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Carl Phillips, Professor in the Poetry MFA Program at Washington University, spoke about his journey of self-discovery through poetry writing during his talk, “Pressure Against Emptiness: On Making, Being Made, and What is Made” for the first lecture in the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series, April 1.

Kristin Emanuel, a PhD student in English & Comparative Literature, gave a talk on poet Hannah Weiner’s Signal Flag Poems at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, discussing how militaristic systems — like naval code — can be used to express human connection, Nov. 30.

WUSlam, Washington University’s premier slam poetry club, hosted renowned poet Phil Kaye Sunday, Nov. 5. This was the first time that the organization has hosted a guest speaker since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Poet Simone White led a literary presentation, co-sponsored by Washington University’s Center of the Literary Arts, in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on Friday, Oct. 13.

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity invited several Latine poets for a panel discussion on Latine identity titled “¿Quién soy? y ¿Quiénes somos?” (“Who am I? Who are we?”) in celebration of Latine Heritage month, Oct. 12.

Writing a poem is not intimidating. In fact, you can write pieces as short as 7-8 lines, send them to Life/Lines, and no one will judge your work.

There are plenty of venues in the city that host open mics that you can check out and use to expand your audience.

s many college students know, April is the penultimate month of the academic semester. But a more importantly and less commonly known fact is that April is National Poetry Month.

WUSLam, Washington University’s premier spoken word poetry group, hosted its final slam, Exec Slam: Battle of the Lineages on April 19 in the Village Black Box.