GVSU Arts Celebration: Poetry Night with Craig Santos Perez
Thursday, October 15, 2026
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Off Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
Dr. Craig Santos Perez is an Indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guam. He is the editor of nine anthologies and author of seven books of poetry, most recently Call This Mutiny [Uncollected Poems], and the academic monograph, Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Decolonization, which received the MLA Prize for Best Book in Studies of Native Culture and Literature. His work has been honored with the National Book Award, the American Book Award, a PEN award, and the Poetry Society of America Prize. Perez is a poet, editor, essayist, critic, environmentalist, and political activist. An important voice in eco-poetics, he describes his work as a mourning and desire to protect the environment from further desecration and a longing and advocacy for a decolonized, sovereign, and indigenous future. A book signing will follow the presentation.
Location Information
Wealthy Theatre – 1130 Wealthy St SE
Contact Information
Hosting Department, Organization, or Business
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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arts clas gvarts int100 int201 poetry writing
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This event was added to the calendar by Kristen Krueger-Corrado (kruegekr@gvsu.edu) on Thursday, August 13, 2026 and was last updated on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.
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