May 4, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
4 – 6 p.m.
Join us Sunday, May 4 from 4-6 p.m. in Daugherty-Palmer Commons for an evening of poetry and music in honor of SMCM Professor Emeritus and...
Past Events
May 4, 2025
April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, April 17: Poet Kyle Dargan (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Professor Jeff Coleman Kyle Dargan is the author of six collections of poetry...
April 3, 2025
April 3, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. Thursday, April 3: Nonfiction Writer Deanna Kreisel (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons) In collaboration with Environmental Studies...
Feb. 28, 2025
Feb. 28, 2025
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center - Recital Hall
6 – 8 p.m.
The Office of the President & the VOICES Reading Series Present: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton The evening will feature a...
Feb. 13, 2025
Feb. 13, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Due to weather-related travel disruption, this event has been reluctantly canceled. Thursday, February 13: Nonfiction writer Tina Vasquez Introduced by Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black Tina Vasquez...
Jan. 30, 2025
Jan. 30, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 30: Poet Henry Mills (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons) In collaboration with ILC; introduced by Professor José Ballesteros Henry Mills is a poet, performer...
Dec. 5, 2024
Dec. 5, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, December 5: Fiction Writer Wayne Karlin (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Wayne Karlin has published nine novels: The Genizah (Publerati) A Wolf by the Ears,(UMass Press)...
Nov. 14, 2024
Nov. 14, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 14: Fiction Writer Ghassan Zeineddine (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Professor Nadeem Zaman Ghassan Zeineddine is the author of the story collection...
Oct. 17, 2024
Oct. 17, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, October 17: Nonfiction Writers Mary Quade and Cris Harris (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Professors Jerry Gabriel and Jennifer Cognard-Black Mary Quade is the...
Sept. 12, 2024
Sept. 12, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, September 12: Poet Ariana Benson (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Ariana Benson is a southern Black ecopoet. Their debut collection, Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press...
April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, April 18: Hai-Dang Phan (7:30 PM, DPC) Introduced by Professor Beth Charlebois Hai-Dang Phan is a poet, translator, and essayist. He is the author...
March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 28: José Torres-Tama (7:30 PM, Dodge Performing Arts Center) Introduced by Professor José Ballesteros, co-sponsored by ILC and IDEAA Join us for a...
Feb. 29, 2024
Feb. 29, 2024
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center - Recital Hall
7 – 9 p.m.
The Office of the President & the VOICES Reading Series Present: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton The evening will feature a...
Feb. 15, 2024
Feb. 15, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, February 15: Poet Valerie Martínez (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Karen Leona Anderson, co-sponsored by ENST Valerie Martínez is the author of five books...
Jan. 25, 2024
Jan. 25, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursday, Janiuary 25, DPC Join nonfiction writers Jennifer Cognard-Black, Melissa Goldthwaite, SMCM alum Will Becker, Adrienne Su, and Taté Walker to celebrate the publication of...