Join Public Radio 90 for a celebration of National Poetry Month featuring local writers reading their original works.
Tune in on weekday mornings at 9:30 through the month of April to hear this year's offerings.
Follow the hyperlinked names to listen back to this year's poetry productions:
Fri 4/1 - Russell Thorburn, Emeritus U.P. Poet Laureate
Mon 4/4 - Andrea Scarpino, current U.P. Poet Laureate
Tue 4/5 - Ginny MacDonald, MFA in Creative Writing graduate from NMU
Wed 4/6 - Kathleen Heideman, poet from Marquette
Thu 4/7 - Patricia Killelea, assistant professor of English at NMU
Fri 4/8 - Milton Bates, retired professor of English who resides in Marquette
Mon 4/11 - Lynn Domina, Chair of the Northern Michigan University Department of English
Tue 4/12 - Janeen Rastall from Gordon reads selections from an award-winning chapbook of poetry about her parents.
Wed 4/13 - Sarah Johnston from Cheboygan, graduating this semester with an MFA in English at NMU.
Thu 4/14 - Martin Achatz, a poet from Marquette and a graduate of NMU who has taught English here.
Fri 4/15 - Martin Achatz, part two
Mon 4/18 - Robin Romero from Green Bay, an NMU graduate student pursuing a degree in history.
Tue 4/19 - Brian Czyzyk from Traverse City, a junior at NMU; Mariel Murray from Detroit, graduating this semester at NMU with a BS in English Writing; John LaPine from Ishpeming, a 2nd-year graduate student at NMU pursuing an MFA degree in English.
Wed 4/20 - Desiree A Brown from Flint, who is completing her first year in the NMU MFA English program with an emphasis on poetry.
Thu 4/21 - Mike Greer (I) from Detroit, who now resides at the former KI Sawyer Air Base.
Fri 4/22 - Mike Greer (II) from Detroit, who now resides at the former KI Sawyer Air Base.
Mon 4/25 - Dr. David Wood, Professor of English at Northern Michigan University, where he also directs the English Honors Program.
Tue 4/26 - Dr. David Wood, Professor of English at Northern Michigan University, where he also directs the English Honors Program.
Wed 4/27 - Dr. Lupe Arenillas, professor in the Foreign Languages department at Northern Michigan University.
Thu 4/28 - Tara Channtelle Hill from Marquette, who graduated from Northern Michigan University with degrees in Political Science and English.
Fri 4/29 - Tara Channtelle Hill from Marquette, who graduated from Northern Michigan University with degrees in Political Science and English.
