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The public, students, staff and faculty are invited to hear two nationally award-winning poets read from their work at University of Detroit Mercy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stacy Gnall<\/a> will read from her new book <\/span>Dogged<\/span><\/i> at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6<\/strong> in the Bargman Room of the McNichols Campus Library. <\/span>Dogged<\/span><\/i> won the 2021 Juniper Prize for Poetry.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gnall is poet-in-residence at Detroit Mercy and is teaching creative writing and poetry this academic year. This event is sponsored by the Department of English and the College of Liberal Arts & Education at Detroit Mercy. Gnall is also the author of <\/span>Heart First into the Forest<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Oct. 27<\/strong>, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess will read at 7 p.m. in an event co-sponsored by the Department of English, the College of Liberal Arts & Education, the African American Studies Program and the Black Abolitionist Archive. He will read on Detroit Mercy\u2019s McNichols campus in the Chemistry Building, Room 114.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jess, a Detroit native, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his book <\/span>Olio<\/span><\/i>. In 2004, his book <\/span>Leadbelly<\/span><\/i> was a winner of the National Poetry Series.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStacy and Tyehimba are important voices in contemporary poetry, and Detroit Mercy is thrilled to be able to present them to the community,\u201d said Mary-Catherine Harrison, associate professor and chair of the Department of English.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit <\/span>https:\/\/udmercy.edu\/english<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Register for Gnall poetry reading.<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Stacy Gnall, left, and Tyehimba Jess.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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