Events
From Body to Flesh: Intersections of Poetry, Visual Art and Dance
An interactive workshop with poet Rickey Laurentiis and choreographer Maree ReMalia.
"Because Blackness Like Poetry Means Many Things:" Celebrating Cave Canem
Featuring actor and playwright Eisa Davis and poets Samiya Bashir, Ruth Ellen Kocher, and avery r. young.
PCWS Presents Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
A reading by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Sponsored by the Block Foundation.
Co-lab and Reading with Jonah Mixon-Webster
A reading and workshop with Jonah Mixon-Webster, author of Stereo(TYPE), winner of the 2017 Sawtooth Poetry Prize.
PCWS Presents Chinelo Okparanta
A reading by the Lambda award-winning novelist. Winner of this year's Brown Award.
The Black Ecstatic
Featuring poets Airea D. Matthews, Roger Reeves, and Safiya Sinclair and interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Jamal T. Lewis, with a discussion moderated by Rickey Laurentiis
PCWS Presents Bhanu Kapil and Jackie Wang
A reading by two charismatic poets.
Q & A with Tracy K. Smith
A Q&A with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and U.S. Poet Laureate.
Tracy K. Smith Reading and Conversation
A reading by the Pulitzer Prize-winner and current U. S. Poet Laureate
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Graduate Testimonials
research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh
Some time after I completed my MFA at the University of Pittsburgh, an interviewer asked me how my writing career began, and my rather lengthy response ended with a description of my time in the program. During the three years of my MFA, I said, “I felt like I was always ripping apart and reinventing my practice, as muscles rip when we exercise in order to grow.” This was largely thanks to the mentorship of Pitt’s outstanding poetry faculty, who challenged me continuously while still affirming belief in my writing.
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