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Perfect Italian: A Conversation with Kiki Petrosino promotional image

Perfect Italian: A Conversation with Kiki Petrosino

Thursday, October 15, 2026 10:45am to 12:30pm
Phillips Hall
Poet Kiki Petrosino will read from "Perfect Italian," the third and final installment in her series on heritage and identity.
Stephen Voyce: "So Completely in Love: bpNichol’s Poetry of Reinvention" promotional image

Stephen Voyce: "So Completely in Love: bpNichol’s Poetry of Reinvention"

Thursday, October 15, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
English-Philosophy Building

“Love must be reinvented” — Arthur Rimbaud

Voyce will devote his talk to a single poem consisting of a single word written eight times in multiple directions, thus evoking three interlocking notions: singularity, repetition, and the infinite. The argument he will develop: a singular love can only become eternal through perpetual reinvention.

Helen Betya Rubinstein in conversation with Bennett Sims promotional image

Helen Betya Rubinstein in conversation with Bennett Sims

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Nonfiction Writing Program Alumna Helen Betya Rubinstein (MFA '15) reads from her latest book
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