2023-2024 Academic Year Archives

Sep 23

Evergreen Haiku Study Group September Meeting

Saturday, September 23, 2023 12:00 PM - Saturday, September 23, 2023 2:00 PM at Online

Evergreen Haiku Study group is an online monthly study group whose activities include read-around, aesthetic explorations, craft exercises, writing time, anonymous kukai, collaborative play, and other forms of shared appreciation for one of the smallest poetic forms on the planet.

Sep 30

Lansing Book Party and Book Crawl

Saturday, September 30, 2023 9:00 AM - Saturday, September 30, 2023 8:30 PM at Lansing (several locations)

Join book-loving Lansing-ites, poets, authors and booksellers for a celebration of the written and spoken word. The Lansing Book Party is a city-wide event, featuring a book crawl, pop-up open mics, workshops and author events, as well as a spoken word poetry show featuring Ephraim Nehemiah & Friends.

Oct 19

Setting Your Brain on Fire: The Immersive Joy of Poems with Nandi Comer

Thursday, October 19, 2023 2:00 PM - Thursday, October 19, 2023 3:30 PM at LookOut Gallery, 2nd Floor, Snyder-Phillips Hall, 361 Physics Rd, East Lansing, MI

Join us for a poetry workshop with MI Poet Laureate Nandi Comer.

Oct 19

Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer Reading & Reception

Thursday, October 19, 2023 6:00 PM at RCAH Theater, Snyder-Phillips Hall, 361 Physics Rd, East Lansing, MI

Join us as we welcome Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer for a reading and reception.

Oct 28

Evergreen Haiku Study Group October Meeting

Saturday, October 28, 2023 12:00 PM - Saturday, October 28, 2023 12:00 PM at Online

Evergreen Haiku Study group is an online monthly study group whose activities include read-around, aesthetic explorations, craft exercises, writing time, anonymous kukai, collaborative play, and other forms of shared appreciation for one of the smallest poetic forms on the planet.

Nov 2

Poetry is Fun: How to Banish Writer's Block, Overcome Fear, and Recover Joy in Your Writing with Leila Chatti

Thursday, November 2, 2023 2:00 PM - Thursday, November 2, 2023 3:30 PM at Snyder C202, Snyder-Phillips Hall, 361 Physics Rd, East Lansing, MI

In this workshop, we will work to disrupt writer’s block, doubt, and reluctance to approach the blank page.

Nov 2

An Evening with Leila Chatti

Thursday, November 2, 2023 6:00 PM at RCAH Theater, Snyder-Phillips Hall, 361 Physics Rd, East Lansing, MI

Join us as we welcome MSU and RCAH alum Leila Chatti for an evening of poetry.

Nov 18

Evergreen Haiku Study Group November Meeting

Saturday, November 18, 2023 1:00 PM - Saturday, November 18, 2023 3:00 PM at Online

Evergreen Haiku Study group is an online monthly study group whose activities include read-around, aesthetic explorations, craft exercises, writing time, anonymous kukai, collaborative play, and other forms of shared appreciation for one of the smallest poetic forms on the planet.

Dec 16

Evergreen Haiku Study Group December Meeting

Saturday, December 16, 2023 1:00 PM - Saturday, December 16, 2023 3:00 PM at Online

Evergreen Haiku Study group is an online monthly study group whose activities include read-around, aesthetic explorations, craft exercises, writing time, anonymous kukai, collaborative play, and other forms of shared appreciation for one of the smallest poetic forms on the planet.

Feb 8

Wheelbarrow Books at AWP 2024

Thursday, February 8, 2024 9:00 AM - Saturday, February 10, 2024 5:00 PM at Kansas City, MO

Stop by booth 744 in the Bookfair and say hi!

Mar 6

Hold Fast Hold Hands Hold On: How We Hold Each Other in Poetic, Personal, and Political Life Makes a New World Possible

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:00 PM - Wednesday, March 6, 2024 4:30 PM at C201 Snyder, 362 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI

Gabrielle Calvocoressi leads this generative poetry workshop.

Mar 6

Wheelbarrow Books Presents: Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Daniel Lassell

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 6, 2024 9:00 PM at RCAH Theater, Snyder Hall, 362 Bogue St., East Lansing

An evening of poetry with Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Daniel Lassell

Mar 13

Festival of Listening

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 5:30 PM - Wednesday, March 13, 2024 7:00 PM at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing, MI

Join us for an evening of untranslated poetry!

Apr 3

An Evening with Laura Apol and 2024 Balocating Prize Announcement

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 6:00 PM at RCAH Theater, Snyder Hall, 362 Bogue St., East Lansing

Join us as we celebrate the release of Laura Apol's latest collection "Cauterized."

Apr 5

Live Lit 2024

Friday, April 5, 2024 2:00 PM - Friday, April 5, 2024 3:30 PM at B210/310 Wells Hall, 619 Red Cedar Rd., East Lansing

Join us for this annual student reading featuring winners of this year's Creative Writing Awards and finalists for the 2024 Balocating Prize!

Apr 11

MSU Museum CoLab Studio presents Food Fight! Poetry Slam

Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:00 PM - Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:30 PM at MSU Museum 409 West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824

This 6th installation of the poetry slam is hosted by Natasha T. Miller, the MSU Museum’s Community Engagement Manager and Women of the World Poetry Slam 3 -time top-five finalist, in partnership with the RCAH Center for Poetry.

Apr 23

Passing the Laurel: Celebrating Lansing's Poet Laureate

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:30 PM at The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave., Lansing, MI

Join us as we celebrate the term of 3rd Lansing Poet Laureate Masaki Takahashi and of Ruelaine Stokes, the incoming Lansing Poet Laureate!