Tag: african-american-poetry
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The Mundane, the Profane, and Everything in Between: An Evening of Poetry with Brittany Rogers and Tommye Blount
On February 24th, 2026, the University of Detroit Mercy’s English department welcomed local poets Brittany Rogers and Tommye Blount. Brittany Rogers is an artist, educator, and lifelong Detroiter who strives for her poems to be bold and audacious, as well as to subvert heteronormative and patriarchal norms. Tommye Blount is a poet who explores the…
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Botanically-inspired Love: A Night with Poet Ross Gay
On February 19, 2026, the University of Detroit Mercy’s English Department hosted the final virtual installment of its fourth Triptych season. The guest of honor was Ross Gay, a poet described by host Stacy Gnall as contemporary poetry’s “consummate connoisseur” and “town crier” of delights. Gay joined the call from the driver’s seat of his…
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