Topic: poetry reading — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Poets Heit, Kuppers embrace somatic expression at reading

If you had entered the Gund Community Foundation Theater on Thursday afternoon, you would’ve been greeted by the infectious excitement of writers Stephanie Heit… Read More

by Toms Russ
April 30, 2026
Section: Arts

Evelyn Reilly brings hope and resilience to poetry reading

“If you’re writing nature poetry today, you are engaging in crisis. … What’s the mood of hope, and what’s the emotional palette? Those are… Read More

by Mercer Thomas
March 26, 2026
Section: Arts

Ravinthiran relates Sri Lankan Tamil strife to Keats’ poetry

On Oct. 16, the Department of English welcomed Sri Lankan poet and Harvard professor Vidyan Ravinthiran to campus. As The Gund’s Community Foundation Theater… Read More

by Toms Russ
October 23, 2025
Section: Arts

Joyelle McSweeney opens up about grief and loss at reading

“The sound carries the meaning before you know what the words are,” Joyelle McSweeney said of her poetry following her reading in Cheever Room… Read More

by Mercer Thomas
April 18, 2024
Section: Arts

Sunset Press shares poetry in collaboration with Tiny Rug

On Sunday night, the bookstore’s Tiny Rug Concert broke from the usual cozy acoustic concerts for a celebration of poetry. Students sat cross-legged as… Read More

by Eric Ai
February 8, 2024
Section: Arts

James Fujinami Moore shares poignant poetry at reading

James Fujinami Moore read several poems from his book, Indecent Hours, on Tuesday in an event sponsored by the Robert P. Hubbard Professorship, the… Read More

by Emma Rice
November 2, 2023
Section: Arts

Metres reads poems from his new collection Shrapnel Maps

I strode into the Higley Hall auditorium, there were already a number of professors and a patchwork of students scattered around the room for… Read More

by Osose Omofomah
October 20, 2022
Section: Arts

Shelley Wong reading examines Asian-American identity

On Oct. 4, the Kenyon Review hosted poet Shelley Wong in Finn House’s Cheever Room for a reading of her work. Wong read selections… Read More

by Juwan Jackson
October 20, 2022
Section: Arts

Kenyon Review hosts virtual reading to launch new issue

On Wednesday, Jan. 26, the Kenyon Review held a winter reading to launch its January/February issue. Led by Nicole… Read More

by Annalia Fiore
February 3, 2022
Section: Arts

Jeanne Griggs shares new poetry collection, Postcard Poems

On Thursday, Oct. 14, Director of the Writing Center Jeanne Griggs hosted a poetry reading outside the Kenyon Bookstore for her recently published… Read More

by Sara Haleblian
October 21, 2021