Digital Publishing for the English Community
Anyone who’s sat through a high school English class has probably encountered poetry. In many cases, this is the genre we dread most for its complexity and open-ended conclusions. Over the past couple of years, modern poetry has taken on various mediums—spoken word, art, and even film—and I wanted to implement some of these techniques Read More …
Skazat! is a gathering of poets, authors, and listeners who share personal works and readings on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Please refer to my earlier piece for more information. Why did you decide to start Skazat!? A series had been running in the back room of the original Sweetwaters Café for several Read More …
In recent years, poetry has taken on a new shape, one that reaches us where we find ourselves the most: social media. Modern poets coined with the name “Instapoets” have taken their work online, publishing their poems via social media posts and creating experiences that allow visual art to coexist with poetic writing. Taking this Read More …
February is a distinct month in Michigan. Winter is drawing to a close, spring is on the horizon, and pretty soon the Great Lakes will start to generate their waves again. While those gathered in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery on February 25th at 5:30 PM ranged in diversity, one thing they all very well Read More …
Tuesday, February 18th, Ann Arbor native Adam Falkner appeared at a poetry reading at downtown bookstore Literati. The poems performed came from his first full-length collection The Willies, published just a few weeks ago by independent publisher Button Poetry. Falkner, who now lives in New York City, did a series of readings while visiting his Read More …
The Michigan winter, dare I say, is upon us. As we face the reality that the sun may only shine a whopping four days over the next three months, we’re inclined to find new resources to save us from this seemingly bleak state of affairs. This could be cheering amongst the Children of Yost at Read More …
I often feel paralyzed by politics. No matter how many activists I follow on Twitter or how many protests I stop by on my way home from class, it never seems like I’m doing enough. I haven’t figured out how to balance my own mental state with the state of the headlines coming in from Read More …
