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.
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.”
Readings with Raul Zurita, September 26, 2011
On September 26, 2011, Raúl Zurita read in the Hagstrum Room, along with his translator Anna Deeny.
A Poetry Reading with Elizabeth Marie Young, Thursday, June 2nd 2011
Join us for a poetry reading featuring Elizabeth Marie Young author of Aim Straight at the Fountain and Press Vaporize (Fence Books, 2009)
A Poetry Reading by Ed Roberson, Tuesday, May 3rd 2011
A poetry reading by Ed Roberson from his newest collection To See the Earth Before the End of the World.
Workshop: Is There a Case for the English Dolnik?, Wednesday, April 27th 2011
Join us for a workshop featuring Derek Attridge.
A Lecture by Tomás Urayóan Noel, Monday, February 21st 2011
Tomás Urayóan Noel will give a lecture called “Bodies That Antimatter: U.S. Latino/a Poetics in the Digital Decade, 2000-2009” followed by a workshop on “Translating the Self.”