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 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.
The Voice Within Us: A Poetry Reading by Y.O.U. Students, Thursday, April 17th 2014
Join us for a poetry reading by Y.O.U. Students!
Currents in Latina/o Poetry: Laurie Ann Guerrero and Rich Villar, Thursday, April 17th 2014
Join us for a poetry reading featuring Laurie Ann Guerrero and Rich Villar.
Working Poems: an Evening with Mark Nowak, Wednesday, February 26th 2014
Poet, playwright, essayist and cultural critic Mark Nowak will respond to The Left Front: Radical Art in the “Red Decade,” 1929–1940 exhibition at the Block Museum in a reading and conversation.
A Reading Featuring Katie Peterson, February 13th 2014
Join us for a reading and a workshop on manuscript practice by poet and critic Katie Peterson.
Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize Celebration with Ed Roberson and Rodney Gomez, Thursday, January 30th 2014
Ed Roberson is Distinguished Artist in Residence at Northwestern. He was the recipient of the Shelley Award from the Poetry Society of America in 2008, & was honored at the recent Literature, Culture, & Critique conference. Roberson is the author of To See the...