Tag: university-of-detroit-mercy
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Magnetic Poetry Contest—2026 Winners!
University of Detroit Mercy’s English Department is excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Magnetic Poetry Contest! For the third year, students, faculty, staff, and alumni were encouraged to create original poems using the magnets on Briggs’s second-floor lockers. The contest judges received more submissions than ever before. Read the poems they selected as…
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To Translate is To Love: Poets Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris Share New Book of Translations by Ukrainian Poet with the Detroit Mercy Community
This special evening began not with a pair, but, ironically, a triptych. On March 18th, audience members from the Detroit Mercy community and beyond gathered to witness a merging of three spirits: Katie Farris and Ilya Kaminsky, poets and partners, standing as harbingers for the voice of Lesyk Panasiuk. Kaminsky is the acclaimed author of…
