On Friday, May 14, Professors Travis Dolence (Library) and Kevin Zepper (English) taught 9th graders from the Detroit Lakes School District. Using a short poetic form, Dolence and Zepper encouraged students to hike briefly through the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. More than one hundred students wrote up to three short poems on their experiences with nature. […]
Sunday, April 7 | 1-4 p.m. | Tamarac Discovery Center (35704 County Hwy 26, Rochert, MN 56578) Awaken your spirit and connect with nature, then let it bloom like poetry. Author Kevin Zepper will introduce you to techniques for writing creative poetry inspired by nature. Zepper, an English professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead, is the author of the book-length […]
Monday, Feb. 18 | 6-8 p.m. | Langseth 104 Perry “Vision” DiVirgilio is a poet, activist and youth poetry educator. A graduate of Dickinson College, Vision’s work focuses on racial identity, identity politics, healing, and dismantling toxic masculinity. Vision’s poetry and poetry workshops were featured on CNN’s “Black in America 5,” the highest rated documentary in CNN history.
New Rivers Press is pleased to present the 2017 Many Voices Project winner in Poetry, Tara Ballard. Her collection, House of the Night Watch, will join our other titles on the 2018 publication list.
Wednesday, April 26 | 5:30 p.m. | MacLean 167 American poet James Lenfestey will present “Poetry & Art: Freeway to the Inner Life” on Wednesday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. in MacLean Hall 167. For more information, visit coyotepoet.com.