poetry
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October 17, 2024
Arb’s student-curated nature walk shares poems by Black authors
A student-curated Black Nature Walk through Nichols Arboretum this semester showcases nature poems by 11 Black authors that are engraved on wood panels interspersed along the trails of the Arb’s Peony Garden.
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May 21, 2024
Artists selected for summer residencies at Biological Station
The U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan has selected an illustrator Vera Ting and poet Madeleine Wattenberg to explore their creative freedom through the 2024 Artist in Residence Program.
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April 8, 2024
It Happened at Michigan — The ‘harrowing experience’ of meeting Robert Frost
Robert Frost came to campus in the fall of 1921 to be U-M’s inaugural Creative Fellow in the Creative Arts, an experiment carried out by President Marion L. Burton.
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February 8, 2024
Clements Library acquires rare American edition of poems
U-M has acquired the first American edition of Phillis Wheatley Peters’ “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” widely regarded as the first book of poetry written by an African American woman.
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April 1, 2021
Poetry Blast includes outdoor exhibition, video readings, prompts
Throughout April, the Institute for the Humanities is featuring “Poetry Blast,” a multi-platform celebration of poetry with outdoor displays, daily video poems, and the opportunity people to submit their own work.
