Michigan Writers

Members General Meeting

Wednesday, August 5, 5:30-7:30 pm, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City

Michigan Writers will be holding its annual general meeting on Wednesday, August 5, 5:30-7:30 at the Dennos Museum Center on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College. Plan to join fellow Michigan Writers for an evening to meet and elect board members, network, share member books, and enjoy MW updates and Beth Stoner will be speaking as a representative of the Traverse Regional History Center.

“The People, Yes”

A free community reading of excerpts of Carl Sandburg's epic poem.

Saturday, July 11, 3:00 pm, Kalamazoo Public Library

Written over eight years in the wake of the Great Depression, Carl Sandburg's “The People, Yes,” explores relevant contemporary themes including wealth inequality, immigration, labor, war, unity, and much more. In the profoundly democratic spirit of the text, select working writers will be joined by audience volunteers to bring this complex work about America and humanity to life.

The reading is being held in a spirit of civic engagement and education to coincide with the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding and anniversary month of Sandburg's death in 1967. This event is being coordinated by Kalamazoo poet Steve Brown and sponsored by Michigan Writers in partnership with the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival.

Who: Everyone! Diverse community members of all ages and levels of poetry knowledge or experience are encouraged to attend.
What: a 60-plus-minute reading of excerpts of Sandburg's poem "The People, Yes."

Where: The Van Deusen Room at the Central Branch of Kalamazoo Public Library at 315 S. Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007. (On-street paid parking is available all around the library.)

When: Saturday, July 11th, from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Find out more at the Kalamazoo Public Library event page:

“The People, Yes”: A Participatory Community Reading Join Kalamazoo poets and writers to help read or just listen to selections of Carl Sandburg’s epic poem, "The People, Yes," to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United…