Tag: poetry-reading
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UDM’s Poet-in-Residence Celebrates Publication of New Book with Reading at 27th Letter Books
by Lena Williams On September 25th at 27th Letter Books, people gathered to celebrate the launch of Running Lights, the latest book of poetry by University of Detroit Mercy’s Poet-In-Residence, Professor Michael Lauchlan. The event opened with Cal Freeman, the author of The Weather of Our Names, and a University of Detroit Mercy alumnus. He…
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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…
