# Event Details

- **Event Name**: MI Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd Poetry Reading
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Presented in partnership with the Lansing Poetry Club

Please join us as we welcome Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd to mid-Michigan! Dr. Boyd's reading at the East Lansing Public Library serves as a keynote address to the Lansing Poetry Club's Poets' Roundtable Conference, being held the following day at the Library of Michigan in Lansing, where she will offer a workshop.

A reception and book signing will follow the reading.

The reading is free and open to the public.

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd is a renowned poet, scholar, and community maker with deep roots in Michigan creative communities. Her work is rooted in Detroit. She began her career as an assistant editor to Dudley Randall, founder of the legendary Broadside Press. She has gone on to publish 13 books, including nine books of poetry, and a series of scholarly monographs which illuminate Black creative history. She is Distinguished Professor in African American Studies at Wayne State University, and a recipient of Kresge Arts Detroit’s 2023 Eminent Artist Award. She was named Michigan’s third Poet Laureate in February 2025.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, business, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: East Lansing
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: ELPL - East Lansing Public Library
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- **full address**: ELPL - East Lansing Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU (https://allevents.in/org/the-rcah-center-for-poetry-at-msu/26732559)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** ELPL - East Lansing Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops, business, conferences
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about MI Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd Poetry Reading ?
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