Poets Toby Altman & Laura Apol, PLUS Open Mic

Name: Poets Toby Altman & Laura Apol, PLUS Open Mic
Start: 2026-01-18T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-18T18:00:00-05:00
Location: University United Methodist Church - MSU

Schedule

Sun Jan 18 2026 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

University United Methodist Church - MSU | East Lansing, MI

Two awesomely gifted poets—Toby Altman, Director of the RCAH Center of Poetry at MSU, and Laura Apol, the 2019-2021 Lansing- area poet laureate, will be featured at the Copper Chimney Lounge Poetry Series on Sunday, Jan. 18, 4-6 PM.
The event will take place at the University United Methodist Church (UUMC), 1120 S. Harrison Rd., East Lansing — just across the street from MSU & directly north of the Trowbridge Shopping Center. Free parking is available behind the church.
Attendees are invited to share a poem in the Open Mic, which will take place in the 2nd set. Those wishing to share a poem (3-5 min.) should throw their names into the basket at the Gate Table.
Toby Altman is the author of Jewel Box (Essay Press, 2026), Discipline Park (Wendy’s Subway, 2023), and Arcadia, Indiana (Plays Inverse, 2017). He has held fellowships from the Graham
Foundation, MacDowell, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, where he also serves as Director of the RCAH Center for Poetry.
Laura Apol is the author of six full-length collections of poetry, including A Fine Yellow Dust and, most recently, Cauterized. Her accolades include the Midwest Book Award for poetry, the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Silver Medal, two Oklahoma Book Awards, a finalist for the Housatonic Book Award, and the Julie Suk Poetry Award shortlist. She is an associate professor at Michigan State, and from 2019-2021, she served as the Lansing-area poet laureate.

Donations to support the series are greatly appreciated.
The Copper Chimney Lounge Poetry Series is produced by the Lansing Poetry Club.