Thumbs up: Isaac Pickell
Isaac Pickell, adjunct instructor of English, published a new collection of poetry with Black Ocean press, It’s Not Over Once You Figure It Out.
Category: English
New creative arts kiosk inspires writing and gratitude
English department faculty and students, along with CLAE Dean Jocelyn Boryczka and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Director Mike Verdusco, celebrated the installation of the new Detroit Mercy Creative Arts kiosk. The kiosk, which was the vision of the university’s poet-in-residence, Dr. Stacy Gnall, will showcase creative …
Thumbs up: Michael Lauchlan
Michael Lauchlan, senior adjunct instructor of English, recently published poetry in Tar River Poetry, Rappahannock Review, New World Writing, The Bangalore Review, Split Rock Review, So Flo Po Jo, The Lincoln Review, Innisfree Poetry Journal, The Indianapolis Review, J Journal, and Under a Warm Green Linden.
Thumbs up: Susan Trudeau
Senior Adjunct Instructor of English Susan Trudeau was appointed to the NASPA-Florida Executive Board and NASPA Region III Board. NASPA-Florida is the state connection for NASPA members. NASPA, Student Affairs in Higher Administration, is a member-centered association supporting a diverse and passionate network of 15,000 professionals and 1,200 institutions across …
Thumbs up: Stacy Gnall
Poet-in-residence Stacy Gnall was a speaker at the 2023 Lit Youngstown Festival this October as part of the panel “Poetry of Witness” with poets Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Jessica Cuello and Jennifer Martelli. Gnall read new poems from her third book project, The Danger Constellation, which combines poetry with moments of lyric …
Thumbs up: Erin Bell
Erin Bell, adjunct instructor of English and assistant director of Educational Development at Detroit Mercy’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, presented two projects this fall: “Us Weirdos Have to Stick Together”: Queering the Family in Disney’s Owl House at the Northeastern Popular Culture Association conference. Podcasting as a …
Thumbs up: Molly Barlow
Senior Adjunct Instructor of English Molly Barlow‘s personal essay, “Changing pronouns behind the lectern” was published online in Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education. Read the full essay.
Student expresses gratitude for writing
English major Asha Sierra George wrote a recent post titled “How the quiet girl was heard” for Between the Pages, the English department’s blog, about her gratitude for being a writer. Read her reflection.
Michigan Poet Laureate visits McNichols Campus
The Department of English hosted Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer and Detroit poet Brittany Rogers for an evening of poetry and conversation in October. CLAE students also shared their poetry. Comer, a Detroit Native, is the author of American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press) and Tapping Out (Triquarterly), awarded …
Faculty reading featured original works of UDM professors
To kick off an exciting year of literary events on campus, Senior Adjunct Instructor Molly Barlow (fiction), Adjunct Instructor Isaac Pickell (poetry), and Senior Adjunct Instructor Ann Eskridge (musical theater) shared their original creative writing during a September evening event hosted by Poet-in-Residence Stacy Gnall and Senior Adjunct Instructor Michael …