The Center for the Advancement of the Humanities is pleased to present LitMarquette, organized by Dr. Angela Sorby. LitMarquette sponsors readings that allow Marquette's many faculty and staff creative writers to build community with one another and with student writers.

After a brief pandemic-related diversion, LitMarquette is now ReLitMarquette! This modified series of readings will take place online. Creative writers and appreciative listeners (faculty, students, and staff) are invited to join.  A featured reader will present for the first 15 minutes, with an open mic to follow.  

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Spring 2021

  • Dr. Tosin Gbogi l Friday, February 12 l 4:00 p.m. (CST)
    Tosin Gbogi is a Marquette Professor of English whose interdisciplinary research and teaching sit at the intersection of African/African diaspora literatures, popular cultures, and discourse-oriented sociolinguistics. 

Fall 2020

  • Serina Jamison l Friday, September 25 l 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CST)
    Featured reader Serina Jamison is a first-year MA student in the English department. A Milwaukee native, Serina uses her poetry as a collaborative tool to connect with her students and promote openness and healing. She taught secondary English in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she created a culturally relevant poetry curriculum for middle and high school students.
  • Elisa Karbin l Friday, October 23 l 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CST)
    Featured reader Elisa Karbin is the author of the chapbook, Snare, and poems that have recently appeared or are forthcoming in CutBank, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, and West Branch, among others. Elisa earned a PhD in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she was a Tinsley Helton Dissertation fellow. Currently, she serves as Visiting Assistant Professor in English at Marquette University. She has two cats. Learn more about Elisa here.

Fall 2018

  • Fall Series - Fiction and Poetry l Wednesday, October 10 l 12:00 p.m.
    C.J. Hribal, Ph.D. is a Marquette Professor and fiction writer whose latest novels is The Company Car. Once of his stories recently won the Goldenberg Prize for fiction. Tyler Farrell, Ph.D. is a Marquette Visiting Assistant Professor and poet whose latest book is Stichomythia.