colloquium are proud to present a discussion led by scholar and poet Christopher Nealon.
November 19-20, 2014: Palabra Pura: From the Margins of the Margins
Join the Guild Literary Complex for a reading co-sponsored by the Poetry and Poetics Colloquium with poets Daniel Borzutzky and Justin Petropoulos.
A Reading Featuring Rosa Alcalá, October 23rd-24th 2014
Join us for a reading and workshop with poet and translator Rosa Alcalá on Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24.
Avital Ronell: Ach! The History of a Complaint, Thursday, May 15th 2014
The Poetry and Poetics Colloquium, the Department of German, and the Critical Theory Cluster are proud to present a lecture by renowned scholar and theorist Avital Ronell.
Lacy Rumsey: “Da-DA-da-da-da”: Intonation and Poetic Form, Thursday, May 8th 2014
Join us for a lecture by Lacy Rumsey entitled “Da-DA-da-da-da”: Intonation and Poetic Form.
Workshop with Poet Angelica Freitas and Translator Hilary Kaplan, Friday, May 2nd 2014
The Poetry and Poetics Colloquium and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese are pleased to welcome Brazilian poet Angelica Freitas and translator Hilary Kaplan to Northwestern for a bilingual workshop and a reading in the Hagstrum Room.
May 30th, 2014: Yopie Prins
The Poetry and Poetics Colloquium and the Classical Receptions Workshop presents a workshop with scholar Yopie Prins on Sapphic rhythm.
Cecilia Vicuña, April 21st-22nd, 2014
Please join us for a reading and a workshop with poet, artist, and activist, Cecilia Vicuña on Monday, April 21st and Tuesday, April 22nd.