As the United States turns 250, the Speculative Futures series looks ahead, spotlighting artists, poets, scholars, and storytellers who imagine what comes next. Through programs celebrating Black History, Women’s History, AAPI Heritage, Hispanic Heritage, and Native American Heritage Months, the series asks how visionary narratives can reimagine identity, justice, and possibility in America’s next chapter.
Speculative Futures | The Future is Feminine
Poetry Reading with Brittany Rogers and MSU Student Poets
Celebrate Women’s History Month with an evening of powerful poetry that envisions new futures shaped by women’s voices. Detroit-based poet and educator Brittany Rogers joins MSU student poets for a reading exploring imagination, resilience, and possibility through a feminist lens. Part of the Speculative Futures series, The Future is Feminine invites audiences to consider how storytelling and poetry can reimagine identity and justice in America’s next chapter.
Brittany Rogers is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and lifelong Detroiter. Her work has been published widely, including the Academy of American Poets, Lit Hub, The Hopkins Review, Lambda Literary, and Oprah Daily. She is Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine, co-host of VS Podcast, and the author of the poetry collection Good Dress, a Michigan Notable Book for 2025, and finalist for both the NAACP Image Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry (Tin House, 2024). In addition to being a finalist for Detroit Narrative Agency’s Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship in 2024, she was a 2024 resident of POWERHOUSE and a 2024 WOMXNHOUSE artist. In 2025, Brittany was awarded the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award and a Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship.