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.
Visiting Scholar Marjorie Perloff, Wednesday May 15th 2013
The Poetry and Poetics Colloquium is delighted to announce that Marjorie Perloff will be joining us for a lecture titled, "The Last Hapsburg Poet: Celan's Love Poetry and the Limits of Language" on Wednesday, May 15th at 5:00 p.m. in the University Library Forum...
A Reading by Craig Santos Perez, May 1st & 2nd 2013
A Reading by Craig Santos Perez author of from unincorporated territory [hacha] (Tinfish Press, 2008) and from unincorporated territory [saina] (Omnidawn Publishing, 2010).
Modernismo and the Languages of Comparative Modernist Studies featuring Gayle Rogers
Join the Workshop in Comparative Modernisms and the Poetry and Poetics Workshop for an afternoon talk by scholar Gayle Rogers.
February 5 & 6, 2013: Erica Hunt and Harryette Mullen
Please join us for an evening reading and lunchtime workshop with poets and essayists Erica Hunt and Harryette Mullen.
November 1, 2012: Cedar Sigo Reading and Workshop
On November 1st, 2012, San Francisco poet Cedar Sigo will be joining us for a lunchtime reading and workshop.
Workshop: On Roquette-Pinto’s Poetic Evolution, October 13th & 14th 2012
Join us for a reading featuring Claudia Roquette-Pinto with John Keene on October 13th followed by a workshop with Roquette-Pinto on October 14th.
October 12: Poets in/on Translation
Please join us at noon on Friday, October 12th for Poets in/on Translation, a workshop and reading with the poets, Patrizia Cavalli and Adam Zagajewski, and with translator and scholar, Clare Cavanagh.
A Reading and Conversation with Nathaniel Tarn: May 3, 2012
Poetry and Poetics Colloquium is proud to host poet Nathaniel Tarn for a reading and conversation.
Andrei Levkin on the Poetics of Russian Prose, April 17, 2012
On April 17, 2012, the Russian writer Andrei Levkin will give a talk on “The Poetics of Russian Prose,” with responses by Ilya Kutik and Reginald Gibbons.
Keorapetse Kgositsile Poetry Reading: April 23, 2012
Please join the PPC on April 23, 2012 for a poetry reading by Keorapetse Kgositsile.
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.
Christian Bök Visit, November 2-3, 2011
On November 2-3, Canadian poet Christian Bök offered an evening of sound poetry and spoke about his “Xenotext Experiment.”