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We Make Each Other More Possible: An Unforgettable Triptych Event with Poet Aracelis Girmay
There are times—usually unbelievably hectic or stressful times—when life invites you to breathe. Requires it of you. The recent Triptych event featuring poet and Stanford professor Aracelis Girmay was exactly this breath for me. This reading, held via Zoom as part of the University of Detroit Mercy’s Triptych visiting author series, was the third and…
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Layers of Narrative: Lambda Literary award-winning author K-Ming Chang visits the University of Detroit Mercy
As part of the University of Detroit Mercy’s Triptych virtual visiting author series, I had the privilege of attending K-Ming Chang’s reading—an electrifying journey through her surreal, poetic storytelling. Hosted by Dr. Stacy Gnall, Detroit Mercy’s poet-in-residence, the event immersed the audience in Chang’s world, where identity, family, and the uncanny intertwine in haunting and…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Brandon Som Visits Detroit Mercy as part of Triptych Visiting Author Series
On Thursday, January 16th, Pulitzer Prize winner Brandon Som spoke with UDM students via Zoom after reading from his book Tripas, a collection of poems largely dedicated to Som’s maternal grandmother. In Tripas, Som uses images of circuitry to describe the long hours his grandmother spent on the factory line. The cover of the book…
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What I Saw
Inspired by John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, students in Writing About Literature visited the DIA and wrote about one work of art they had never seen before–or taken the time to look at closely.
Between the Pages 