The Golden Pen
By: Christian Sarna
Kwame Dawes, esteemed poet and Emmy award winner, performed a public reading of his work with accompaniment from the Western […]
Poetry Slam
By: Maria Selby
Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the first Raise Her Up Poetry Slam which was dedicated to women and judged as a friendly competition.
Women attending the show were greeted, given a yellow rose […]
Nikki Giovanni
By: Jasmine Taylor
Missouri Western welcomed world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni to campus on April 6 as a guest judge and speaker for Western’s Mochila Review, a national literary publication.
For their annual writer’s contest, […]