About this Event
Following the Creative Writing Festival happening earlier in the day, Dez Brown will join the department to read from their debut poetry collection, “they/she/he: ritual to forget your (un)becoming."
Dr. Dez Brown (they/he), publishing as dezireé a. brown, is a Black queer nonbinary and transmasculine Pushcart Prize–nominated poet and interdisciplinary scholar, born and raised in Flint, Mich. Their debut collection of poetry, they/she/he: ritual to forget your (un)becoming, was the winner of the Joe W. Bratcher Prize and a finalist for the 2026 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature. Often claiming to have been born with a poem written across his chest, he spends much of his time gaming and plays a mean hand of spades. Follow them online at @deziree.the.writer.
This event is free and open to the public.
When
October 29, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Where
Johnson Ballroom - Salveson Hall
Contact
Audience
Open to the Public