University of Michigan launches monthlong celebration of National Poetry Month
Events include daily readings, outdoor exhibition, poetry prompts
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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Signage for U-M s 2021 Poetry Blast is posted at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. (Scott C. Soderberg | University of Michigan)
ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities is marking National Poetry Month with its interactive Poetry Blast.
The monthlong celebration invites members of the U-M community and the general public to write, read and hear poetry in a variety of ways.
“During the past year many of us have felt stressed, anxious and alone; we’ve had fewer ways to connect with others or even with our own feelings and emotions,” Peggy McCracken, director of the U-M Institute for the Humanities said in a statement.
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