SPRING 2026

WCU Department of English & Freedom Reads - Poetry Reading and Music Collaboration

Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, lawyer, MacArthur Fellow, and philanthropist will read poetry from his latest book, Doggerel.  Following the reading and Q&A, there will be a reception with light refreshments. Please RSVP here. 

Photo of poet Reginald Dwayne BettsThis event will be followed by an Experimental Poetry & Music Collaboration with Reginald Dwayne Betts and Reed Turchi.  All are welcome to attend both events. 

Monday, March 30th, 4:30pm
Reading
FHG Library, 6th Floor


photo of musician Reed TurchiMonday, March 30th, 7:30pm
Poetry & Music Collaboration
E.O. Bull, Room 025

Photo credit: Jacob Blickenstaff

Joan Kwon Glass - Visiting Poet

Joan Kwon Glass is a diasporic, mixed-race, Korean American poet, author of the poetry collection DAUGHTER OF THREE GONE KINGDOMS which won the 2025 Paterson Poetry Prize & the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Poetry & was a finalist for the 2025 Balcones Poetry Prize & the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize. Her book, NIGHT SWIM, won the 2021 Diode Book Prize. Joan’s poems have been featured on NPR & in Poetry, The Slowdown, Poetry Daily, Passages North, Poetry Northwest, Korea Quarterly, Prairie Schooner & elsewhere. She is a 2025 SWWIM Writer in Residence & has been a visiting writer at Amherst College, Smith College, Wesleyan University & elsewhere. Joan teaches workshops at writing centers such as Brooklyn Poets, Poets House & Hudson Valley Writers Workshop. She lives near New Haven, CT. joan glass

Monday, April 13th, 7:15pm
Reading and Book Signing
Philips Autograph Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

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