poetry

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.