GVSU Writing Dept

We have a new handle! You can connect with the GVSU Writing Department on instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X using @gvsuwriting. Same people, different username. It's easier this way. #gvsu #gvsuwriting #newhandle #helloagain

Tornadoes? Hailstones? Flash floods? It must be Spring Break in Michigan. Stay safe out there, writers. We will see you when the semester resumes next week. #gvsu #springbreak #disasters #staysafe

Hey writers: it’s happening again, the student reading series is back this Thursday (2/26) in the Honors Reading Room, Niemeyer 222 at 7:30pm. Come join your fellow writers, listen to their words and maybe share your work! #gvsu #studentreadingseries #loveletters #comeoutcomeout

Hey writers, this happens next week: on Tuesday, February 17, the Grand Valley Writers Series is on again with Jane Zwart for a poetry craft talk (11:30am) and poetry reading (1pm) in the Chamberlain Room in the Niemeyer Honors Building. gvsu.edu/writing/grand-…

Hey writers: interested in working on InWriting? Come to the interest meeting on Thursday evening, January 29 at 5:30pm in LOH 167. Or email the editors for information. #gvsu #gvsuwriting #inwriting #comewritewithus

Hey writers. We are remote again on this snowy Wednesday due to inclement weather, which is a fancy way of saying that it's still too snowy to go anywhere. Here's a poem, "First Snow" by Arthur Sze. May you be warm today, and safe, and possibly writing. poetryfoundation.org/poems/152053/f…

Hey writers: save the dates! Here's the schedule for GVSU Student Reading Series events for the Winter 2026 semester, starting with the SRS Scrapbook Session on January 28! #gvsu #gvsuwriting #studentreadingseries #comeoutcomeout

If you're lucky, you don't remember the old days when GVSU refused to close for snow no matter what. Be safe out there in the cold and we will see you when the university returns to regular status. Until then, here's a poem, "Snow Day" by Billy Collins. poetryfoundation.org/poems/46707/sn…

WRT Professor Todd Kaneko had this poem "White Hot Star" featured on the @slowdownshow podcast last year (December 31). #gvsu #gvsuwriting #poetry slowdownshow.org/episode/2025/1…

Hey writers! 2025 is in the rear view mirror and it’s the start of 2026. Anything is possible. Everything is brand new, today. We are looking forward to writing with you again soon but until then try to stay on task: the task is enjoying winter break. Happy new year.

That's a wrap on the Fall 2025 Semester! We survived (mostly)! The Writing Department offices will be closed from December 20 until January 5. We hope you all have a great winter break and look forward to writing with you again in the new year. #gvsu #winterbreak #letswrite

Shout out to Professor Caitlin Horrocks, whose 100 word essay appeared recently in Five Minute Lit. Congratulations, Caitlin! #gvsu #gvsuwriting #cnf #100words #gocaitlingo fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/t…

Shout out and congrats to Writing Affiliate Professor Jen Tynes, whose "Two Poems from the Cosmos" was just published recently in periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics. Congrats Jen! #gvsu #gvsuwriting #poetry #cosmos #gojengo periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/jen-ty…

Hey writers. We're all neck deep in final exams, presentations, portfolio revisions, and all the things we have to endure during finals week, but we wanted to stop and say you got this. You're a writer. We believe in you. You should too. #gvsu #finalsweek #write #survive

Hugest congrats to WRT Professor Sasha Debevec-McKenney, whose newest book of poems JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME was named a Best Book of 2025 by the New Yorker in this week's Essential Reads roundup. Congrats, Sasha! #gvsu #gvsuwriting #congratulations #bestbook2025 #poetry #gosashago

Hey writers, we're barely on the other side of all the pumpkin pie, tryptophan, and cranberries in everything. We hope you're having a good break and will see you next week to finish out Fall term! #gvsu #thanksgiving #poetry [image/pexels.com; poem/Poetry Foundation]

Hey writers: here are some basic creative writing workshop tenets that also apply to Halloween: 1) Don't accept any unwrapped candy 2) Don't trust anyone wearing a full face mask. 3) Be kind. Have a safe and sane one and let's write something scary later.

We are currently looking for two new Affilliate Faculty to teach in the GVSU Writing Department, both positions starting in Fall 2026. Consideration of applicants starts on 11/10/25. Apply. Spread the Word. Link in Bio. #gvsu #hiring #gvsuwriting #comeworkwithus #comewritewithus

October 20-21 is Fall Break at GVSU, so go do what you want to do, do what you have to do, do what you're going to do, and we will see you on the other side of the break ready to write with you again. #gvsu #fallbreak #weneedabreak #makeitstop

We are still buzzing from Tyehimba Jess’s performance at Poetry Night last night where he showed us how a poet can be an artist, a musician, a showman, a magician and a mad scientist all in one body. #gvsu #gvsuwriting #poetry #poetrynight #gvarts #tyehimbajess #heplayedharmonica

We are getting hyped for POETRY NIGHT with TYEHIMBA JESS this week. We have broadsides ready to hand out on Thursday, October 16 at Loosemore Auditorium in Grand Rapids. Link in bio for more information. #gvsu #poetrynight #poetry #broadside #mercy #cantwait