RC students direct and perform this popular semiannual 90-minute program of short scenes on a variety of topics and in a variety of styles, many written by RC students.
RC Writers Tea, open to majors and current writing students who are non majors, and current students interested in the writing major. In RC’s Greene Lounge.
Carl Cohen is professor of philosophy at U-M. His newest book is A Conflict of Principles: The Battle Over Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan. He is also the author of Affirmative Action and Racial Preference.
RC Lecturer Alumnus Ken Mikolowski is the author of four previous books, Thank You Call Again, little mysteries, Big Enigmas, and Remember Me. His poems have been published in Brooklyn Rail, Hanging Loose, Exquisite Corpse, and Abandon Automobile, A Detroit Anthology, and have been recorded by the Frank Carlberg Group. Along with his wife Ann, Ken was publisher, editor, and printer of The Alternative Press. He lives in Ann Arbor.
Michael Lauchlan’s poems have appeared in many publications and have been anthologized in Abandon Automobile (Wayne State University Press, 2001) and A Mind Apart. His earlier collections are And the Business Goes to Pieces and Sudden Parade.
For those who have yet to witness the magic of “Red Eye,” it is a theatre experience where writers, directors, actors, and stage managers create and perform two one-act scenes all in the span of 24 hours.
RC Writers Tea, open to majors and current writing students who are non majors, and current students interested in the writing major. In RC’s Greene Lounge.
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and former RC Director Angela D. Dillard delivers the annual address in memory of the RC’s first Director and his spouse. Memorial lecture fund established by the Robertson family.
RC Creative Writing instructors will read from their works during Friday Night’s Alright For Reading, at 5:30 pm in Benzinger Library. Scheduled: Lolita Hernandez, Laura Kasischke, Sarah Messer, Ken Mikolowski, Robert James Russell, Elizabeth Schmuhl, andLaura Thomas.
RC Creative Writing student (and RC Review editor) Cammie Finch was Poetry runner-up in Current‘s 15th annual fiction and poetry contest. Cammie, the poetry and fiction winners, and the fiction runner-up will read their pieces.
Get cozy at “Fireside Stories with the RC Review!” There will be an open mic where students are encouraged to bring their own poetry, prose, and other awesome creative work to share. Or just come to hear a yarn or two! Share your love of words, support your RC community, and hear the RC’s very own Creative Writing professors read from their own amazing work! This will also be the kick-off of the grand opening of the RC Review’s submission season!