Meet Michigan's Poet Laureate

Sept. 7, 2024

Just as the United States has a Poet Laureate (currently, Ada Limón, who is serving a historic second term), so does the state of Michigan, though the role has not been filled in several decades. Detroit native and University of Michigan grad Nandi Comer is the first Poet Laureate of Michigan in 65 years. Comer is the award-winning author of American Family: A Syndrome and Tapping Out, has served as a writer-in-residence in Detroit Public Schools Community District, and is currently the director of Allied Media Projects Seeds Program and the co-director of Detroit Lit. She will visit the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City on Sept. 13 from 7-9pm for a presentation and reading featuring high school and NMC students. Tickets are free but do require registration: dennosmuseumcenter.simpletix.com.

Photo credit Khary Mason