Tag: PPSC

Join Us for Queer Lit Night with Ashley Cornelius & Nico Wilkinson

October 21, 2025

Brook Bhagat is happy to share that Queer Lit Night has been rescheduled for Wed, Nov 12 from 5-7 pm at the Pikes Peak State College Downtown Learning Commons, 100 W. Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs. The evening will feature readings and performances from two amazing queer writers, Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius and Nico Wilkinson. … More Join Us for Queer Lit Night with Ashley Cornelius & Nico Wilkinson

Double Phoenix Rising Friday, April 25: The Triumphant Return of the PPSC Authors Collection and Colorado Poet Laureate Emeritus Bobby LeFebre

April 16, 2025

The first phoenix is the PPSC Authors Collection, a sparkly brainchild that came to Brook Bhagat seven years ago in the stellar nursery of the Nearby Universe, the employee writers’ group she had just created at Pikes Peak State College. The collection would feature not only faculty writers, like other universities, but also staff, making … More Double Phoenix Rising Friday, April 25: The Triumphant Return of the PPSC Authors Collection and Colorado Poet Laureate Emeritus Bobby LeFebre

Fire, Beauty, and Advocacy: 2025 PPSC Spring Reading feat. Jozer Guerrero Flies and Sings

April 14, 2025

Las canciones están vivas! After a right-on-time Know Your Rights and Advocacy workshop and refreshments courtesy of Student Experience and Equity and Latino Alliance, the Spring Reading was alive and kicking in three languages at once, thanks to our sign language interpreters and real-time Spanish captions. Several PPSC poets and writers continued the advocacy theme, … More Fire, Beauty, and Advocacy: 2025 PPSC Spring Reading feat. Jozer Guerrero Flies and Sings

The Creative Writing Program and Latino Alliance present Spring Reading 2025: The Nearby Universe, Students, Faculty, and Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre

February 18, 2025

The Creative Writing Program Visiting Writers’ Series and Latino Alliance are thrilled to welcome Colorado Poet Laureate Emeritus Bobby LeFebre to PPSC on Thursday, March 20, at the Downtown Campus’s Studio West, 22 North Sierra Madre St. in Colorado Springs, for a multicultural night of poetry and prose. The evening begins with a Know Your … More The Creative Writing Program and Latino Alliance present Spring Reading 2025: The Nearby Universe, Students, Faculty, and Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre

Student/Faculty/Nearby Universe Spring Reading featuring Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius packs the house

April 16, 2023

The Studio West black box theater was full on the evening of March 23, making the Spring Reading featuring Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius the most widely attended literary reading at PPSC in recent history. Nearby Universe founder and facilitator and English faculty member Brook Bhagat organized and MCed the event. “I want to help my … More Student/Faculty/Nearby Universe Spring Reading featuring Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius packs the house