In-Person program at Hackley Library Discover a SPARK for writing! Celebrate National Poetry Month, and join us to learn from Elia Hohauser-Thatcher, a PhD student in rhetoric and composition at Wayne State University (and current professor of poetry) on how to find that SPARK you need when writing. Registrants will be given a notebook to...Read More

Have you been inspired by poets or poems?  Delight in an evening of compelling inspiration and sweet poetry during our Open Mic Poetry Night.  Step up to the mic for this casual in-person event to share your favorite poem, poetry you have written, or examples from favorite Black History/Black Experience/African American poetry.  Free. **Limited participation...Read More

**PLEASE NOTE** This program will now take place inside Hackley Public Library (NOT at Heritage Landing). Join Great Lakes writer and artist Moheb Soliman for a nature-writing workshop, followed by a public reading of his new poetry book HOMES (Coffee House Press, 2021) and an informal talk with other local special guests. Special guests include:...Read More