An Evening of Poetry with Kristin Emanuel and Meagen Youngdahl

About this event

Join the KU Department of English for an evening of poetry with Kristin Emanuel and KU English faculty member Meagen Youngdahl.

Kristin Emanuel holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas, where she studied speculative ecopoetics and the comics poetry movement. Her scholarly work focuses on image-text literature, specifically visual poetry. She has researched painting-poems, calligrams, concrete poetry, and comics, examining modalities and literacies that often elude canonicity. Her published writing has appeared in journals such as Shenandoah , Boston Review , and Colorado Review , among others.

Learn more about Kristin's work at https://kristinemanuel.com/ .

Meagen Youngdahl , Ph.D. (she/her), teaches courses in creative writing and composition. She earned her Ph.D. in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Kansas in 2024. She also holds a BA in English and Film Studies from UC Berkeley and an MA in Creative Writing (poetry) from UC Davis. Her work aims to challenge boundaries between critical and creative writing and thought. Dr. Youngdahl is a Dactyl Foundation Scholar and serves as a researcher at the crossroads of art and science.