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The Poetry Gallery: Suban Nur Cooley
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 7:00 PM - Wednesday, September 23, 2026 9:00 PM at MSU Broad Art Museum, 574 E. Circle Dr., East Lansing
Join Suban Nur Cooley, MSU faculty member and current Lansing Poet Laureate, for a poetry reading in the galleries of We Are This Land: Meditations on the Great American Experience.
The Art of Verse and Sound: Debussy's Preludes, Book II
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 7:30 PM at Cook Recital Hall, 333 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing
Presenting a distinctive evening pairing solo piano and poetry, exploring sound and language together. Performances from Book II of Claude Debussy’s Preludes alternate with poetry readings curated by the RCAH Center for Poetry,
"It Was Hard Not to Say Capitalism": A Creative Life in Contemporary Conditions with Daniel Borzutsky
Friday, October 9, 2026 3:00 PM - Friday, October 9, 2026 4:15 PM at RCAH Theater, Snyder-Phillips Hall, 362 Bogue St., East Lansing
Join the MSU Creative Writing Program and the Center for Poetry as we welcome Daniel Borzutsky.
The Poetry Gallery: Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 7:00 PM - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 9:00 PM at MSU Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Dr., East Lansing, MI
Join Sasha Debevec-McKenney, a poet who studies the presidents, for a poetry reading in the galleries of We Are This Land: Meditations on the Great American Experiment.
20 Years of Black Ocean: Carrie Olivia Adams and Nathan Hoks
Thursday, November 5, 2026 7:00 PM - Thursday, November 5, 2026 9:00 PM at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing, MI
Join us for a celebration of indie press Black Ocean's 20th anniversary with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams and Nathan Hoks