Friday, January 30th, 1-3pm
Reading Together Event: Zines
Angell Hall 3154
As we continue to ponder the theme of Poetry & Mediation, graduate students and faculty are invited to gather to discuss a selection of zines. This will be a low-stakes environment to practice close reading and collaborative interpretations. This event will kick start our Zine Initiative by prompting us to think about the relationship between poetry and materiality.
Tuesday, February 10th, 5-7pm
Introduction to the Books Arts Studio
with Fritz Swanson
Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library, Second Floor, Room 2397
In preparation for our Zine Initiative, PPW is hosting an introductory workshop to the Book Arts Studio with Fritz Swanson. Those interested in learning more about the letterpress, typesetting, bookbinding, or the labor required to make zines are invited to attend this hands-on event! While attending this session is not required for contributing to our collaborative zine, we encourage everyone to check out this space.
Friday, February 13th, 1-3pm
Chapter Workshop with Stephanie Kraver
Angell Hall 3184
Graduate students and faculty are invited to join us for a roundtable discussion of a chapter from Stephanie Kraver’s forthcoming manuscript. Kraver is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan, and her work focuses on Palestinian/Israeli poetry and poetics. Light refreshments will be provided; RSVP is required.
Monday, March 16th, time TBD
Guest Lecture by Nikki Skillman,
Associate Professor, English,
Indiana University Bloomington
Robert Hayden Room, AH 3222
3-4:30pm
We are excited to welcome Professor Nikki Skillman to present a lecture this spring! Nikki Skillman is an Associate Professor in the English department at Indiana University Bloomington. She is the author of The Lyric in the Age of the Brain (Harvard UP, 2016), which was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Prize by Harvard University Press for an outstanding first book across the arts and sciences.
Monday, April 13th, 1-3pm
Poetry & Poetics Zine Launch
Location TBD
To wrap up our year thinking about poetry and mediation, we will gather to launch (and create!) our collaborative zine! Details forthcoming.