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

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

Nearby Universe Members Read at the Spring Reading

The Spring Reading and Visiting Writers’ Series Event featuring murder mystery novelist Patricia Meredith was a hit! Nearby Universe members, PPSC faculty, and students who shared their work included S. M. Lindberg, Richard Trussell, Amie Sharp, Jason Dias, Emily Forand, Sarah Sheppard Shaver, Anneka Nordeng, Zach Peebles, Alexa Hoskisson, Shannon Schumm, and Aaron Blum.

Nearby Universe members on the lineup at the Pikes Peak State College Spring Reading and Visiting Writer Event featuring Patricia Meredith

After an amazing experience last year, we’re back again at Studio West for the Spring Reading on Thursday, March 21, 2024! The evening will begin with hot drinks and treats at 5:30 pm in the Art Gallery, courtesy of the Student Government Association. Enjoy a snack, rub elbows with poets and artists, and check out … More Nearby Universe members on the lineup at the Pikes Peak State College Spring Reading and Visiting Writer Event featuring Patricia Meredith

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

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

The Nearby Universe celebrates its five-year anniversary at the winter write-in

A write-in, if you haven’t heard of it, is an event where writers get together, talk about their work and ideas for a small amount of time, and write near each other for a large amount of time. It’s basically parallel play for grown-ups, and it’s just as much fun 🙂 After two years of … More The Nearby Universe celebrates its five-year anniversary at the winter write-in