Review of the Halls of Poetry

The Halls of Poetry creative works reading took place in the Hall of Languages, room 203, on Monday, October 19th, at 4:30 PM. Students from Dr. Jacob's undergraduate poetry class and Dr. Reid's graduate creative writing class too the stage to share their poetry, prose, and song.

The event was a success. Lots of people showed up, including folds outside of the creative writing classes. Dr. Jacobs required her students to read, so there were a lot of fresh faces at the podium. I overheard many folks say that they enjoyed being able to hear the new voices and see the new faces. I think this was a great way to introduce new students into Commerce's writing community. It also served as a way for more experienced readers to find a new audience for their works and learn new techniques from writers that they had never heard before.
I also took the opportunity to get many of these people involved with The Mayo Review, so that was good.

Hopefully this is an event we can do every year.