This is the last two days for this opportunity! The 2021 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship is open now and seeks submissions. To apply gather 10 of your strongest poems, and craft a short statement about our work. This Fellowship is open to Emerging Poets, between the ages of 21-31. The Submission…
Undergraduate Capstone 2021
We are thrilled to present the Capstone Projects of Four Emerging Writers. Join us in recognizing the achievements of our Spring 2021 undergraduate writers! Madalyn Brown, M. Ottenbreit, Claire Schallhorn and Louie Watkins, have all been studying with Professor Rob Halpern during the Winter 2021 Semester. Their work in Creative Writing, represented in Virtual Celebration…
Master of Arts Showcase Announced
Four | Not Square | A Literary Reading and Virtual Graduate Student Showcase will take place on Zoom on Thursday April 22, 7-9 pm Email to receive the link for the Showcase by 11:59 pm on 4/21/21 if at all possible. Late responses may not be received in time for the event, however every effort will…
A Conversation with Christine Hume
According to New York Times’ Book reviewer, Ken Kalfus, ” Saturation Project is sometimes elusive, but there’s no meaning in it that gets lost for long. When Hume’s thematic connections and redemptive insights arrive, it’s with the force of a hurricane.” (New York Times, 2/14/2021.) By Christina-Marie Sears Christine Hume is an acclaimed poet, essayist…
Featuring Candace J. Anderson
Hello my name is Candace J. Anderson, and I am honored to be featured in theBathhouse Blog. My family and I live in Ann Arbor, and I have been a teacher at St.Paul Early Childhood Center and Preschool since 2017. I am a graduate student atEastern Michigan University in my third semester of the Creative…
Announcing Oana Avasilichioaei BathHouse Guest Artist
The Creative Writing Faculty is very pleased to invite students, faculty and interested parties to our Winter BathHouse Event which will feature poet, sound artist, andtranslator Oana Avasilichioaei on February 10 and 11. Of special note is her premiere of a live (zoomed-in!) sound performance on February11 at 3:40 pm. For information about attending this…
Poetics a la Shira Dentz | The Sun a Blazing Zero |
When one undertakes a close reading of Shira Dentz’ fifth full-length book of poetry, the sun a blazing zero, published in 2019 by Dialogos Books and Lavender Ink, many questions emerge. I was lucky to have an opportunity to attend Dentz’ reading via Zoom, through the auspices of BathHouse Reading and Event Series and the…
November 12 Join us at Poet Rachel Levitsky’s Reading
Tomorrow at 11:00 am, the Poet Rachel Levitsky will be giving a reading and talk in Professor Carla Harryman’s Creative Writing class. Places are still available for guests to enjoy this reading via Zoom. Email Prof. Harryman to register and request a link to the event.
Announcing our 2020 Fall Season
This Fall we will be presenting all virtual events, in conjunction with Creative Writing Faculty. To request registration to join in on events, follow the links in the booklet.
A Conversation with Rosie Stockton, Poet and Alum
Rosie Stockton, (they/them/theirs) is Alumni from the Creative Writing Program, 2017 who is currently pursuing a PhD at University of California, Los Angeles. They (RS) take a few moments to chat with current blog writer/admin staffer, Christina-Marie Sears (BH). We discuss their work, current practice, and time at Eastern Michigan University. Proudly we share this…