Blair Powless, alumnus of the Master of Liberal Studies (now Master of Professional Studies) program at UMD, read in the Second Sunday Reading Series. The series hosted three online open poetry readings organized by Gary Boelhower, 2018-2020 Duluth Poet Laureate.
Blair was also a graduate assistant in the Writing Studies program at UMD, where he was a fine teacher of first-year writing.
For more information about Blair, his poetry, and his work bringing poetry to youth, visit ARE’s Facebook page, or watch his video.
The Duluth Poet Laureate Project began in 2005 and is funded by donations from the Friends of the Duluth Public Library, Lake Superior College and the English departments at the College of St. Scholastica, UMD and by generous individuals. The Zeitgeist Community Arts Center is the fiscal sponsor.
For more information about graduate studies at UMD, check out the MPS program page.