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Michigan’s Poet Laureate to hold presentation at LTU Feb. 13

Arts and Sciences
February 8, 2024

SOUTHFIELD—Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer will hold a presentation Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 12:30 p.m. at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield.

The event will be held in the Marburger Auditorium in LTU’s Science Building (building 7 at www.ltu.edu.map). The event is free and open to the public.

Comer grew up in Detroit and graduated from Communication and Media Arts High School. She studied English and Spanish at the University of Michigan, earning bachelor’s degrees in both. She was appointed Michigan Poet Laureate in 2023, the first person to hold that position since 1959. In 2021, the State Legislature passed a budget re-establishing the position.

As the Michigan Poet Laureate, Comer meets with students, teachers, and residents across the state in schools and libraries to promote poetry, spoken word, and literary arts.

Previously, Comer has been a writer-in-residence in Detroit Public Schools Community District and community centers, as well as director of the Allied Media Projects Seeds Program and the co-director of Detroit Lit, a program dedicated to providing reading and professional development opportunities to narrative makers of color in Detroit. She has also served as a curriculum developer and youth curriculum consultant for various arts organizations and in 2018 received the William Wiggins Award for Outstanding Teaching at Indiana University.

Comer’s poems and essays have appeared in Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, The Journal of Pan African Studies, Sycamore Review, and Third Coast. She is the author of American Family: Syndrome (Finishing Line Press) and Tapping Out (Northwestern University Press), which was awarded the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award.

Tuesday’s event is sponsored by the LTU Office of the Provost; the LTU Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication; the LTU Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and the LTU Library.

Lawrence Technological University is one of only 13 private, technological, comprehensive doctoral universities in the United States. Located in Southfield, Mich., LTU was founded in 1932 and offers more than 100 programs through its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as Specs@LTU as part of its growing Center for Professional Development. PayScale lists Lawrence Tech among the nation’s top 11 percent of universities for alumni salaries. Forbes and The Wall Street Journal rank LTU among the nation’s top 10 percent. U.S. News and World Report list it in the top tier of the best Midwest colleges. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on,  “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 107-acre campus include more than 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

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