May brings our final segment of the Saginaw Chapbook Project Virtual Speaker Series: The Power of Language. This segment features contributors to the critical anthology A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke, edited by William Barillas and published by Ohio University Press in 2021.

Kicking off the Power of Language segment of our 2022 virtual speaker series, Edward Hirsch will discuss Roethke’s “Cuttings” and “Cuttings (later)” tomorrow, May 3, at 7pm on Zoom. Read the poem from this week’s Roethke excerpt and read on to find out more about our upcoming events!

As spring fights off the last vestiges of winter here in Michigan, join us for these upcoming virtual speaker series events from the cozy comfort of your home.

As we continue our Health and Wellness segment of the 2022 Virtual Speaker Series, it is important to acknowledge the ways that we, like Roethke, have struggled in our lives. Though we might not want to spend six hours a day in a mandatory bath, we can find ways to be kind to ourselves, to accept ourselves, and to progress toward healing. We hope our Health and Wellness speakers have been able to give you some time and space for that process, and we’ve got two more lined up for you yet this month.

Whether you’re in one of the upcoming poetry workshops, ready to let your leafy mind sprout with ideas, or you’re just excited to see a little bit of that sprouting happening outside as spring begins to (finally) take over, the light is coming brighter every day. We’ve got more poetry workshops over the next couple weeks, which you can read more about below. Stay tuned for announcements regarding the Saginaw Chapbook Project and new developments we’re working on to accommodate all of you who couldn’t make it into a workshop!

Our virtual speaker series will be taking a brief pause until mid-April while we host the fourth of our six poetry workshops. Read on to find out more about what’s coming up.

Roethke House events for March 21 – 27 include a conversation with Jennifer Clement, author of Widow Basquiat, and artist and psychiatrist Dr. Suzanne Mallouk and a look ahead at the next Poetry Workshop. All events are free and open to the public.

Check out what’s going on at Friends of Theodore Roethke this week and explore a Roethke poem as it relates to our current time of year.

As the spring season begins to break through here in Saginaw, we couldn’t ask for a better natural backdrop to the start of our Health and Wellness speaker series, moderated by Carol Barrett. Read this post for a preview of what we’ve got in store for this week and more!

While we wait for warmer weather, we’ve got virtual poetry workshops and speaker series events this week for you to enjoy from the comfort of your home and a whole lot more coming up.

On February 15 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom, we’ll continue part one of our Speaker Series focused on place and landscape with Dr. Brian G. Gilmore’s event, A Letter to John A. Williams. We hope to see you there!