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Readings & Events

The Zell Visiting Writers Series constitutes the backbone of the HZWP events calendar, bringing the world of contemporary literature to Ann Arbor with visits from working writers that include readings, extensive student-moderated Q&A sessions, individual consultations, craft lectures, and public panel discussions with members of our faculty. The Edwards Readings and Webster Readings are organized by first-year and second-year students respectively, and feature their poetry and prose. Post-graduate Zell fellows are regularly invited to introduce and/or open for writers scheduled to visit local bookstore Literati.

 

In addition to the various reading series, HZWP also seeks to offer an array of programming that incorporates the considerable resources of the University writ large and strengthens ties with the greater Metro Detroit area. Recent such events include the Medical Arts Dinner, an interdisciplinary exchange with members of the University of Michigan Medical Arts Program, and the Fortify Writing Summit, a writing retreat at the Charles T. Fisher Mansion sponsored jointly with Literary Detroit and Write-A-House. The Helen Zell Writers’ Program is committed to fostering community and providing our students with varied opportunities for development as writers, artists, and responsive, invested human beings.

 

 

Elizabeth Alexander

ZVWS Distinguished Poet In Residence
  2. Readings & Events
    1. Zell Visiting Writers Series
    2. Mark Webster Reading Series (MFA Second Year)
    3. J. Edgar Edwards Reading Series (MFA First Year)
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
5:30-6:30 PM
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Professor Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher. In 2009, she composed and delivered "Praise Song for the Day" for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She has published six books of poems, two collections of essays, and a play. Her book of poems, American Sublime (2005), was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and was one of the American Library Association's "Notable Books of the Year". She has been recently appointed President of the Andrew H. Mellon Foundation, the nation's biggest funder in the arts and humanities. She previously served as the inaugural Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University, where she taught for 15 years and chaired the African American Studies Department. She previously taught at Smith College, where she directed The Poetry Center, and at the University of Chicago, where she was awarded the Quantrell Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Her memoir, The Light of the World, was released to widespread acclaim in April 2015.
Building: Museum of Art
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Event Type: Other
Tags: African American, Art, Books, Culture, Literature, Multicultural, Poetry, UMMA, Writing
Source: Happening @ Michigan from University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Zell Visiting Writers Series, Department of English Language and Literature


Many HZWP events are free and open to the public. For additional information, including information about co-sponsorships, please contact the MFA Office at 734.615.3710.
 

 

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The Helen Zell Writers' Program is part of the English Department at the University of Michigan. Our public events are listed on the English Department's Website and Facebook page.
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