Speaker Series

Fall 2024


All Clarke Speaker Series events will take place in the Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium, beginning at 7:00 pm. All programs are free and open to the public. Please contact us at clarke@cmich.edu or (989) 774-3864 if you are in need of accommodation or if you have any questions.

A Reading by Nandi Comer, Michigan Poet Laureate

Wednesday, November 6, 7:00 pm

Join us for an evening with Nandi Comer, the Poet Laureate of Michigan. She is the author of American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press) and Tapping Out (Triquarterly), which was awarded the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award. She is a Cave Canem Fellow, a Callaloo Fellow, and a 2019 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow. She is the Co-Director of Detroit Lit.

This free event, co-sponsored by Clarke Historical Library and the University Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, is part of the CMU Department of English Language and Literature's Meijer Visiting Writers Series.

All are welcome.

A reception in the Clarke will follow this event.

Nandi Comer, a woman with round, teal glasses and purple braids.