{"id":296,"date":"2023-10-12T21:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=296"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:11:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:11:45","slug":"michigan-poet-laureate-visits-mcnichols-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2023\/10\/12\/michigan-poet-laureate-visits-mcnichols-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Poet Laureate visits McNichols Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eds-l-mar-vert-6 eds-l-sm-mar-vert-4 eds-text-bm structured-content-rich-text\">\n<div class=\"eds-text--left\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297\" style=\"width: 2419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2023\/12\/08\/michigan-poet-laureate-visits-mcnichols-campus\/2m3a3855\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=1217%2C633&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1217\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?w=2419&amp;ssl=1 2419w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=1024%2C533&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=768%2C400&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=1536%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=2048%2C1066&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/12\/2M3A3855-scaled-e1702072150625.jpg?resize=672%2C350&amp;ssl=1 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1217px) 100vw, 1217px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detroit Poet Brittany Rogers (left) and Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer have an exciting question and answer session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Comer, a Detroit Native, is the author of <em>American Family: A Syndrome<\/em> (Finishing Line Press) and <em>Tapping Out<\/em> (Triquarterly), awarded the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award. She is a Cave Canem Fellow, a Callaloo Fellow, and a 2019 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow. She is the co-director of Detroit Lit.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers is Editor-in-Chief for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muzzlemagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Muzzle Magazine<\/em><\/a> and co-host of Poetry Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vs.simplecast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>VS Podcast<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"eds-text--left\"><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view \n\t\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-f63fe56e8a38916cc6c3cc8c2a633407-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a 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CLAE students also shared their poetry. 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