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TELL YOUR STORY -  Hanif Abdurraqib stands before his audience, inspiring them with his words.

Writer Hanif Abdurraqib visits NMU

Lindsey Hollander March 12, 2025

NMU’s English department hosted a visiting writers series featuring Hanif Abdurraqib, a poet, essayist and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, Feb. 20. Abdurraqib’s poetry, essays and...

SCENE SETTING — The opening scene of Much Ado About Nothing, as a group of Yoopers sneak up on a deer. Highlighting the setting of the UP and the second week of deer camp.

Much Ado About Nothing — A review

Antonio Anderson February 20, 2025

I have watched films of Much Ado About Nothing, I have read it three times and have seen it in North America's largest repertory theatre festival. Yet out of all of that, this performance has chiseled...

SHARING KNOWLEDGE — Tyehimba Jess reads his poetry word-for-word at his speech event.

Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner Tyehimba Jess shares work, significance in black history

Amelia Kashian March 12, 2024

The minute Tyehimba Jess began reading his poetry, it was made clear that he had years of writing under his belt. The words flowed smoothly with much emphasis and power as he told the story of the McKoy...

POETRY IN MOTION - Topaz Winters reads aloud some of her work as a part of the Visiting Writers Series. Winters is an accomplished writer from Singapore at only 22 years old who recently published her third poetry collection.

Visiting poet Topaz Winters reflects on her writing journey

Annamarie Parker, Contributing writer April 26, 2022

As a part of the Visiting Writers Series that the Northern Michigan University’s English Department’s Masters in Fine Arts program hosts, Topaz Winters, an internationally award-winning poet, was featured...

English Dept. to hold webinar on ‘Remembering our Grandfather’s Exile’

English Dept. to hold webinar on ‘Remembering our Grandfather’s Exile’

Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor February 15, 2022
As part of the English Department’s ongoing webinar series “Let’s Talk About Books at NMU,” Department Head Lynn Domina will discuss the book “Remembering Our Grandfather’s Exile: US Imprisonment of Hawai’i’s Japanese in World War II.”
Graphic courtesy of English Department

MFA faculty showcases work through virtual reading

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor February 10, 2022
As part of the Visiting Writers Series, the Department of English will host the MFA Faculty Showcase Reading on Thursday, Feb. 10 via Zoom.
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