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Ruelaine Stokes Selected as Lansing Poet Laureate

Ruelaine Stokes Selected as Lansing Poet Laureate

April 19, 2024 - Arts Council of Greater Lansing

Ruelaine Stokes Joins List of Celebrated Poets From the Region

Dr. Toby Altman to join faculty of Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) at Michigan State University for fall semester 2024

Dr. Toby Altman to join faculty of Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) at Michigan State University for fall semester 2024

April 1, 2024

Altman holds an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Northwestern University. He currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Beloit College.

Call for 2024 Balocating Undergraduate Prize Announced

Call for 2024 Balocating Undergraduate Prize Announced

February 22, 2024

March 8 is the last day to enter the 2024 Balocating Undergraduate Prize for Poetry, which awards $500 to an MSU undergraduate student for one poem.

Arts Council of Greater Lansing Seeks Next Lansing Poet Laureate

Arts Council of Greater Lansing Seeks Next Lansing Poet Laureate

February 2, 2024 - ACGL

Apply by March 15, 2024 to be the next Lansing Poet Laureate!

"An Exodus of Sparks" wins 2024 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize

"An Exodus of Sparks" wins 2024 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize

February 1, 2024

Allisa Cherry wins 2024 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize

Pittsburghese, Latest Release from Wheelbarrow Books Now Available

Pittsburghese, Latest Release from Wheelbarrow Books Now Available

January 18, 2024

"Pittsburghese" by Robert Gibb and the 13th title from Wheelbarrow Books is now available from MSU Press.