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Call and Response Across Time / The Art of Verse and Sound: Debussy’s Preludes, Book II
October 12, 2026 - Gabrielle Yeary
On their own, music and poetry have the power to move an audience. Together, they create a conversation between sound and language. That conversation came to life on September 30, 2026 in the Cook Recital Hall of the MSU College of Music, at the RCAH Center for Poetry’s first collaborative event of the semester, The Art of Verse and Sound: Debussy’s Preludes, Book II.
New Chapter: College Integration Strengthens Arts and Humanities at MSU
June 24, 2026 - Kim Popiolek and Jenny Jiminez
A new chapter at Michigan State University begins July 1, 2026, as the College of Arts & Letters and Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) officially integrate, creating new opportunities for students, faculty, and the campus community while strengthening the arts and humanities at MSU.
Making Space for Growth: Student Internships at the RCAH Center for Poetry
May 1, 2026 - Gabrielle Yeary
A student internship at the Center for Poetry isn't just another campus job. It's a customized experience that stays with some alumni for years.
Toby Altman and the Art of Making Space
April 14, 2026 - Jess Watley ’27, RCAH Senior Communications Intern
RCAH faculty member and Center for Poetry Director Toby Altman centers creative storytelling, engagement, and relationship-building to create learning spaces rooted in trust.
Arts Council of Greater Lansing Announces Next Lansing Poet Laureate
March 27, 2026 - Arts Council of Greater Lansing
Suban Nur Cooley, PhD, to serve as 2026-28 Lansing Poet Laureate.
Tracie Morris to perform "Colors through Darkness" at MSU Broad Museum of Art
March 17, 2026
Morris's original performance was composed in response to Jan Tichy's "Darkness" Winter/Spring 2026 exhibit at the MSU Broad Art Museum.
Singing Under Snow, Wheelbarrow Books' 15th Title, Now Available
January 20, 2026
Wheelbarrow Books' 15th title, Singing Under Snow, is now available!
Printing as a Form of Poetry
October 28, 2025 - Gabrielle Yeary
In an age where poems live and die in the scroll of a screen, a clatter of metal and ink still echoes through the basement of Snyder-Phillips— where the letterpress keeps poetry tactile, intentional, and alive.