Wellspring Literary Series: Andrew Collard

Each Wellspring Literary Series features poetry readings, musical performances and complimentary food.

Our featured poets are CMU MA Creative Writing candidate Ashley Adams author Andrew Collard. 

Set in the metropolis centered on Detroit, MI, Andrew Collard's first book, Sprawl, won the Hollis Summers poetry prize and was published in March of 2023 by Ohio University Press. Poems from Sprawl have appeared in Ploughshares, AGNI, Best New Posts, and many more journals and magazines.

Collard received a Ph.D. from Western Michigan University and currently teaches as a Visiting Professor at Grand Valley State University. He lives with his son in Grand Rapids. 

This event is free, open to all, and will have complimentary pizza from Pisanello's!